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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!
ByWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
Author of "A Man Four-Square," "The Sheriff's Son,""The Yukon Trail," Etc.
Boston and New YorkHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANYThe Riverside Press Cambridge1920
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COPYRIGHT, 1919, by THE STORY-PRESS CORPORATIONCOPYRIGHT, 1920, by WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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TOSAM F. DUNNOF AMARILLO, TEXASINSPECTOR OF CATTLE IN THE DAYSOF THE LONGHORN DRIVESTO WHOSE EXPERIENCE AND GENEROUS CRITICISMI AM INDEBTED FOR AID IN THEPREPARATION 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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