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Copyrighted 1896, by Beadle and Adams.
October 27, 1896.
No. 1005.
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Vol. XXXIX.
DEADWOOD DICK TORE OPEN HIS SHIRT AND EXPOSED THE BRAND OF A HORSESHOE.
Deadwood Dick Jr.
Branded
OR,
Red Rover
AT
Powder Pocket.
BY ED. L. WHEELER,
AUTHOR OF "DEADWOOD DICK" NOVELS, ETC.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE GREAT HOLD-UP.
CHAPTER II. DICK'S FRUITLESS RISK.
CHAPTER III. CAPTAIN JOAQUIN'S CAPTURE.
CHAPTER IV. REJECTING A PROPOSAL.
CHAPTER V. TURNING THE TABLES.
CHAPTER VI. CACHING THE TREASURE.
CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET SHOT.
CHAPTER VIII. CAPTAIN JOAQUIN'S RETREAT.
CHAPTER IX. A CHANCE FOR HIS LIFE.
CHAPTER X. DICK IN A DEATH-TRAP.
CHAPTER XI. DICK'S ONLY DEFENSE.
CHAPTER XII. CAUGHT IN THE TOILS.
CHAPTER XIII. DEADWOOD DICK BRANDED.
CHAPTER XIV. SUSANA TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER XV. BANKER BROWN OF POWDER POCKET.
CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK.
CHAPTER XVII. THE SECOND BLOW FALLS.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE THIRD STROKE.
CHAPTER I.
THE GREAT HOLD-UP.
Toot!
"What's the mischief?" cried the fireman.
He sprung to his box and looked ahead,and in the center of the track, where thetrain was rounding a point of rocks, saw ared flag.
"That fool of a section boss has gotanother rail up, on our time, I suppose,as he did once before," growled the engineer,having shut off steam and appliedthe air brakes.
Toot!
Another short, sharp blast of thewhistle, and the engineer reversed hisengine, while the fireman leaped downand prepared to jump.
Both had beheld something well calculatedto chill their b