Chapter I: Front Matter

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The author consistently refers to a handgun as a "Colt's."
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OUT OF THE DEPTHS

A Romance of Reclamation

by

ROBERT AMES BENNET

Author of "Out of the Primitive," "The Shogun's Daughter," "Which One," Etc.

With Illustrations by George Brehm

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Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913

Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913

Published March, 1913

Copyrighted in Great Britain

Press of the Vail Company Coshocton, U. S. A.

TO

"THE SONS OF MARTHA"

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Deep Canyon 1
II. A Yearling Sold 9
III. Queen of What? 20
IV. Downhill and Up 32
V. Into the Depths 39
VI. A Test of Caliber 52
VII. The Chance of Reclamation 68
VIII. A Man's Size Horse 81
IX. The Snake 93
X. Coming Events 110
XI. Self-Defense 125
XII. The Meeting 138
XIII. The Other Lady's Husband 148
XIV. A Descent 162
XV. Levels and Slants 176
XVI. Metal and Mettle 185
XVII. A Shot in the Dusk 197
XVIII. On the Brink 207
XIX. The Plotters 218
XX. Indian Shoes 232
XXI. Madonna Dolorosa 244
XXII. A Real Wolf 254
XXIII. The Temptation 268
XXIV. Blind Love 280
XXV. The Descent Into Hell 291
XXVI. In the Gloom 303
XXVII. Lower Depths 315
XXVIII. Light in the Darkness 327
XXIX. The Climber 339
XXX. Lurking Beasts 349
XXXI. Confessions 357
XXXII. Over the Brink 366
XXXIII. Friends in Need 374
XXXIV. Reclamation 388

ILLUSTRATIONS

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It was a wild race _Frontispiece_

It sounded its shrill, menacing rattle 106

"You have something to tell me--your voice--your eyes--" 286

Another desperate clutch at the rope--still another 328

OUT OF THE DEPTHS