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THE BAR-20 THREE
BY CLARENCE E. MULFORD
AUTHOR OF
"Johnny Nelson," "Hopalong Cassidy" "Bar-20 Days" "Buck Peters, Ranchman" "The Man from Bar-20" "Bar-20" "The Coming of Cassidy" etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York
Published by arangement with A. C McClurg & Co.
Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1921
Published April, 1921
Copyrighted in Great Britain
CONTENTS
I "Put a 'T' in it"
II Well-Known Strangers
III A Question of Identity
IV A Journey Continued
V What the Storm Hid
VI The Writing on the Wall
VII The Third Man
VIII Notes Compared
IX Ways of Serving Notice
X Twice in the Same Place
XI A Job Well Done
XII Friends on the Outside
XIII Out and Away
XIV The Staked Plain
XV Discoveries
XVI A Vigil Rewarded
XVII A Well-Planned Raid
XVIII The Trail-Boss Tries His Way
XIX A Desert Secret
XX The Redoubt Falls
XXI All Wrapped Up
XXII The Bonfire
XXIII Surprise Valley
XXIV Squared Up All Around
CHAPTER I
"Put a 'T' in it"
IDAHO NORTON, laughing heartily, backed out of the barroom of Quayle's hotel and trod firmly on the foot of Ward Corwin, sheriff of the county, who was about to pass the door. Idaho wheeled, a casual apology trembling on his lips, to hear a biting, sarcastic flow of words, full of profanity, and out of all proportion to the careless injury. The sheriff's coppery face was a deeper