The Dry Bottom Trilogy: The Two-Gun Man, The Coming of the Law & Firebrand Trevison
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Charles Alden Seltzer. The Dry Bottom Trilogy: The Two-Gun Man, The Coming of the Law & Firebrand Trevison
The Dry Bottom Trilogy: The Two-Gun Man, The Coming of the Law & Firebrand Trevison
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Table of Contents
The Two-Gun Man
Chapter I. The Stranger at Dry Bottom
Chapter II. The Stranger Shoots
Chapter III. The Cabin in the Flat
Chapter IV. A "Different Girl"
Chapter V. The Man of Dry Bottom
Chapter VI. At the Two Diamond
Chapter VII. The Measure of a Man
Chapter VIII. The Finding of the Orphan
Chapter IX. Would You be a "Character"?
Chapter X. Disappearance of the Orphan
Chapter XI. A Touch of Local Color
Chapter XII. The Story Begins
Chapter XIII. "Do You Smoke?"
Chapter XIV. On the Edge of the Plateau
Chapter XV. A Free Hand
Chapter XVI. Leviatt Takes a Step
Chapter XVII. A Break in the Story
Chapter XVIII. The Dim Trail
Chapter XIX. The Shot in the Dark
Chapter XX. Love and a Rifle
Chapter XXI. The Promise
Chapter XXII. Keeping a Promise
Chapter XXIII. At The Edge of the Cottonwood
Chapter XXIV. The End of the Story
The Coming of the Law
Chapter I. The Arrival of the Man
Chapter II. The Rule of Cattle
Chapter III. Norton Makes a Discovery
Chapter IV. At the Circle Bar
Chapter V. The Girl of Dry Bottom
Chapter VI. Hollis Renews an Acquaintance
Chapter VII. The “Kicker” Becomes an Institution
Chapter VIII. Concerning the “Six-O’Clock”
Chapter IX. How a Bad Man Left the “Kicker” Office
Chapter X. The Lost Trail
Chapter XI. Picking Up the Trail
Chapter XII. After the Storm
Chapter XIII. “Woman–She Don’t Need No Tooter”
Chapter XIV. The Coalition
Chapter XV. To Support the Law
Chapter XVI. The Bearer of Good News
Chapter XVII. The Rustler
Chapter XVIII. The Tenth Day
Chapter XIX. How a Rustler Escaped
Chapter XX. The “Kicker’s” Candidate
Chapter XXI. Dunlavey Plays a Card
Chapter XXII. Proof of Gratitude
Chapter XXIII. Ten Spot Uses His Eyes
Chapter XXIV. Campaign Guns
Chapter XXV. Handling the Law
Chapter XXVI. Autumn and the Gods
Chapter XXVII. The Sear and Yellow Days
Chapter XXVIII. In Defiance of the Law
Chapter XXIX. The Arm of the Law
Chapter XXX. Forming a Friendship
Chapter XXXI. Afterward
“Firebrand” Trevison
Chapter I. The Rider of the Black Horse
Chapter II. In Which Hatred is Born
Chapter III. Beating a Good Man
Chapter IV. The Long Arm of Power
Chapter V. A Telegram and a Girl
Chapter VI. A Judicial Puppet
Chapter VII. Two Letters Go East
Chapter VIII. The Chaos of Creation
Chapter IX. Straight Talk
Chapter X. The Spirit of Manti
Chapter XI. For the “Kiddies”
Chapter XII. Exposed to the Sunlight
Chapter XIII. Another Letter
Chapter XIV. A Rumble of War
Chapter XV. A Mutual Benefit Association
Chapter XVI. Wherein a Woman Lies
Chapter XVII. Justice vs. Law
Chapter XVIII. Law Invoked and Defied
Chapter XIX. A Woman Rides in Vain
Chapter XX. And Rides Again—in Vain
Chapter XXI. Another Woman Rides
Chapter XXII. A Man Errs—and Pays
Chapter XXIII. First Principles
Chapter XXIV. Another Woman Lies
Chapter XXV. In the Dark
Chapter XXVI. The Ashes
Chapter XXVII. The Fight
Chapter XXVIII. The Dregs
Chapter XXIX. The Calm
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Charles Alden Seltzer
The Coming of the Law
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She fell silent now, regarding her sewing. A quizzical smile had reached his face. This exchange of talk had developed the fact that she was a stranger to the country. No Western girl would have made her remark about the guns.
He did not know whether or not he was pleased over the discovery. Certain subtle signs about her had warned him in the beginning that she was different from the other women of his acquaintance, but he had not thought of her being a stranger here, of her coming here from some other section of the country—the East, for instance.
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