The Coming of the Law
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Seltzer Charles Alden. 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
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The courthouse was a low, one-story redbrick building, sitting well back from the street. It was evidently newly built, for an accumulation of débris, left by the workmen, still littered the ground in the vicinity. A board walk led from the street to the wide, arched entrance. From the steps one could look down the street at the station and the other buildings squatting in the sunlight, dingy with the dust of many dry days. Except for the cowponies and the buckboard and the prairie schooner there was a total absence of life or movement, offering a striking contrast to the bustling cities to which the young man had been accustomed.
The young man bowed respectfully. “Are you Judge Graney?” he questioned.
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Judge Graney’s eyes gleamed with earnestness. He leaned forward, speaking slowly and distinctly.
“I am going to illustrate my point by giving you a brief history of your father’s experiences out here–as I had it from him. He came out here about fifteen years ago and took up a quarter-section of land over on Rabbit-Ear Creek, the present site of the Circle Bar ranch. For quite a few years he was a nester–as the small owner is called in this country, but he was unmolested for the reason that there were few large owners in the vicinity and each man was willing that his neighbor should succeed. Your father prospered and after a few years began to buy land. He finally acquired a thousand acres; he told me that at one time he had about five thousand head of cattle. Of course, these cattle could not live on your father’s thousand acres, but the ranges are free and the thousand acres answered very well as a headquarters.
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