EL DIABLO

By
BRAYTON NORTON

Illustrated by
DAN SAYRE GROESBECK

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1921
Sunset Magazine, Inc.

Copyright 1921
The Bobbs-Merrill Company

Printed in the United States of America

PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N.Y.

To
My Wife
"Sterling"

CONTENTS

• Forbidden Waters 1
• Jetsam of the Sea 10
• Tangled Threads 18
• The Work of Their Fathers 30
• The Way of the Gull 48
• The Law of the Fishermen 63
• You'll Have To Show Me 72
• A Declaration of Independence 77
• Diablo Luck 83
• Salvage 93
• Refusing to Be Bluffed 105
• A Warning 118
• The Strike 133
• The Mother of Invention 145
• Business and Pleasure 160
• The Baited Pawn 169
• The Fangs of Mascola 180
• The Cost of Defeat 186
• Rock Follows Up 196