The Heart of the Range

Project Gutenberg's The Heart of the Range, by William Patterson WhiteThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Heart of the RangeAuthor: William Patterson WhiteRelease Date: December 16, 2003 [EBook #10473]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HEART OF THE RANGE ***Produced by Kevin Handy, Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.[Illustration: "They picked up our trail somehow … they're about three miles back on the flat just a-burnin' the ground"]THE HEART OF THE RANGEBY WILLIAM PATTERSON WHITEAUTHOR OF"The Rider of Golden Bar," "Hidden Trails," "Lynch Lawyers," "The Owner of the Lazy D," "Paradise Bend," etc.1921TO RANGERA GOOD HORSE AND A BETTER FRIENDCONTENTSCHAPTERI. THE HORSE THIEFII. THE YELLOW DOGIII. THE TALL STRANGERIV. THE OLD LADYV. McFLUKE'sVI. CHANGE OF PLANVII. THE RIDDLEVIII. THE STARLIGHTIX. THROWING SANDX. THE BACK PORCHXI. THE LOOKOUTXII. THE DISCOVERYXIII. A BOLD BAD MANXIV. THE SURPRISEXV. FIRE! FIRE!XVI. THE BAR SXVII. SIGNED PAPERXVIII. THE SHOWDOWNXIX. THE SHOOTINGXX. DRAWING THE COVERXXI. GONE AWAYXXII. A CHECKXXIII. TAKING FENCESXXIV. DIPLOMACYXXV. STRATEGYXXVI. THE QUARRELXXVII. BURGLARYXXVIII. THE LETTERSXXIX. HUE AND ...