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  The Sheriff of Pecos


  BY

  H. BEDFORD-JONES




  GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
  DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
  1923




  COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
  DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
  INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

  COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY STREET & SMITH CORPORATION

  PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
  AT
  THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

  _First Edition_




  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER

  I. Jack Robinson
  II. Exit Matt Brady
  III. Robinson’s Partner
  IV. Buck Lays Plans
  V. Buck’s Lucky Day
  VI. Proof
  VII. Masks Off
  VIII. Exit Mr. P. Brady
  IX. Fisher Rides North
  X. The Last Stake
  XI. The Trap Is Sprung
  XII. The Clean-Up
  XIII. Finis




THE SHERIFF OF PECOS




CHAPTER I

JACK ROBINSON

Besides “Galway” Mike, who was reading the Pahrump County _News_
behind the bar, there were three men in Mike’s Place. One of the
three was a stranger. He sat drowsily at the corner table, h