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Title: Rim o' the World

Author: B. M. Bower

Illustrator: Anton Otto Fischer

Release Date: August 3, 2009 [EBook #29580]

Language: English

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RIM O' THE WORLD

BY

B. M. BOWER

AUTHOR OF

CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

FRONTISPIECE BY

ANTON OTTO FISCHER

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1919,

By Little, Brown, and Company.

All rights reserved

CONTENTS

I THE RIM AND WHAT LAY BENEATH IT 1
II THE LORRIGAN TREE GROWS THRIFTILY 16
III MARY HOPE DOUGLAS APPEARS 30
IV A MATTER OF BRANDS 44
V THEY RIDE AND THEY DO NOT TELL WHERE 57
VI BELLE MEETS AN EMERGENCY IN HER OWN WAY 67
VII THE NAME 82
VIII THE GAME 90
IX A LITTLE SCOTCH 102
X THE LORRIGAN WAY 118
XI LANCE RIDES AHEAD 133
XII SHE WILL, AND SHE WON'T 145
XIII A WAY HE HAD WITH HIM 156
XIV IN WHICH LANCE FINISHES ONE JOB 172
XV HE TACKLES ANOTHER 180
XVI ABOUT A PIANO 192
XVII THE LORRIGAN VIEWPOINT 204
XVIII PEDDLED RUMORS 219
XIX MARY HOPE HAS MUCH TROUBLE 232
XX AS HE LIVED, SO HE DIED