Chapter I: Front Matter

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=T R O U B L E D=
=W A T E R S=

=BY=
=WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE=

=AUTHOR OF=
=BUCKY O’CONNOR, MAN-SIZE,=
=THE BIG-TOWN ROUND-UP,=
=GUNSIGHT PASS, ETC.=

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=G R O S S E T= =&= =D U N L A P=
=P U B L I S H E R S= =N E W Y O R K=

COPYRIGHT, 1918, 1925, BY WILLIAM
MACLEOD RAINE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE
COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

=CONTENTS=

CHAPTER PAGE
I. AMONG THE APPLE BLOSSOMS. . . . 1

II. TIM FLANDERS OFFERS INFORMATION AND
OPINIONS. . . . . . . . . 11

III. A CHALLENGE. . . . . . . . 17

IV. INTRODUCING ROWAN MCCOY TO RUTH
TROVILLION. . . . . . . . 25

V. A RIDE. . . . . . . . . . 32

VI. CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. . . . . 42

VII. FATE FLINGS OPEN A CLOSED DOOR. . 56

VIII. A COLD TRAIL. . . . . . . . 65

IX. A RIFT IN THE LUTE. . . . . . 70

X. THE RIFT WIDENS. . . . . . . 84

XI. LARRY GOES CALLING. . . . . . 92

XII. ACROSS THE DEAD LINE. . . . . 103

XIII. THE NIGHT RAID. . . . . . . 114

XIV. THE DAY AFTER. . . . . . . . 129

XV. A HOT TRAIL. . . . . . . . 135

XVI. MATSON MAKES HIS GATHER. . . . 147

XVII. PADLOCKED LIPS. . . . . . . 155

XVIII. “I RECKON I’LL HANG”. . . . . 162

XIX. SAM YERBY SINGS. . . . . . . 169

XX. “YOU DAMNED JUDAS”. . . . . . 174

XXI. A COMPROMISE. . . . . . . . 185

XXII. FALKNER TALKS. . . . . . . . 195

XXIII. RUTH WHISPERS A SECRET. . . . . 207

XXIV. AT THE CIRCLE DIAMOND. . . . . 216

XXV. SILCOTT DISCOVERS HE IS NOT WELCOME 221

XXVI. AN EXPLANATION. . . . . . . 232

XXVII. THE SYMBOL. . . . . . . . . 242

XXVIII. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. . . . . 250

XXIX. A DISAPPOINTMENT. . . . . . . 256

XXX. THE BLIZZARD. . . . . . . . 267

XXXI. “COMPANY FOR EACH OTHER”. . . . 275

XXXII. THE CLOUDS BREAK. . . . . . . 283

XXXIII. GOOD NEWS. . . . . . . . . 294

XXXIV. A HONEYMOON IN THE HILLS. . . . 299

TROUBLED WATERS

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