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Title: The Night Horseman
Author: Max Brand
Release Date: May 26, 2004 [EBook #12436]
Language: English
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By Max Brand
The Untamed Trailin’
The Night Horseman
THE NIGHT HORSEMAN
BY
MAX BRAND
1920
CONTENTS
I.—THE SCHOLAR
II.—WORDS AND BULLETS
III.—THE DOCTOR RIDES
IV.—THE CHAIN
V.—THE WAITING
VI.—THE MISSION STARTS
VII.—JERRY STRANN
VIII.—THE GIFT-HORSE
IX.—BATTLE LIGHT
X.—“SWEET ADELINE”
XI.—THE BUZZARD
XII.—FINESSE
XIII.—THE THREE
XIV.—MUSIC FOR OLD NICK
XV.—OLD GARY PETERS
XVI.—THE COMING OF NIGHT
XVII.—BUCK MAKES HIS GET-AWAY
XVIII.—DOCTOR BYRNE ANALYSES
XIX.—SUSPENSE
XX.—THE COMING
XXI.—MAC STRANN DECIDES TO KEEP THE LAW
XXII.—PATIENCE
XXIII.—HOW MAC STRANN KEPT THE LAW
XXIV.—DOCTOR BYRNE LOOKS INTO THE PAST
XXV.—WEREWOLF
XXVI.—THE BATTLE
XXVII.—THE CONQUEST
XXVIII.—THE TRAIL
XXIX.—TALK
XXX.—THE VOICE OF BLACK BART
XXXI.—THE MESSAGE
XXXII.—VICTORY
XXXIII.—DOCTOR BYRNE SHOWS THE TRUTH
XXXIV.—THE ACID TEST
XXXV.—PALE ANNIE
XXXVI.—THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE
XXXVII.—THE PIEBALD
XXXVIII.—THE CHALLENGE
XXXIX.—THE STORM
XL.—THE ARROYO
XLI.—THE FALLING OF NIGHT
XLII.—THE JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
THE NIGHT HORSEMAN
CHAPTER I