THE HONORABLESENATOR SAGE-BRUSH

"He's taken our retainer!" snapped the vice-president

THE HONORABLE

SENATOR SAGE-BRUSH

BY

FRANCIS LYNDE

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK : : : : : 1913

Copyright, 1913, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published September, 1913

TO MR. GEORGE ADY

My Regius Professor in the School ofWestern Railroading, and himself a keenobserver, in situ, of the conditions whichI have herein sought to portray, thisbook is most affectionately inscribed.

The Author.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I, Because Patricia Said "No"
CHAPTER II, The Boss
CHAPTER III, The Highbinders
CHAPTER IV, A False Gallop of Memories
CHAPTER V, At Wartrace Hall
CHAPTER VI, On the Wing of Occasions
CHAPTER VII, A Battle Royal
CHAPTER VIII, The Queen's Gambit
CHAPTER IX, The Rank and File
CHAPTER X, In the Herbarium
CHAPTER XI, The Great Game
CHAPTER XII, A Well-Spring in the Desert
CHAPTER XIII, The Liegeman
CHAPTER XIV, Barriers Invisible
CHAPTER XV, Sword-Play
CHAPTER XVI, The Safe-Blower
CHAPTER XVII, On the Knees of the High Gods
CHAPTER XVIII, The Chasm
CHAPTER XIX, A Cog in the Wheel
CHAPTER XX, A Sto