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Title: The Land of Strong Men

Author: Arthur M. Chisholm

Illustrator: Frank Tenney Johnson

Release Date: September 2, 2010 [EBook #33612]

Language: English

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THE LAND OF STRONG MEN

BY A. M. CHISHOLM

AUTHOR OF _"Precious Waters" and "The Boss of Wind River"_

ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON

New York
THE H. K. FLY COMPANY
Publishers

Copyright, 1919, by
THE H. K. FLY COMPANY

[Illustration: _Before the heavy snows these bunches were rounded up and
driven to the ranch._]

CONTENTS

I Lost and Found

II A Death Bed

III Angus Asserts Himself

IV Judge Riley--Drunk and Sober

V Angus in Love and War

VI Gain and Loss

VII The Frenches Again

VIII Old Sam Paul Makes a Proposition

IX Dorgan

X Before the Race

XI A Hold-up

XII The Race

XIII Mainly About Chetwood

XIV A Fight with a Grizzly

XV Faith Winton Turns Up

XVI A Talk with Judge Riley

XVII A Crisis

XVIII Christmas at the Frenches

XIX Introducing Mrs. Foley

XX An Enemy at Work

XXI Watching

XXII Brother to Brother

XXIII Faiths's Farm

XXIV A Demand and Answer

XXV Cross Currents

XXVI Conspiracy

XXVII While Shelling Peas

XXVIII Mrs. Foley on Marriage

XXIX Sudden Death

XXX Strangers Ask Questions

XXXI The Auction

XXXII Chetwood Unmasked

XXXIII Another Surprise

XXXIV A New Complication

XXXV Braden Misses Some Papers

XXXVI Turkey Plays a Hand

XXXVII Duplicate Deeds

XXXVIII Garland Plays a Hand

XXXIX The Turning of the Screw

XL Signs and Omens

XLI Terror

XLII Outlaws!

XLIII Taking the Trail

XLIV The Red Avenger

XLV The Gre