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Title: Stingaree

Author: E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

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STINGAREE

by

E. W. HORNUNG

Illustrated by George W. Lambert

[Illustration: "My name's Stingaree!"]

Charles Scribner's Sons
New York 1910

Copyright, 1905, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

CONTENTS
Page
I. A Voice in the Wilderness 1
II. The Black Hole of Glenranald 32
III. "To the Vile Dust" 70
IV. A Bushranger at Bay 98
V. The Taking of Stingaree 121
VI. The Honor of the Road 144
VII. The Purification of Mulfera 168
VIII. A Duel in the Desert 190
IX. The Villain-Worshipper 215
X. The Moth and the Star 252

ILLUSTRATIONS

"My name's Stingaree!" Frontispiece

"Any message, young fellow?" 66

Mr. Kentish watched the little operation of "sticking up" 98
without a word

The gray sergeant flung his arms round their prisoner 166

Stingaree toppled out of the saddle 198

The mare spun round, bucking as she spun 238

Stingaree knocked in vain 246

Stingaree

A Voice in the Wilderness

I

"La parlate d'am