“What have you done with Hollis?” demanded Norton,
thrusting his big six-shooter against Ten Spot’s stomach.
Page 165 The Coming of the Law

THE COMING
OF THE LAW

BY CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

Author of “The Range Riders,” “The Two-Gun Man,”
“The Triangle Cupid,” etc.

With Frontispiece in Colors
by R. W. AMICK

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers New York

Copyright 1912, By

OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY

All Rights Reserved

First Printing, August, 1912
Second Printing, September, 1912

CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Arrival of the Man[9]
II.The Rule of Cattle[25]
III.Norton Makes a Discovery[42]
IV.At the Circle Bar[53]
V.The Girl of Dry Bottom[73]
VI.Hollis Renews an Acquaintance[87]
VII.The “Kicker” Becomes an Institution[107]
VIII.Concerning the “Six O’Clock”[119]
IX.How a Bad Man Left the “Kicker” Office[127]
X.The Lost Trail[151]
XI.Picking Up the Trail[161]
XII.After the Storm[169]
XIII.“Woman–She Don’t Need No Tooter”[177]
XIV.The Coalition[187]
XV.To Support the Law[198]
XVI.The Bearer of Good News[209]
XVII.The Rustler[224]
XVIII.The Tenth Day[238]
XIX.How a Rustler Escaped[246]
XX.The “Kicker’s” Candidate[257]
XXI.Dunlavey Plays a Card[267]
XXII.Proof of Gratitude[280]
XXIII.Ten Spot Uses His Eyes[289]
XXIV.Campaign Guns[294]
XXV.Handling the Law[314]
XXVI.Autumn and the Gods[327]
XXVII.The Sear and Yellow Days[336]
XXVIII.In Defiance of the Law[342]
XXIX.The Arm of the Law[354]
XXX.Forming a Friendship[364]
XXXI.Afterward[375]