# Free Range Lanning

A western by Frederick Schiller Faust (better known as Max Brand), writing as George Owen Baxter.
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FREE RANGE LANNING
"Gentlemen," said Andrew, "I am not a bum. I am worth five thousand dollars to the man who turns me over, dead or alive..." Frontispiece—Page 155
Free Range Lanning
A Western Story
BY GEORGE OWEN BAXTER
Frontispiece by EDGAR WITTMACK
CHELSEA HOUSE
79 Seventh Avenue, New York City 1921
Copyright, 1921
By CHELSEA HOUSE
Free Range Lanning
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian.
CONTENTS
* chapterpage
* I.Blood and Iron ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
* II.Andy Examines His Hands ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
* III.In the Saddle ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
* IV.Bill Takes the Trail ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
* V.Fear or Iron Dust ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
* VI.The Merchant House ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
* VII."Betwixt and Between" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
* VIII.Bill's Bargain ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
* IX.The Birth of a Desperado ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
* X.Andy's Death Warrant ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72
* XI.Andy Takes Cards ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78
* XII.The Bringer of News ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
* XIII.Andy is Introduced ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
* XIV.Invisible Bonds ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
* XV.Toward the Far Horizon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105
* XVI.In Room Seventeen ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* XVII.Heaven and Hell ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................117
* XVIII.Like a Red Flash ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125
* XIX.Sanctuary in the Hills ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................132
* XX.Hank Makes a Gift ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................138
* XXI.Hank Drops His Cards ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................144
* XXII.The Threshold of Mercy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................150
* XXIII.Under Cover ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................156
* XXIV.Jud's Sacrifice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................162
* XXV.A Man of Doubts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................167
* XXVI.By a Spider Thread ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................174
* XXVII.The Wooing of Sally ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................182
* XXVIII.The Blond Beard ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................189
* XXIX.Truth and Fiction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................196
* XXX.Greek Meets Greek ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................203
* XXXI.Horse Against Horse ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................212
* XXXII."The Inner Shrine" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................222
* XXXIII.Bess Baldwin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................235
* XXXIV.The Rules of the Game ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................242
* XXXV.The Holdup ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................251
* XXXVI.Allister's Successor ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................261
* XXXVII.A Duel to the Death ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................267
* XXXVIII.Andy Pays Himself ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................276
* XXXIX.In the Other Room ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................281
* XL.At the Point of a Rifle ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................288
* XLI.Between a Horse and a Girl ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................296
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
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