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Cullum, Ridgwell, [pseud.], 1867-1943

"The Forfeit"

THE WEAKER VESSEL
V. THE HANGING BEE
VI. THE RAIDERS RAIDED
VII. OUTLAND JUSTICE
VIII. JEFF CLOSES THE BOOK
IX. FOUR YEARS LATER
X. THE POLO CLUB RACES
XI. ELVINE VAN BLOOREN
XII. THE TEMPERING
XIII. THE NEWS
XIV. THE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR
XV. THE HOME-COMING
XVI. THE RANCHMAN
XVII. THE CALL TO ORRVILLE
XVIII. DUG MCFARLANE
XIX. THE RETURN HOME
XX. AT BUD'S
XXI. THE BARRIER
XXII. THREATENINGS
XXIII. THE HEARTS OF TWO WOMEN
XXIV. TO SPRUCE CROSSING
XXV. AN EPIC BATTLE
XXVI. UNDER THE VEIL
XXVII. THE ROUND-UP


THE FORFEIT

CHAPTER I
AT RAINBOW HILL VALLEY
A companionable silence prevailed in the room. At intervals it was
broken, but only by the rustle of paper or the striking of a match.
The heavy breathing, almost amounting to a snore, of one of the two
men, and the inarticulate protests of a laboring "rocker" chair--these
things were only a part of it.
The man at the table was deeply immersed in a miniature sea of
calculations.


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