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Out of the Depths: A Romance of Reclamation

Robert Ames Bennet



  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

  It was a wild race [_Page 32_]]

  ChicagoA. C. McClurg & Co.1913

  CopyrightA. C. McClurg & Co.1913

  Published March, 1913

  Copyrighted in Great Britain

  Press of the Vail CompanyCoshocton, 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