The Baron of Diamond Tail
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The Baron of Diamond Tail
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Only the outstretched legs of his horse separated him from the oncoming rustler when he rose to his knees and fired.
The Baron of Diamond Tail
By
G. W. Ogden
Author of
Claim Number One, Trail's End, Etc.
frontispiece by
J. Allen St. John
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Grosset & Dunlap
PublishersNew York
Made in the United States of America
Copyright
George Washington Ogden
1922-1923
Published September, 1923
Copyrighted in Great BritainPrinted in the United States of America
George Washington Ogden
1922-1923
Published September, 1923
Copyrighted in Great BritainPrinted in the United States of America
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I | Advice on Homicide | 1 |
| II | The Blue-Eyed Wolf | 11 |
| III | The Diamond Tail | 26 |
| IV | Disarmed | 42 |
| V | A Word at Parting | 57 |
| VI | Brother of the Wolf | 66 |
| VII | The Wrangler | 81 |
| VIII | The Avenger Comes | 93 |
| IX | Wrangler, but a Man | 102 |
| X | Marsh Meadows | 113 |
| XI | Poor Stuff for a Hero | 123 |
| XII | At the Front Gate | 133 |
| XIII | A Man Must Die | 144 |
| XIV | Cattle Kate | 159 |
| XV | Findlay Throws Hot Lead | 173 |
| XVI | A Pact of Innocents | 182 |
| XVII | On the Bonita Road | 197 |
| XVIII | A Battle in the Dark | 209 |
| XIX | Manuel Rides with News | 222 |
| XX | To Close a Villain's Mouth | 233 |
| XXI | Time to Say a Prayer | 248 |
| XXII | A Man in the Door | 259 |
| XXIII | The Light Is Blown Out | 267 |
| XXIV | Funeral Poetry | 276 |
| XXV | The Rustler Speaks | 288 |
| XXVI | Two Words in the Dust | 302 |
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