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Title: Jess of the Rebel Trail
Author: Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
Date of first publication: 1921
Date first posted: March 16, 2005
Date last updated: August 7, 2018
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Produced by Al Haines
JESS OF THE REBEL TRAIL
BY
H. A. CODY
AUTHOR OF “THE FRONTIERSMAN,” “THE LONG PATROL,” “THE CHIEF OF THE
RANGES,” “THE FOURTH WATCH,” “GLEN OF THE HIGH NORTH,” ETC.
McCLELLAND AND STEWART
PUBLISHERS : : TORONTO
COPYRIGHT, 1921,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To
MY UNCLE AND NAMESAKE
HIRAM CODY
Long Since Passed Within the Vail
This Book is Dedicated
In Grateful and Loving Remembrance
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I THE HOLD-UP 11
II REBELLION 20
III THE “EB AN’ FLO” 27
IV UNDER COVER 36
V CAPTAIN SAMUEL GOES SHOPPING 45
VI EBEN MAKES A DISCOVERY 52
VII GIVING MARTHA THE GO-BY 61
VIII WHAT THE COW DID 70
IX MARTHA TAKES A HAND 80
X UNWELCOME VISITORS 90
XI IN PERIL OF DEATH 97
XII CORNERED 108
XIII A TRICKY PASSENGER 119
XIV ANOTHER VICTIM 128
XV TWO WOMEN’S TROUBLES 140
XVI MORE THAN A DREAM 148
XVII CAPTAIN SAM’L GOES HOME 157
XVIII HARD LUCK 165
XIX THE CAPTAIN GIVES ADVICE 173
XX MRS. GRIMSBY’S MISSION 184
XXI EBEN COMES ASHORE 193
XXII ON THE REBEL TRAIL 203
XXIII STRAIGHT TALK 212
XXIV EBEN ATTENDS TO GRIMSBY 220
XXV THE FOREST FIRE 228
XXVI IN THE RING OF DEATH 234
XXVII IN THE NICK OF TIME 243
XXVIII IN URGENT NEED 252
XXIX CONFESSION 263
XXX JOY AT EVENTIDE 271
“I have no other but a woman’s reason;
I think him so, because I think him so.”
Shakespeare
“When all other rights are taken away,
the right of rebellion is made perfect.”
Thomas Paine
“Women are never stronger than when they
arm themselves with their weakness.”
Madame du Deffand
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