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Title: The Boss of the Lazy Y

Author: Charles Alden Seltzer

Illustrator: J. Allen St. John

Release Date: August 10, 2006 [EBook #19026]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: Calumet remained unshaken.]

THE BOSS OF THE LAZY Y

BY

CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

AUTHOR OF

THE COMING OF THE LAW, THE TWO-GUN MAN, ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

J. ALLEN ST. JOHN

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Copyright

A. C. McClurg & Co.

1915

Published April, 1915

Copyrighted in Great Britain

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. The Home-Coming of Calumet Marston
II. Betty Meets the Heir
III. Calumet's Guardian
IV. Calumet Plays Betty's Game
V. The First Lesson
VI. "Bob"
VII. A Page from the Past
VIII. The Toltec Idol
IX. Responsibility
X. New Acquaintances
XI. Progress
XII. A Peace Offering
XIII. Suspicion
XIV. Jealousy
XV. A Meeting in the Red Dog
XVI. The Ambush
XVII. More Progress
XVIII. Another Peace Offering
XIX. A Tragedy in the Timber Grove
XX. Betty Talks Frankly
XXI. His Father's Friend
XXII. Neal Taggart Visits
XXIII. For the Altars of His Tribe

ILLUSTRATIONS

Calumet remained unshaken . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"Get up, or I will shoot you like a dog!" she said.

Her appearance was now in the nature of a transformation.

Calumet stepped in.

THE BOSS OF THE LAZY Y

CHAPTER I

THE HOME-COMING OF CALUMET MARSTON

Shuffling down the long slope, its tired legs moving automatically, the
drooping pony swerved a little and then came to a halt, trembling with
fright. Startled out of his unpleasant ruminations, his lips tensing
over his teeth in a savage snarl, Calumet Marston swayed uncertainly in
the saddle, caught himself, crouched, and swung a heavy pistol to a
menacing poise.

For an instant he hesitated, searching the immediate vicinity with
rapid, i