Tharon of Lost Valley
AS EL REY ROSE ON HIS HIND FEET WHIRLING, THAT UNWAVERING MUZZLE WHIRLED ALSO TO KEEP IN LINE
THARON OF LOST VALLEY
VINGIE E. ROE
Author of “The Maid of the Whispering Hills,” “The Heart of Night Wind,” etc.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1919
Copyright, 1919 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
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Lost Valley lay like a sparkling jewel, fashioned in perfection, cast in the breast of the illimitable mountain country––and forever after forgotten of God.
A tiny world, arrogantly unconscious of any other, it lived its own life, went its own ways, had its own conceptions of law––and they were based upon primeval instincts.
Vingie E. Roe
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THARON OF LOST VALLEY
CHAPTER I
THE GUN MAN’S HERITAGE
CHAPTER II
THE HORSES OF THE FINGER MARKS
CHAPTER III
THE MAN IN UNIFORM
CHAPTER IV
UNBROKEN BREAD
CHAPTER V
THE WORKING OF THE LAW
CHAPTER VI
EL REY AND BOLT
CHAPTER VII
THE SHOT IN THE CAÑONS
CHAPTER VIII
WHITE ELLEN
CHAPTER IX
SIGNAL FIRES IN THE VALLEY
CHAPTER X
THE UNTRUE FIRING PIN
CHAPTER XI
FINGER MARK AND IRONWOOD AT LAST