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That Girl Montana: read and explore
The story is set against the backdrop of the untamed American West, situated primarily…
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- Author
- Marah Ellis Ryan
- Form
- novel
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A STRANGE GIRL. "Well, by the help of either her red gods or devils, she can swim, anyway!" This explosive statement was made one June morning on the banks of the Kootenai, and the speaker, after a steady gaze, relinquished his field-glass to the man beside him. "Can she make it?" he asked. A grunt was the only reply given him. The silent watcher was too much interested in the scene across the water. Shouts came to them--the yells of …
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