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CHAPTER I PETE'S GIRL

CHAPTER II "A SPUNKY LI'L' DEVIL"

CHAPTER III PALS

CHAPTER IV CLIPPED WINGS

CHAPTER V JUNE ASKS QUESTIONS

CHAPTER VI "DON'T YOU TOUCH HIM!"

CHAPTER VII AN ELOPEMENT

CHAPTER VIII BLISTER GIVES ADVICE

CHAPTER IX THE WHITE FEATHER

CHAPTER X IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

CHAPTER XI JUNE PRAYS

CHAPTER XII MOLLIE TAKES CHARGE

CHAPTER XIII BEAR CAT ASKS QUESTIONS

CHAPTER XIV HOUCK TAKES A RIDE

CHAPTER XV A SCANDAL SCOTCHED

CHAPTER XVI BLISTER AS DEUS EX MACHINA

CHAPTER XVII THE BACK OF A BRONC

CHAPTER XVIII THE FIRST DAY

CHAPTER XIX DUD QUALIFIES AS COURT JESTER

CHAPTER XX "THE BIGGER THE HAT THE SMALLER THE HERD"

CHAPTER XXI JUNE DISCOVERS A NEW WORLD

CHAPTER XXII AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSED AND DECLINED

CHAPTER XXIII BOB CRAWLS HIS HUMP SUDDEN

CHAPTER XXIV IN THE SADDLE

CHAPTER XXV THE RIO BLANCO PUTS IN A CLAIM

CHAPTER XXVI CUTTING SIGN

CHAPTER XXVII PARTNERS IN PERIL

CHAPTER XXVIII JUNE IS GLAD

CHAPTER XXIX "INJUNS"

CHAPTER XXX A RECRUIT JOINS THE RANGERS

CHAPTER XXXI "DON'T YOU LIKE ME ANY MORE?"

CHAPTER XXXII A CUP OF COLD WATER

CHAPTER XXXIII "KEEP A-COMIN', RED HAID"

CHAPTER XXXIV AN OBSTINATE MAN STANDS PAT

CHAPTER XXXV THREE IN A PIT

CHAPTER XXXVI A HERO IS EMBARRASSED

CHAPTER XXXVII A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN

CHAPTER XXXVIII BEAR CAT ASLEEP

CHAPTER XXXIX BEAR CAT AWAKE

CHAPTER XL BIG-GAME HUNTERS AT WORK

CHAPTER XLI IN A LADY'S CHAMBER

CHAPTER XLII A WALK IN THE PARK

CHAPTER XLIII NOT EVEN POWDER-BURNT

CHAPTER XLIV BOB HOLDS HIS RED HAID HIGH

CHAPTER XLV THE OUTLAW GETS A BAD BREAK

CHAPTER XLVI THE END OF A CROOKED TRAIL

CHAPTER XLVII THE KINGDOM OF JOY

THE FIGHTING EDGE

BY

WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

AUTHOR OF “MAN-SIZE,” “GUNSIGHT PASS,” “TANGLED TRAILS,” ETC.


BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

1922


COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.


TO

MY MOTHER


Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Pete’s Girl   1
II. “A Spunky Li’l’ Devil”   7
III. Pals   12
IV. Clipped Wings   17
V. June asks Questions   25
VI. “Don’t You Touch Him!”   33
VII. An Elopement   41
VIII. Blister Gives Advice   50
IX. The White Feather   58
X. In the Image of God   68
XI. June Prays   76
XII. Mollie Takes Charge   86
XIII. Bear Cat Asks Questions   93
XIV. Houck Takes a Ride   100
XV. A Scandal Scotched   106
XVI. Blister as Deus ex Machina   110
XVII. The Back of a Bronc   117
XVIII. The First Day   123
XIX. Dud Qualifies as Court Jester   127
XX. “The Bigger the Hat the Smaller the Herd”   135
XXI. June Discovers a New World   141
XXII. An Alternative Proposed and Declined   145
XXIII. Bob Crawls his Hump Sudden   150
XXIV. In the Saddle   158
XXV. The Rio Blanco puts in a Claim   162
XXVI. Cutting Sign   171
XXVII. Partners in Peril   179
XXVIII. June is Glad   189
XXIX. “Injuns”   194
XXX. A Recruit Joins the Rangers   200
XXXI. “Don’t you like me any more?”   207
XXXII. A Cup of Cold Water   214
XXXIII. “Keep A-Comin’, Red Haid”   222
XXXIV. An Obstinate Man stands Pat   230
XXXV. Three in a Pit   237
XXXVI. A Hero is Embarrassed   242
XXXVII. A Responsible Citizen   249
XXXVIII. Bear Cat Asleep   253
XXXIX. Bear Cat Awake   258
XL. Big-Game Hunters at Work   262
XLI. In a Lady’s Chamber   266
XLII. A Walk in the Park   270
XLIII. Not even Powder-burnt   278
XLIV. Bob holds his Red Haid high   284
XLV. The Outlaw gets a Bad Break   290
XLVI. The End of a Crooked Trail   297
XLVII. The Kingdom of Joy   301

THE FIGHTING EDGE


THE FIGHTING EDGE


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