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THE GREEN EAGLE
A Doc Savage Adventure By Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. THE MYSTERIOUS McCAIN
? Chapter II. WATER AND FOOD
? Chapter III. FINDING MIRA
? Chapter IV. A BAD DAY FOR DUCKS
? Chapter V. THE BIG MAN
? Chapter VI. THE CASEY ANCESTOR
? Chapter VII. IGNORANCE AND DEATH
? Chapter VIII. CARGO WEST
? Chapter IX. COULEE WAR
? Chapter X. THE NEWSBOY
? Chapter XI. HORSE TROUGH
? Chapter XII. WHEN BEN CAME BACK
? Chapter XIII. THE FEATHERED EAGLE
? Chapter XIV. LOST TRICK
? Chapter XV. THE SNAPPER


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Chapter I. THE MYSTERIOUS McCAIN
IT was not a suspicion of anything definite around the Broken Circle Dude Ranch that led Ben Duck to
go riding in the early night. Ben had no definite suspicions at the beginning of the evening jog, although
before the ride ended, it was a different story.

An intense inward rage really led Ben Duck to go riding.

One of the dude guests had said, "Donald Duck can guide us up to the Forks tomorrow."

Ben Duck overheard this. He got mad and went riding to cool off, and to take stock of himself.

Because Ben Duck was a genuine cowboy, it was hurting his dignity to work on a dude outfit. He
particularly resented being called Donald Duck by guests who were almost strangers. Donald Duck! It
gave him a slow burn.

He rode away alone. He rode the west trail, up through the jack pines that grew in thick green clusters on
the mountainside. It was steep going. The iron shoes on his pinto pony struck sparks from the flinty
rocks. "Easy does it, Patches," he muttered sympathetically to the horse. Later he got off and walked,
digging in with the high heels of his boots, spurs jingling.

He sat on a hilltop and frowned at Wyoming in the night. In the west, the Teton Mountains were
snow-covered and jaggedly majestic and white in the moonlight.
"IтАЩm gonna tear into the next dude," Ben said, "that calls me Donald Duck."