XI Hagar's Eyes 130
XII The Rustlers 143
XIII The Fight 160
XIV The Rock and the Moonlight 166
XV The Runaway Comes Home 184
XVI Two Are Taught Lessons 188
XVII The Target 202
XVIII The Gunfighter 217
XIX Ready Gun and Clean Heart 233
XX The Bubble--Dreams 245
XXI One Too Many 254
XXII Into Which a Girl's Trouble Comes 265
XXIII Banishing a Shadow 278
XXIV Realizing a Passion 291
XXV A Man Is Born Again 313
XXVI A Dream Comes True 328

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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Randerson watches the newcomers Frontispiece

"I am Ruth Harkness, the new owner of the Flying W" 64

The twilight was split by a red streak 96

The grim, relentless figure behind him grew
grotesque and gigantic in his thoughts 320

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THE RANGE BOSS
CHAPTER I

AT CALAMITY CROSSING

Getting up the shoulder of the mesa was no easy job, but judging from the
actions and appearance of wiry pony and rider it was a job that would be
accomplished. For part of the distance, it is true, the man thought it
best to dismount, drive the pony ahead of him, and follow on foot. At
length, however, they reached the top of the mesa, and after a breathing
spell the man mounted and rode across the table-land.

A short lope brought pony and rider to a point where the mesa sloped down
again to meet a plain that stretched for miles, to merge into some
foothills. A faint trail came from somewhere through the foothills, wound
over the plain, and followed a slope that descended to a river below the
rider, crossed the stream, led ov