# Orphan

An audiobook by Clarence Edward Mulford, read by LibriVox volunteers (8 h 20 min, English).

Many men swore that The Orphan was bad, and many swore profanely and with wonderful command of epithets because he was bad, but for obvious reasons that was as far as the majority went to show their displeasure. Those of the minority who had gone farther and who had shown their hatred by rash actions only proved their foolishness; for they had indeed gone far and would return no more. But Sheriff Jim Shields is tracking The Orphan, wanted for the murder of sheepherders, and won’t stop until he brings the bad man to justice. Often billed as the second book in Clarence Mulford’s Hopalong Cassidy series, Hoppy doesn’t appear in this one, but it’s still as rip-roaring a western as you’ll ever see. - Summary by sjmarky

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## Chapters

1. CHAPTER I: THE SHERIFF RIDES TO WAR (13:19): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_01_mulford_64kb.mp3
2. CHAPTER II: CONCERNING AN ARROW (24:17): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_02_mulford_64kb.mp3
3. CHAPTER III: THE SHERIFF FINDS THE ORPHAN (14:49): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_03_mulford_64kb.mp3
4. CHAPTER IV: THE SECOND OFFENSE (18:03): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_04_mulford_64kb.mp3
5. CHAPTER V: BILL JUSTIFIES HIS CREATION (24:29): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_05_mulford_64kb.mp3
6. CHAPTER VI: THE ORPHAN OBEYS AN IMPULSE (29:51): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_06_mulford_64kb.mp3
7. CHAPTER VII: THE OUTFIT HUNTS FOR STRAYS (27:51): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_07_mulford_64kb.mp3
8. CHAPTER VIII: “A TIMBER WOLF IN HIS OWN COUNTRY” (6:51): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_08_mulford_64kb.mp3
9. CHAPTER IX: THE CROSS BAR-8 LOSES SLEEP (19:16): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_09_mulford_64kb.mp3
10. CHAPTER X: THE ORPHAN PAYS TWO CALLS (33:44): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_10_mulford_64kb.mp3
11. CHAPTER XI: A VOICE FROM THE GALLERY (26:50): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_11_mulford_64kb.mp3
12. CHAPTER XII: A NEW DEAL ALL AROUND (21:40): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_12_mulford_64kb.mp3
13. CHAPTER XIII: THE STAR C GIVES WELCOME (37:43): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_13_mulford_64kb.mp3
14. CHAPTER XIV: THE SHERIFF STATES SOME FACTS (32:50): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_14_mulford_64kb.mp3
15. CHAPTER XV: AN UNDERSTANDING (23:00): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_15_mulford_64kb.mp3
16. CHAPTER XVI: THE FLYING-MARE (18:28): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_16_mulford_64kb.mp3
17. CHAPTER XVII: THE FEAST (33:10): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_17_mulford_64kb.mp3
18. CHAPTER XVIII: PREPARATION (18:55): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_18_mulford_64kb.mp3
19. CHAPTER XIX: THE ORPHAN GOES TO THE A-Y (14:37): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_19_mulford_64kb.mp3
20. CHAPTER XX: BILL ATTENDS THE PICNIC (18:50): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_20_mulford_64kb.mp3
21. CHAPTER XXI: THE ANNOUNCEMENT (8:55): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_21_mulford_64kb.mp3
22. CHAPTER XXII: TEX WILLIARD’S MISTAKE (21:50): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_22_mulford_64kb.mp3
23. CHAPTER XXIII: THE GREAT HAPPINESS (10:46): https://archive.org/download/theorphan_2103_librivox/orphan_23_mulford_64kb.mp3