Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "What have you done with Hollis?" demanded Norton, thrusting his big six-shooter against Ten Spot's stomach. _Page 165_ _The Coming of the Law_] THE COMING OF THE LAW BY CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER Author of "The Range Riders," "The Two-Gun Man," "The Triangle Cupid," etc. With Frontispiece in Colors by R. W. AMICK A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers--New York Copyright 1912, By OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY All Rights Reserved First Printing, August, 1912 Second Printing, September, 1912 CONTENTS I. The Arrival of the Man 9 II. The Rule of Cattle 25 III. Norton Makes a Discovery 42 IV. At the Circle Bar 53 V. The Girl of Dry Bottom 73 VI. Hollis Renews an Acquaintance 87 VII. The "Kicker" Becomes an Institution 107 VIII. Concerning the "Six O'Clock" 119 IX. How a Bad Man Left the "Kicker" Office 127 X. The Lost Trail 151 XI. Picking Up the Trail 161 XII. After the Storm 169 XIII. "Woman--She Don't Need No Tooter" 177 XIV. The Coalition 187 XV. To Support the Law 198 XVI. The Bearer of Good News 209 XVII. The Rustler 224 XVIII. The Tenth Day 238 XIX. How a Rustler Escaped 246 XX. The "Kicker's" Candidate 257 XXI. Dunlavey Plays a Card 267 XXII. Proof of Gratitude 280 XXIII. Ten Spot Uses His Eyes 289 XXIV. Campaign Guns 294 XXV. Handling the Law 314 XXVI. Autumn and the Gods 327 XXVII. The Sear and Yellow Days 336 XXVIII. In Defiance of the Law 342 XXIX. The Arm of the Law 354 XXX. Forming a Friendship 364 XXXI. Afterward 375 THE COMING OF THE LAW CHAPTER I THE ARRIVAL OF THE MAN