The Bad Man

About this eBook

Author

Browne, Porter Emerson, 1879-1934

Title

The Bad Man: A Novel

Credits

E-text prepared by David Garcia, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library ( kdl.kyvl.org/)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16968

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16968

Release Date

October 30, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by David Garcia, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( https://www.pgdp.net/ ) from page images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library ( http://kdl.kyvl.org/ ) — The Bad Man
2. 2.Charles Hanson Towne — Based on the Play by Porter Emerson Browne — To — HOLBROOK BLINN
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THE BAD MAN
5. 5.CHAPTER I — WHEREIN IT IS SHOWN THAT A YOUNG AMERICAN HAD THE COURAGE TO COME INTO A NEW COUNTRY; HOW FATE PLAYED AGAINST HIM, AND A NEIGHBOR LOOKED LONGINGLY AT HIS RANCH
6. 6.CHAPTER II — WHEREIN, FAR AWAY, ANOTHER MAN HEARS WHISPERS OF THE WEALTH ALONG THE BORDER, AND COMES DOWN TO SEE ABOUT IT
7. 7.CHAPTER III — WHEREIN UNCLE HENRY SPEAKS HIS MIND—AS USUAL
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — WHEREIN "RED" REVEALS HIS HEART, AND MRS. QUINN GIVES HIM GOOD COFFEE AND GOOD ADVICE
9. 9.CHAPTER V — WHEREIN GILBERT JONES IS WORRIED, AND LUCIA PELL IS ASKED TO DO AN IMPOSSIBLE THING
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — WHEREIN AN OLD LOVE AWAKENS, PELL REVEALS HIS TRUE COLORS, A MORTGAGE IS ABOUT TO BE FORECLOSED, THE CONTENTS OF A SATCHEL ARE MADE KNOWN, UNCLE HENRY SPRINGS A SENSATION, AND PELL TAKES AN OPTION
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — WHEREIN LUCIA SEES TREACHERY BREWING, PELL PROVES HIMSELF A BRUTE, AND AN UNEXPECTED GUEST APPEARS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — WHEREIN THE BANDIT EXPOUNDS A NEW PHILOSOPHY, AND MAKES MARIONETTES OF THE AMERICANS
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — WHEREIN UNCLE HENRY CHATTERS SOME MORE, THERE IS AN AUCTION, AND THINGS LOOK BLACK INDEED
14. 14.CHAPTER X — WHEREIN AN OLD FRIENDSHIP COMES TO LIFE, LOPEZ LEARNS A THING OR TWO, AND FINALLY MAKES A MATCH
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — WHEREIN A MAN PROVES HIMSELF A CRAVEN, A SHOT RINGS OUT, AND THE BAD MAN EXPLAINS ONE LITTLE HOUR
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — WHEREIN THE BAD MAN CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE GOOD MAN AND DISAPPEARS; AND A DEAD MAN STIRS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — WHEREIN AN OLD SITUATION SEEMS ABOUT TO BE REPEATED, ANOTHER SHOT IS FIRED, AND THE BAD MAN COMES BACK
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — WHEREIN AN OLD FRIEND RETURNS, AND THERE IS A JOYFUL REUNION
19. 19.A Selection from the Catalogue of

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