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قراءة كتاب The Last Straw
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THE LAST STRAW
BY
HAROLD TITUS
Author of "Bruce of the Circle A,"
"I—Conquered," etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
GEORGE W. GAGE
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1920,
BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
Second Printing, June, 1920.
PRESS OF GEO. H. ELLIS CO., BOSTON, MASS.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I | THE NEW BOSS |
| II | MY ADVICE, MA'AM |
| III | THE NESTER—AND ANOTHER |
| IV | THE CHAMPION |
| V | THE COURTING |
| VI | OUTCASTS |
| VII | THE CATAMOUNT |
| VIII | AND NOW, THE CLERGY |
| IX | THE DESTROYER |
| X | A MATTER OF DIRECTION |
| XI | HEPBURN'S PLAY |
| XII | A NEIGHBORLY CALL |
| XIII | THE FRAME-UP |
| XIV | THE BIG CHANCE |
| XV | WAR! |
| XVI | THE WARNING |
| XVII | HIS FAITHFUL LITTLE PONY |
| XVIII | AN INTERRUPTED PROPOSAL |
| XIX | CONCERNING SAM MCKEE |
| XX | "WORK AMONG THE HEATHEN" |
| XXI | RENUNCIATION |
| XXII | THE REVEREND'S STRATEGY |
| XXIII | BECK'S DEPARTURE |
| XXIV | IN THE SHADOW |
| XXV | A MOUNTAIN PORTIA |
| XXVI | BATTLE! |
| XXVII | THE LAST STRAW |
THE LAST STRAW
CHAPTER I
THE NEW BOSS
The last patches of snow, even in the most secluded gulches, had been licked up by the mounting sun; the waters of Coyote Creek had returned to the confines of the stream bed; in places a suggestion of green was making its appearance about the bases of grass clumps, and cottonwood buds were swelling. Four men sat on the bench