



Produced by Al Haines









[Frontispiece: With Eyes Wide and Staring She Looked About Her]





THE SON OF HIS FATHER


BY

RIDGWELL CULLUM


AUTHOR OF

"THE MEN WHO WROUGHT," "THE WAY OF THE STRONG," "THE NIGHT-RIDERS,"
"THE WATCHERS OF THE PLAINS," ETC.



Illustrations by

DOUGLAS DUER



PHILADELPHIA

GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS




Copyright, 1915, by

George W. Jacobs & Company

_Published March, 1917_


All rights reserved

_Printed in U. S. A._




TO

G. RALPH HALL-CAINE

WHOSE SYMPATHY WITH MY WORK HAS NEVER

FAILED TO CHEER ME THROUGHOUT

OUR LONG AND VALUED

FRIENDSHIP




CONTENTS


CHAP.

     I  Unrepentant
    II  In Chastened Mood
   III  Gordon Arrives
    IV  Gordon Lands at Snake's Fall
     V  A Letter Home
    VI  Gordon Prospects Snake's Fall
   VII  "Miss Hazel"
  VIII  At Buffalo Point
    IX  The First Check
     X  Gordon Makes His Bid for Fortune
    XI  Hazel Mallinsbee's Campaign
   XII  Thinking Hard
  XIII  Slosson Snatches at Opportunity
   XIV  The Reward of Victory
    XV  In Council
   XVI  Something Doing
  XVII  The Code Book
 XVIII  Ways that are Dark
   XIX  James Carbhoy Arrives
    XX  The Boom in Earnest
   XXI  A Trifle
  XXII  On the Trail
 XXIII  In New York
  XXIV  Preparing for the Finale
   XXV  The Rescue
  XXVI  Cashing In




ILLUSTRATIONS


With eyes wide and staring she looked about her... _Frontispiece_

Hazel was waiting for that sign

He drew her gently towards his father




CHAPTER I

UNREPENTANT

"To wine, women and gambling, at the age of twenty-four--one hundred
thousand dollars.  That's your bill, my