Produced by Chris Curnow, Dan Horwood, Michael and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net LOUISIANA LOU * * * * * [Illustration: He saw the trail across the canyon alive with moving men and beasts. (_Frontispiece--Page 261_)] * * * * * Louisiana Lou _A Western Story_ BY WILLIAM WEST WINTER AUTHOR OF "The Count of Ten" [Illustration: Chelsea House logo] CHELSEA HOUSE 79 Seventh Avenue New York City * * * * * Copyright, 1922 By CHELSEA HOUSE Louisiana Lou (Printed in the United States of America) All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE PROLOGUE 11 I. A GENERAL DEMOTED 32 II. MORGAN LA FEE 42 III. A SPORTING PROPOSITION 54 IV. HEADS! I WIN! 66 V. A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE 78 VI. WHERE THE DESERT HAD BEEN 94 VII. MAID MARIAN GROWN UP 103 VIII. GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS 112 IX. BEHIND PRISON BARS 123 X. THE GET-AWAY 140 XI. JIM BANKER HITS THE TRAIL 153 XII. A REMINDER OF OLD TIMES 162 XIII. AT WALLACE'S RANCH 174 XIV. READY FOR ACTION 182 XV. THE SHERIFF FINDS A CLEW 189 XVI. IN THE SOLITUDES OF THE CANYON 203 XVII. THE SECRET OF THE LOST MINE 217 XVIII. TELLTALE BULLETS 236 XIX. THE FINDING OF SUCATASH 247 XX. LOUISIANA! 259 XXI. GOLD SEEKERS 271 XXII. VENGEANCE! 283 XXIII.