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    Hopalong Cassidy

    BY

    Clarence E. Mulford


    Author of
    The BAR-20 THREE, "TEX", Etc.

    GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers

    By arrangement with A. C. McClurg & Co.


    COPYRIGHT
    BY A. C. MCCLURG & CO.
    1910

    Published March 12, 1910
    Second Edition, March 19, 1910
    Third Edition, March 26, 1910
    Fourth Edition, May 28, 1910
    Fifth Edition, July 9, 1910
    Sixth Edition, January 28, 1911

    Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

    _All Rights Reserved_


    _Affectionately Dedicated
    to My Father_




    CONTENTS


    CHAPTER

          I. ANTONIO'S SCHEME
         II. MARY MEEKER RIDES NORTH
        III. THE ROUNDUP
         IV. IN WEST ARROYO
          V. HOPALONG ASSERTS HIMSELF
         VI. MEEKER IS TOLD
        VII. HOPALONG MEETS MEEKER
       VIII. ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT
         IX. ON THE PEAK
          X. BUCK VISITS MEEKER
         XI. THREE IS A CROWD
        XII. HOBBLE BURNS AND SLEEPERS
       XIII. HOPALONG GROWS SUSPICIOUS
        XIV. THE COMPROMISE
         XV. ANTONIO MEETS FRIENDS
        XVI. THE FEINT
       XVII. PETE IS TRICKED
      XVIII. THE LINE HOUSE RE-CAPTURED
