Painted Rock

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Painted Rock. Tales and Narratives of Painted Rock, South Panhandle, Texas, Told by Charlie Baker, Late of that City and Also of Snyder, Scurry County (1907)
by Morley Roberts

I. The Killing of Sweetwater

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2498846Painted Rock. Tales and Narratives of Painted Rock, South Panhandle, Texas, Told by Charlie Baker, Late of that City and Also of Snyder, Scurry County1907Morley Roberts

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PAINTED ROCK

PAINTED ROCK

TALES AND NARRATIVES OF PAINTED
ROCK, SOUTH PANHANDLE, TEXAS, TOLD
BY CHARLIE BAKER, LATE OF THAT CITY
AND ALSO OF SNYDER, SCURRY COUNTY

BY

MORLEY ROBERTS
AUTHOR OF "RACHEL MARK" ETC.

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1907

CONTENTS

chapter page

I.

The Killing of "Sweetwater"

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1

II.

The Difficulty with Windy Walker

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31

III.

The Rise of Ginger Gillett

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55

IV.

The Man Underneath

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81

V.

Partners Once

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109

VI.

The Man who took Water

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125

VII.

A Scurry County Wooing

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151

VIII.

An Exile from "God's Country"

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173

IX.

The Tale of Brazos Dick

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195

X.

A Romance of Double Mountain

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237

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