Books by William MacLeod Raine
PUBLISHED BY
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
THE SHERIFF'S SON. Illustrated.
THE YUKON TRAIL. Illustrated.
STEVE YEAGER. Illustrated.
A MAN FOUR-SQUARE. With colored frontispiece.
OH, YOU TEX!

OH, YOU TEX!

TEXAS

OH, YOU TEX! BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE AUTHOR OF "A MAN FOUR-SQUARE," "THE SHERIFF'S SON," "THE YUKON TRAIL," ETC. BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1920

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE STORY-PRESS CORPORATION
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TO
SAM F. DUNN
OF AMARILLO, TEXAS
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE IN THE DAYS
OF THE LONGHORN DRIVES
TO WHOSE EXPERIENCE AND GENEROUS CRITICISM
I AM INDEBTED FOR AID IN THE
PREPARATION OF THIS BOOK

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]

OH, YOU TEX!