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
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