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Title: The Taming of Red Butte Western

Author: Francis Lynde

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Language: English

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[Illustration: "I'll spend the last dollar of the fortune my father
left me, if needful, in finding that man and hanging him!"]

The Taming of Red Butte Western

by Francis Lynde

_Illustrated_

Charles Scribner's Sons
New York, 1916

1910, BY
Charles Scribner's Sons
Published April, 1910

[ILLUSTRATION: Publishers Stamp]

To

Mr. CHARLES AUGUSTINE STICKLE

My brother--in deed, though not by blood--this tale of his birthland is
affectionately inscribed.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Collars-and-Cuffs 3
II. The Red Desert 24
III. A Little Brother of the Cows 38
IV. At the Rio Gloria 59
V. The Outlaws 80
VI. Everyman's Share 102
VII. The Killer 122
VIII. Benson's Bridge-Timbers 141
IX. Judson's Joke 157
X. Flemister and Others 177
XI. Nemesis 187
XII. The Pleasurers 202
XIII. Bitter-Sweet 224
XIV. Blind Signals 248
XV. Eleanor Intervenes 260
XVI. The Shadowgraph 270
XVII. The Dipsomaniac 289
XVIII. At Silver Switch 305
XIX. The Challenge 324
XX. Storm Signals 346
XXI. The Boss Machinist 369
XXII. The Terror 380
XXIII. The Crucible 398

ILLUSTRATIONS

"I'll spend the last dollar of the fortune my
father left me, if needful, in finding that
man and hanging him!"
_Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE

His hand was on the latch of the door-yard
gate when a man rose out of th