The Project Gutenberg EBook of Branded, by Francis Lynde This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Branded Author: Francis Lynde Release Date: October 5, 2006 [EBook #19472] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BRANDED *** Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: The resemblance . . . transformed itself slowly into the breath-cutting reality, and I was staring up . . . into the face of Cummings.] BRANDED BY FRANCIS LYNDE AUTHOR OF THE TAMING OF RED BUTTE WESTERN, THE CITY OF NUMBERED DAYS, ETC. FRONTISPIECE BY ARTHUR E. BECHER GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS ---------- NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY CHARLES SCR-

IBNER'S SONS Published April, 1918 Reprinted April, 1918 To the one who, more clearly than any other, can best understand and appreciate the motive for its writing, this book is affectionately inscribed by THE AUTHOR CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE HEATING OF THE IRON II. THE SEARING TOUCH III. IN THE NAME OF THE LAW IV. SCARS V. THE DOWNWARD PATH VI. A GOOD SAMARITAN VII. THE PLUNGE VIII. WESTWARD IX. THE CUP OF TREMBLING X. THE PLAIN-CLOTHES MAN XI. NUMBER 3126 XII. A CAST FOR FORTUNE XIII. FOR THE SINEWS OF WAR XIV. PAPER WALLS XV. THE BROKEN WAGON XVI. IN THE OPEN XVII. ALADDIN'S LAMP XVIII. "THE WOMAN . . . WHOSE HANDS ARE AS BANDS" XIX. A RECKONING AND A HOLD-UP XX. BROKEN FAITH XXI. THE END OF A HONEYMOON XXII. A WOMAN'S LOVE XXIII. SKIES OF BRASS XXIV. RESTORATION XXV. THE MOUNTAIN'S TOP

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