Chapter I: Front Matter

BOOKS BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE Published By HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

THE SHERIFF'S SON. Illustrated. THE YUKON TRAIL. Illustrated. STEVE YEAGER. Illustrated. A MAN FOUR-SQUARE. With colored frontispiece. OH, YOU TEX!

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OH, YOU TEX!

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OH, YOU TEX!

By WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

Author of "A Man Four-Square," "The Sheriff's Son," "The Yukon Trail," Etc.

Boston and New York HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1920

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COPYRIGHT, 1919, by THE STORY-PRESS CORPORATION COPYRIGHT, 1920, by WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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TO SAM F. DUNN OF AMARILLO, TEXAS INSPECTOR OF CATTLE IN THE DAYS OF THE LONGHORN DRIVES TO WHOSE EXPERIENCE AND GENEROUS CRITICISM I AM INDEBTED FOR AID IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS BOOK

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CONTENTS

I. THE LINE-RIDER 3
II. "I'LL BE SEVENTEEN, COMING GRASS" 12
III. TEX TAKES AN INTEREST 18
IV. TEX GRANDSTANDS 26
V. CAPTAIN ELLISON HIRES A HAND 38
VI. CLINT WADLEY'S MESSENGER 44
VII. THE DANCE 54
VIII. RUTHERFORD MAKES A MISTAKE 62
IX. MURDER IN THE CHAPARRAL 69
X. "A DAMNED POOR APOLOGY FOR A MAN" 75
XI. ONE TO FOUR 79
XII. TEX REARRANGES THE SEATING 89
XIII. "ONLY ONE MOB, AIN'T THERE?" 99
XIV. JACK SERVES NOTICE 108
XV. A CLOSE SHAVE 113
XVI. WADLEY GOES HOME IN A BUCKBOARD 122
XVII. OLD-TIMERS 132
XVIII. A SHOT OUT OF THE NIGHT 138
XIX. TRAPPED 146
XX. KIOWAS ON THE WARPATH 155
XXI. TEX TAKES A LONG WALK 166
XXII. THE TEST 174
XXIII. A SHY YOUNG MAN DINES 179
XXIV. TEX BORROWS A BLACKSNAKE 184
XXV. "THEY'RE RUNNIN' ME OUTA TOWN" 191
XXVI. FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 199
XXVII. CLINT FREES HIS MIND 203
XXVIII. ON A COLD TRAIL 211
XXIX. BURNT BRANDS 219
XXX. ROGUES DISAGREE 226
XXXI. A PAIR OF DEUCES 237
XXXII. THE HOLD-UP 245
XXXIII. THE MAN WITH THE YELLOW STREAK 251
XXXIV. RAMONA GOES DUCK-HUNTING 258
XXXV. THE DESERT 266
XXXVI. HOMER DINSMORE ESCORTS RAMONA 272
XXXVII. ON A HOT TRAIL 279
XXXVIII. DINSMORE TO THE RESCUE 287
XXXIX. A CRY OUT OF THE NIGHT 292
XL. GURLEY'S GET-AWAY 296
XLI. HOMING HEARTS 302
XLII. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION 310
XLIII. TEX RESIGNS 319
XLIV. DINSMORE GIVES INFORMATION 328
XLV. RAMONA DESERTS HER FATHER 332
XLVI. LOOSE THREADS 338

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OH, YOU TEX!