Wild Blood
WILD BLOOD
By
GORDON YOUNG
Author of Savages, Etc.
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
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Copyright 1920
The Ridgway Company
Copyright 1920
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Printed in the United States of America
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Arthur Sullivant Hoffman
A good friend, a bold and generous editor
CONTENTS
chapter page I Three Thieves and Lady Betty 1 II A Bottle of Gin—Oh-Ho! 17 III The Woman, Black-Robed and Vivid 36 IV The Wrong Man Stumbles Hellward 61 V To a Mermaid the Wage of Silence 86 VI Boilings and Bubblings at Dakaru 103 VII Fate, the Hussy, Is Boldly Cheated 122 VIII Troubles, Troubles Everywhere 162 IX Traditions Out of Sicily 193 X A Drunken Night and at Dawn a Fight 211 XI Red Sins and Words Black as Curses 237 XII Audacity Is Luck—! 256 XIII A Rope's End Falls, Swish—Whirl 275 XIV Fever, Rum and a Bitter Tale 294 XV The Woman Who Hated Men Speaks of Love 311 XVI Death Gallops by with Hands Outstretched 324 XVII Rest—Rest for the Wayward and Passion-Worn 337
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