LANGFORD
OF THE THREE BARS
LANGFORD
OF THE THREE BARS
BYKATE AND VIRGIL D. BOYLES
With Illustrations in ColorBY N. C. WYETH
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1907
COPYRIGHT
A. C. MCCLURG & Co.
1907
Published April 15, 1907
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England
All rights reserved
Including dramatic rights
Typography by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
Presswork by The Lakeside Press, Chicago, U. S. A.
TO OUR MOTHER
MRS. MARTHA DILLIN BOYLES
CONTENTS
- I. THE ISLAND WITH A MYSTERY 11
- II. "ON THE TRAIL" 22
- III. LOUISE 31
- IV. "MAGGOT" 42
- V. AT THE BON AMI 50
- VI. "NOTHIN' BUT A HOSS THIEF, ANYWAY" 57
- VII. THE PRELIMINARY 62
- VIII. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY 78
- IX. THE ATTACK ON THE LAZY S 90
- X. IN WHICH THE X Y Z FIGURES SOMEWHAT
MYSTERIOUSLY 106 - XI. "YOU ARETHE BOSS" 121
- XII. WAITING 137
- XIII. MRS. HIGGINS RALLIES TO HER COLORS 150
- XIV. CHANNEL ICE 161
- XV. THE GAME IS ON 175
- XVI. THE TRIAL 181
- XVII. GORDON RIDES INTO THE COUNTRY 194
- XVIII. FIRE! 203
- XIX. AN UNCONVENTIONAL TEA PARTY 214
- XX. THE ESCAPE 224
- XXI. THE MOVING SHADOW 242
- XXII. THE OUTLAW'S LAST STAND 255
- XXIII. THE PARTY AT THE LAZY S 271
ILLUSTRATIONS
- "I TAKE IT I AM THE ONE WANTED," SAID
WILLISTON Frontispiece - THE GLOWING IRON
STICK IN HIS HAND, JESSE
TURNED AND FACED SQUARELY THE SPOT
WHICH HELD THE WATCHING MAN 18 - LOUISE LOVED TO CLIMB
TO THE SUMMIT OF
ONE OF THE BARREN HILLS FLANKING THE
RIVER, AND STAND THERE WHILE THE
WIND BLEW 146 - THE LITTLE POSSE
STARTED OUT ON ITS JOURNEY,
THE WIRY MARSHAL FIRST 258
