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THE HEART OF THE RANGE

BY WILLIAM PATTERSON WHITE
AUTHOR OF

"The Rider of Golden Bar," "Hidden Trails," "Lynch Lawyers," "The Owner of the Lazy D," "Paradise Bend," etc.

1921

TO RANGER

A GOOD HORSE AND A BETTER FRIEND