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Title: The Fighting Edge

Author: William MacLeod Raine

Release Date: September 4, 2008 [EBook #26520]

Language: English

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THE FIGHTING EDGE

By
WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

Author of
"Man-Size," "Gunsight Pass," "Tangled Trails," Etc.

Boston and New York
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1922

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COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

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TO
MY MOTHER

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Pete's Girl 1
II. "A Spunky Li'l' Devil" 7
III. Pals 12
IV. Clipped Wings 17
V. June asks Questions 25
VI. "Don't You Touch Him!" 33
VII. An Elopement 41
VIII. Blister Gives Advice 50
IX. The White Feather 58
X. In the Image of God 68
XI. June Prays 76
XII. Mollie Takes Charge 86
XIII. Bear Cat Asks Questions 93
XIV. Houck Takes a Ride 100
XV. A Scandal Scotched 106
XVI. Blister as Deus ex Machina 110
XVII. The Back of a Bronc 117
XVIII. The First Day 123
XIX. Dud Qualifies as Court Jester 127
XX. "The Bigger the Hat the Smaller the Herd"