Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE RANGE BOSS

BY
CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

AUTHOR OF
THE BOSS OF THE LAZY Y, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK E. SCHOONOVER

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

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Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1916
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Published September, 1916
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Copyrighted in Great Britain

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I At Calamity Crossing 1
II The Sympathetic Rescuer 12
III At the Flying W 33
IV A Memory of the Rider 42
V Love vs. Business 56
VI A Man and His Job 65
VII How an Insult Was Avenged 78
VIII What Uncle Jepson Heard 97
IX "Somethin's Gone Out of Them" 104
X The Law of the Primitive 111
XI Hagar's Eyes 130
XII The Rustlers 143
XIII The Fight 160
XIV The Rock and the Moonlight 166
XV The Runaway Comes Home 184
XVI Two Are Taught Lessons 188
XVII The Target 202
XVIII The Gunfighter 217
XIX Ready Gun and Clean Heart 233
XX The Bubble--Dreams 245
XXI One Too Many 254
XXII Into Which a Girl's Trouble Comes 265
XXIII Banishing a Shadow 278
XXIV Realizing a Passion 291
XXV A Man Is Born Again 313
XXVI A Dream Comes True 328

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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Randerson watches the newcomers Frontispiece

"I am Ruth Harkness, the new owner of the Flying W" 64

The twilight was split by a red streak 96

The grim, relentless figure behind him grew
grotesque and gigantic in his thoughts 320

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THE RANGE BOSS