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"Wallie swung the frying pan with all his strength ... knocking the six-shooter from Boise Bill's hand as he jumped across the fire at him"


THE DUDE WRANGLER BY CAROLINE LOCKHART FRONTISPIECE BY DUDLEY GLYNE SUMMERS GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY STREET & SMITH CORPORATION


Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Girl From Wyoming[3]
II"The Happy Family"[10]
IIIPinkey[18]
IVThe Brand of Cain[24]
V"Gentle Annie"[33]
VI"Burning His Bridges"[42]
VIIHis "Gat"[47]
VIIINeighbours[62]
IXCutting His Eyeteeth[69]
XThe Best Pulling Team in the State[81]
XIMerry Christmas[92]
XIIThe Water Witch[112]
XIIIWiped Out[131]
XIVLifting a Cache[142]
XVCollecting a Bad Debt[156]
XVIThe Exodus[168]
XVIICounting Their Chickens[176]
XVIIIThe Millionaires[182]
XIXA Shock For Mr. Canby[196]
XXWallie Qualifies As a First-Class Hero[207]
XXI"Worman! Worman!"[221]
XXII"Knocking 'Em For a Curve"[231]
XXIIIRifts[247]
XXIVHicks the Avenger[261]
XXV"And Just Then——"[301]