E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 29131-h.htm or 29131-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29131/pg29131-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29131/29131-h.zip) Transcriber's note: The author consistently refers to a handgun as a "Colt's." This is a Colt's revolver, though the word "revolver" is not used. OUT OF THE DEPTHS A Romance of Reclamation by ROBERT AMES BENNET Author of "Out of the Primitive," "The Shogun's Daughter," "Which One," Etc. With Illustrations by George Brehm [Illustration: It was a wild race [_Page 32_]] Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913 Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913 Published March, 1913 Copyrighted in Great Britain Press of the Vail Company Coshocton, U. S. A. TO "THE SONS OF MARTHA" CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Deep Canyon 1 II. A Yearling Sold 9 III. Queen of What? 20 IV. Downhill and Up 32 V. Into the Depths 39 VI. A Test of Caliber 52 VII. The Chance of Reclamation 68 VIII. A Man's Size Horse 81 IX. The Snake 93 X. Coming Events 110 XI. Self-Defense 125 XII. The Meeting 138 XIII. The Other Lady's Husband 148 XIV. A Descent 162 XV. Levels and Slants 176 XVI. Metal and Mettle 185 XVII. A Shot in the Dusk 197 XVIII. On the Brink 207 XIX. The Plotters 218 XX. Indian Shoes 232 XXI. Madonna Dolorosa 244 XXII. A Real Wolf 254 XXIII. The Temptation 268 XXIV. Blind Love 280 XXV. The Descent Into Hell 291 XXVI. In the Gloom 303 XXVII.