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[Illustration: THE SHERIFF AND THE CATTLEMEN.]




THE MISSING POCKET-BOOK OR _TOM MASON’S LUCK_


  BY HARRY CASTLEMON

  AUTHOR OF “THE GUNBOAT SERIES,” “ROCKY MOUNTAIN
  SERIES,” “WAR SERIES,” ETC.

  PHILADELPHIA
  HENRY T. COATES & CO.

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COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY PORTER & COATES.




CONTENTS.


  CHAPTER                             PAGE

      I. RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF IT,       1

     II. MR. DAVENPORT’S SECRET,        22

    III. ’RASTUS JOHNSON,               40

     IV. ELAM’S POOR MARKSMANSHIP,      59

      V. THE WEST FORK OF TRINITY,      79

     VI. MR. DAVENPORT