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CHAPTER I CONCERNING DAWES

CHAPTER II SLICK DUDS

CHAPTER III THE SERPENT TRAIL

CHAPTER IV THE HOLD-UP

CHAPTER V THE UNEXPECTED

CHAPTER VI A MAN MAKES PLANS

CHAPTER VII THE SHADOW OF THE PAST

CHAPTER VIII CONCERNING "SQUINT"

CHAPTER IX A MAN LIES

CHAPTER X THE FRAME-UP

CHAPTER XI "NO FUN FOOLING HER"

CHAPTER XII LIFTING THE MASK

CHAPTER XIII THE SHADOW OF TROUBLE

CHAPTER XIV THE FACE OF A FIGHTER

CHAPTER XV GLOOM AND PLANS

CHAPTER XVI A MAN BECOMES A BRUTE

CHAPTER XVII THE WRONG ANKLE

CHAPTER XVIII THE BEAST AGAIN

CHAPTER XIX THE AMBUSH

CHAPTER XX A FIGHT TO A FINISH

CHAPTER XXI A MAN FACES DEATH

CHAPTER XXII LOOKING FOR TROUBLE

CHAPTER XXIII A WORLD-OLD LONGING

CHAPTER XXIV A DEATH WARRANT

CHAPTER XXV KEATS LOOKS FOR "SQUINT"

CHAPTER XXVI KEATS FINDS "SQUINT"

CHAPTER XXVII BESIEGED

CHAPTER XXVIII THE FUGITIVE

CHAPTER XXIX THE CAPTIVE

CHAPTER XXX PARSONS HAS HUMAN INSTINCTS

CHAPTER XXXI A RESCUE

CHAPTER XXXII TAYLOR BECOMES RILED

CHAPTER XXXIII RETRIBUTION

CHAPTER XXXIV THE WILL OF THE MOB

CHAPTER XXXV TRIUMPH AT LAST

 
 
 

 
 
 

THE

RANCHMAN

BY

CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

AUTHOR OF

THE BOSS OF THE LAZY Y,

FIREBRAND TREVISON,

THE RANGE BOSS, ETC.

FRONTISPIECE BY

P. V. E. IVORY

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

 
 
 

Copyright

A. C. McClurg & Co.

1919

Published September, 1919

Copyrighted in Great Britain

 
 
 

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Concerning Dawes 1
II Slick Duds 14
III The Serpent Trail 20
IV The Hold-Up 26
V The Unexpected 36
VI A Man Makes Plans 51
VII The Shadow of the Past 59
VIII Concerning “Squint” 66
IX A Man Lies 75
X The Frame-Up 86
XI “No Fun Fooling Her” 91
XII Lifting the Mask 106
XIII The Shadow of Trouble 113
XIV The Face of a Fighter 128
XV Gloom—and Plans 142
XVI A Man Becomes a Brute 153
XVII The Wrong Ankle 172
XVIII The Beast Again 186
XIX The Ambush 193
XX A Fight to a Finish 200
XXI A Man Faces Death 212
XXII Looking for Trouble 218
XXIII A World-Old Longing 225
XXIV A Death Warrant 232
XXV Keats Looks for “Squint” 238
XXVI Keats Finds “Squint” 245
XXVII Besieged 254
XXXIII The Fugitive 259
XXIX The Captive 264
XXX Parsons Has Human Instincts 270
XXXI A Rescue 277
XXXII Taylor Becomes Riled 284
XXXIII Retribution 290
XXXIV The Will of the Mob 304
XXXV Triumph at Last 315

 
 
 

THE RANCHMAN


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