The Saga of Billy the Kid


THE SAGA OF BILLY THE KID

Walter Noble Burns

The Saga of
Billy the Kid


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Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.
Garden City, New York

Copyright, 1925, 1926, by Doubleday,
Page & Company. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States at the
Country Life Press, Garden City, N. Y.

To
my Wife

Contents

Chapter Page
I. The King of the Valley 1
II. The Lord of the Mountains 21
III. War Clouds 36
IV. First Blood 45
V. The Kid 53
VI. Child of the Dark Star 70
VII. An Eye for an Eye 84
VIII. Thirteen to One 92
IX. The Sheriff's Morning Walk 101
X. The Three-Days' Battle 114
XI. The Man Who Played Dead 144
XII. Hair-Trigger Peace 150
XIII. A Stranger from the Panhandle 167
XIV. A Belle of Old Fort Sumner 180
XV. At Bay 199
XVI. The Dangling Shadow 215
XVII. A Little Game of Monte 229
XVIII. The Lure of Black Eyes 254
XIX. The Rendezvous with Fate 264
XX. Hell's Half-Acre 290
XXI. Trail's End 301

The Saga of Billy the Kid


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1926, before the cutoff of January 1, 1930.


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