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Title: The Coming of the Law

Author: Charles Alden Seltzer

Illustrator: R. W. Amick

Release Date: March 5, 2010 [EBook #31512]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "What have you done with Hollis?" demanded Norton,
thrusting his big six-shooter against Ten Spot's stomach. _Page 165_
_The Coming of the Law_]

THE COMING OF THE LAW

BY CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

Author of "The Range Riders," "The Two-Gun Man,"
"The Triangle Cupid," etc.

With Frontispiece in Colors by R. W. AMICK

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers--New York

Copyright 1912, By

OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY

All Rights Reserved

First Printing, August, 1912

Second Printing, September, 1912

CONTENTS

I. The Arrival of the Man 9
II. The Rule of Cattle 25
III. Norton Makes a Discovery 42
IV. At the Circle Bar 53
V. The Girl of Dry Bottom 73
VI. Hollis Renews an Acquaintance 87
VII. The "Kicker" Becomes an Institution 107
VIII. Concerning the "Six O'Clock" 119
IX. How a Bad Man Left the "Kicker" Office 127
X. The Lost Trail 151
XI. Picking Up the Trail 161
XII. After the Storm 169
XIII. "Woman--She Don't Need No Tooter" 177
XIV. The Coalition 187
XV. To Support the Law 198
XVI. The Bearer of Good News 209
XVII. The Rustler 224
XVIII. The Tenth Day 238