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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Bad Man, by Charles Hanson Towne
Title: The Bad Man
Author: Charles Hanson Towne
Release Date: October 30, 2005 [eBook #16968]
Language: English
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The Bad Man
A Novel
By
Charles Hanson Towne
Based on the Play by Porter Emerson Browne
G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1921
Copyright, 1921
by
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Printed in the United States of America
HOLBROOK BLINN AS "THE BAD MAN."To
HOLBROOK BLINN
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I.—Wherein it is shown that a young American had the courage to come into | |
| a new country; how fate played against him, and a neighbor looked longingly | |
| at his ranch | 3 |
| II.—Wherein, far away, another man hears whispers of the wealth along the | |
| border, and comes down to see about it | 11 |
| III.—Wherein Uncle Henry speaks his mind—as usual | 32 |
| IV.—Wherein "Red" reveals his heart, and Mrs. Quinn gives him good coffee | |
| and good advice | 52 |
| V.—Wherein Gilbert Jones is worried, and Lucia Pell is asked to do an | |
| impossible thing | 62 |
| VI.—Wherein an old love awakens, Pell reveals his true colors, a mortgage | |
| is about to be foreclosed, the contents of a satchel are made known, Uncle | |
| Henry springs a sensation, and Pell takes an option | 78 |
| VII.—Wherein Lucia sees treachery brewing, Pell proves himself a brute, | |
| and an unexpected guest appears | 129 |
| VIII.—Wherein the bandit expounds a new philosophy, and makes marionettes | |
| of the Americans | 141 |
| IX.—Wherein Uncle Henry chatters some more, there is an auction, and | |
| things look black indeed | 160 |
| X.—Wherein an old friendship comes to life, Lopez learns a thing or two, | |
| and finally makes a match | 176 |
| XI.—Wherein a man proves himself a craven, a shot rings out, and the bad | |
| man explains one little hour | 206 |
| XII.—Wherein the bad man cannot understand the good man, and disappears; | |
| and a dead man stirs | 216 |
| XIII.—Wherein an old situation seems about to be repeated, another shot is | |
| fired, and the bad man comes back | 242 |
| XIV.—Wherein an old friend returns, and there is a joyful reunion | 267 |
THE BAD MAN
CHAPTER I
WHEREIN IT IS SHOWN THAT A YOUNG AMERICAN HAD THE COURAGE TO COME INTO A NEW COUNTRY; HOW FATE PLAYED AGAINST HIM, AND A NEIGHBOR LOOKED LONGINGLY AT HIS RANCH
Looking back now, after so many months of struggle and foreboding, he wondered how he had ever had the high courage to come to this strange country. Had he been a few years older he would not have started forth—he was sure of that now. But the flame of youth was in him, the sure sense that he could conquer where