The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-01-08
6YZANE GREY
AUTHOR OF
1.-THE LIGHT OF WESTERN
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RIDERS OF THE PURPLE
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I'm weliston. Texas, II
becomes with Buckley Duane a case of
fight or run from Cal Balm. Duane kills
his man and becomes an outlaw.
CHAPTER II-He meets Luke Stew
ems. an outlaw.
CHAPTER ITI-Stevens goes into the
town of Mercer to buy supplies and Is
shot by a rancher. Duane buries lin.
CHAPTER Iv-Duane goes to BANDS
outlaw stronghold in the Rim Rock and
after shooting Bosomer. who quarrels
with him over Stevens death. decides
to stay there. Euchre takes Duane for
a partner and tells him about Bland,
the outlaw chief. and his band.
CHAPTER v-Duane practices gun
throwing and hears more about Bland
and his gang.
CHAPTER vI-Euchre and Duane
call on Kate. BANDS wife. and Jennie.
a girl whom Benson kidnapped and sold
to Bland.
CHAPTER vII-Euchre and Duane
c%onspire to take Jennie away. Duane
prevents a wanton murder.
CHAPTER vIII-Mrs. Bland makes
love to Duane and he uses her to fur
Their his plans. Blanc returns from .
trip. He asks Duane to Join the band.
AiN-i1 JtdlOhS u hhh IA aOdoCo a
and Jennie.
CHAPTER Ix-Euchre kills Benson.
Is killed by A1loway, Duane kills Allo-
with Jennie. In a deserted hut in the
mesquite Jennie nurses him.
CHAPTER x-when Duane is strong
enough they travel out of the Rim Rock
to a r~ancher's house. where Duane re-
covers. On their way to shelbyville
Jennie is carried off by outlaws while
Duane is away looking for a strayed
horse.
CHAPTER xT-After vain search for
Jennie. whose abductor he kills, Duane
leads the lone-wolf life for more than
three years, finally getting a message
from Captain McNelly OF the rangers
asking him to come to the captains
camp after dark.
CHAPTER xII-The message is sew
eral times repeated. Duane is chased by
a lynching party.
CHAPTER xIII-A price on his head
and accused of numbering a Woman.
Duane rides into Shirley to deny the
murder. After a narrow escape from
1ynching. he proves his innocence and is
allowed to go.
CHAPTER xIv-He goes to McNelly's
ranger camp. McNelly offers him par
don and social restoration IL he viii
become a ranger and clean out the
cheseldine gang in the Big Bend coun-
try.
CHAPTER XV-Buck Duane. ranger.
strikes the Big Bend country and be-
gins work. Cheseldine is a mystery. a
power and a horror to the country.
CHAPTER x~vI-Colonel Longstreth's
daughter Ray. and her cousin. Ruth
Herbert. are held up. Duane shoots
one OF the robbers, but Is puzzled by
the colonel's conduct.
CHAPTER xVIT-In Fairdale Duane
makes friends with Laramie. and cap
turing a man who has held up Laramie,
takes him before Longstreth, mayor OF
Fairdale. who discharges the thief
without a hearing. Duane calls Long
streth's hand before several honest men.
CHAPTER XVIII-Duane whips Law
son a nephew of Longstreth. He or
ganizes resistance to Longstreth's
rocked methods.
CHAPTER XIx-Laramie is found
dead. a bullet hole in his breast. Ray
meets Duane and asks for his friend
ship. She suspects her father of crook
ed practices.
CHAPTER xX-Duane. spying on
Longstreth and Lawson, knows them
for rustlers and bandits. and Is nearly
trapped by them.