The Ranchman

by Charles Alden Seltzer

CARRINGTON LAUGHED JEERINGLY. (Page 268)

THE

RANCHMAN

BY

CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

AUTHOR OF

THE BOSS OF THE LAZY Y,

FIREBRAND TREVISON,

THE RANGE BOSS, ETC.

FRONTISPIECE BY

P. V. E. IVORY

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

Copyright

A. C. McClurg & Co.

1919

Published September, 1919

Copyrighted in Great Britain

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Concerning Dawes	[1]
II	Slick Duds	[14]
III	The Serpent Trail	[20]
IV	The Hold-Up	[26]
V	The Unexpected	[36]
VI	A Man Makes Plans	[51]
VII	The Shadow of the Past	[59]
VIII	Concerning “Squint”	[66]
IX	A Man Lies	[75]
X	The Frame-Up	[86]
XI	“No Fun Fooling Her”	[91]
XII	Lifting the Mask	[106]
XIII	The Shadow of Trouble	[113]
XIV	The Face of a Fighter	[128]
XV	Gloom—and Plans	[142]
XVI	A Man Becomes a Brute	[153]
XVII	The Wrong Ankle	[172]
XVIII	The Beast Again	[186]
XIX	The Ambush	[193]
XX	A Fight to a Finish	[200]
XXI	A Man Faces Death	[212]
XXII	Looking for Trouble	[218]
XXIII	A World-Old Longing	[225]
XXIV	A Death Warrant	[232]
XXV	Keats Looks for “Squint”	[238]
XXVI	Keats Finds “Squint”	[245]
XXVII	Besieged	[254]
XXXIII	The Fugitive	[259]
XXIX	The Captive	[264]
XXX	Parsons Has Human Instincts	[270]
XXXI	A Rescue	[277]
XXXII	Taylor Becomes Riled	[284]
XXXIII	Retribution	[290]
XXXIV	The Will of the Mob	[304]
XXXV	Triumph at Last	[315]