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THE BOSS OF THE LAZY Y
BY
CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER
AUTHOR OF
THE COMING OF THE LAW, THE TWO-GUN MAN, ETC.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
J. ALLEN ST. JOHN
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1915
Published April, 1915
Copyrighted in Great Britain
CONTENTS
I. The Home-Coming of Calumet Marston
II. Betty Meets the Heir
III. Calumet's Guardian
IV. Calumet Plays Betty's Game
V. The First Lesson
VI. "Bob"
VII. A Page from the Past
VIII. The Toltec Idol
IX. Responsibility
X. New Acquaintances
XI. Progress
XII. A Peace Offering
XIII. Suspicion
XIV. Jealousy
XV. A Meeting in the Red Dog
XVI. The Ambush
XVII. More Progress
XVIII. Another Peace Offering
XIX. A Tragedy in the Timber Grove
XX. Betty Talks Frankly
XXI. His Father's Friend
XXII. Neal Taggart Visits
XXIII. For the Altars of His Tribe
ILLUSTRATIONS
Calumet remained unshaken . . . . . . Frontispiece
"Get up, or I will shoot you like a dog!" she said.
Her appearance was now in the nature of a transformation.
Calumet stepped in.
CHAPTER I
THE HOME-COMING OF CALUMET MARSTON
Shuffling down the long slope, its tired legs moving automatically, the drooping pony swerved a little and then came to a halt, trembling with fright. Startled out of his unpleasant ruminations, his lips tensing over his teeth