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Title: Shadow Mountain

Author: Dane Coolidge

Illustrator: George W. Gage

Release Date: December 1, 2009 [EBook #30574]

Language: English

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[Illustration: She reached out smiling wistfully and touched him with
her hand.]

SHADOW MOUNTAIN

BY

DANE COOLIDGE

AUTHOR OF THE DESERT TRAIL, ETC.

FRONTISPIECE BY

GEORGE W. GAGE

[Illustration]

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY

W. J. WATT & COMPANY

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. The Last of Ten Thousand 1
II. The Shotgun Widow 10
III. The Shadow 22
IV. The Ghost Man 30
V. A Load of Buckshot 38
VI. All Crazy 48
VII. Between Friends 58
VIII. The Tip 68
IX. A Peace Talk 78
X. The Best Head in Town 89
XI. A Touch 98
XII. The Expert 106
XIII. A Sack of Cats 118
XIV. The Explosion 127
XV. The God of Ten Per Cent 135
XVI. A Showdown With the Widow 143
XVII. Peace--and the Price 151
XVIII. On Christmas Day 160
XIX. The Enigma 170
XX. An Appeal To Charley 179
XXI. The Dragon's Teeth 187
XXII. Virginia Explains--Nothing 196
XXIII. On Demand 204
XXIV. Double Trouble 214
XXV. Virginia Repents 223
XXVI. The Call 231
XXVII. The Thunder Clap 239
XXVIII. The Way Out 248
XXIX. Across D