THE LOOKOUT MAN

By B. M. Bower

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
H. WESTON TAYLOR

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1917

Published, August, 1917

VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK
U. S. A.

CONTENTS

I     "SOME TIME!"

II    "THANKS FOR THE CAR"

III   TO THE FEATHER RIVER COUNTRY AND FREEDOM

IV    JACK FINDS HIMSELF IN POSSESSION OF A JOB

V     "IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY," SANG JACK

VI    MISS ROSE FORWARD

VII   GUARDIAN OF THE FORESTS

VIII  IN WHICH A GIRL PLAYS BILLIARDS ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP

IX    LIKE THE BOY HE WAS

X     WHEN FORESTS ARE ABLAZE

XI    SYMPATHY AND ADVICE

XII   KATE FINDS SOMETHING TO WORRY OVER

XIII  JACK SHOULD HAVE A HIDE-OUT

XIV   MURPHY HAS A HUMOROUS MOOD

XV    A CAVE DWELLER JACK WOULD BE

XVI   MIKE GOES SPYING ON THE SPIES

XVII  PENITENCE, REAL AND UNREAL

XVIII HANK BROWN PROVES THAT HE CAN READ TRACKS

XIX   TROUBLE ROCKS THE PAN, LOOKING FOR GRAINS OF GOLD

XX    IGNORANCE TAKES THE TRAIL OF DANGER

XXI   GOLD OF REPENTANCE, SUNLIGHT OF LOVE AND A MAN GONE MAD

XXII   THE MISERERE OF MOTHERHOOD

XXIII GRIEF, AND HOPE THAT DIED HARD

XXIV  TROUBLE FINDS THE GOLD THAT WAS IN THEM