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The Long Shadow

by B. M. Bower

Westerns
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~600 min

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English

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THE LONG SHADOW

BY B.M. BOWER

(B.M. SINCLAIR)

ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLARENCE ROWE

COPYRIGHT, 1908

TO THOSE

WHO HAVE WATCHED THE SHADOW FALL

UPON THE RANGE.

CONTENTS

I Charming Billy Has a Visitor

II Prune Pie and Coon-can

III Charming Billy Has a Fight

IV Canned

V The Man From Michigan

VI "That's My Dill Pickle!"

VII "Till Hell's a Skating-rink"

VIII Just a Day-dream

IX The "Double-Crank"

X The Day We Celebrate

XI "When I Lift My Eyebrows This Way"

XII Dilly Hires a Cook

XIII Billy Meets the Pilgrim

XIV A Winter at the Double-Crank

XV The Shadow Falls Lightly

XVI Self-Defense

XVII The Shadow Darkens

XVIII When the North Wind Blows

XIX "I'm Not Your Wife Yet!"

XX The Shadow Lies Long

XXI The End of the Double-Crank

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