William MacLeod Raine

Name: A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE
Author: William MacLeod Raine

A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

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“A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE”, published in 1911, is a work by William MacLeod Raine. It explores elements such as Fraser, sagebrush and Texan.

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

“ The mountaineer instantly swung to the saddle and set his pony to a canter up the draw. Fraser could see him join his daughter in the dim light, for the moon had momentarily gone behind a cloud, but almost at once the darkness swallowed them.
Some one in the sagebrush called to a companion, and the Texan knew that the attackers had heard the sound of the galloping horses. Without waiting an instant, he fired twice in rapid succession.
"That'll hold them for a minute or two," he told himself. "They won't understand it, and they'll get together and have a powwow." ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

“ A scream from the sagebrush—just one, and then no more.
"Bully for you', Arlie," the old man said.
None of them spoke for some minutes, then Fraser heard a sob—a stifled one, but unmistakable none the less.
"Don't be afraid, kid. We'll stand 'em off," the Texan encouraged.
"I ain't afraid, but I—I——Oh, God, I've killed a man."
The Texan stared at him, where he lay in the heavy shadows, shaken with his remorse. "Holy smoke! Wasn't he aiming to kill you? He likely isn't dead, anyhow. You got real troubles to worry about, without making up any." ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

“ The frequency of danger had made him proof against fear for himself, but just now he was very much afraid for her. Hard man as he was, he had the Southerner's instinctive chivalry toward woman.
"You better go, Arlie," her father counseled weakly.
"Well, I won't," she retorted emphatically.
The old man looked whimsically at the Texan. "Yo' see yo'self how it is, stranger."
Fraser saw, and the girl's stanchness stirred his admiration even while it irritated him. He made his decision immediately.
"All right. Both of you go."
"But we have only one horse," the girl objected. "They would catch us." ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

“ But the close-gripped jaw, the cool serenity of the gray eyes that looked without excitement upon whatever they saw, the perfect poise of his carriage—all contributed to a personality plainly that of a leader of men. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

“ Fraser waited till his five minutes was nearly up, then plunged across the road into the sagebrush growing thick there. A shot or two rang out, without stopping him. Suddenly a man rose out of the sage in front of him, a revolver in his hand.
For a fraction of a second, the two men faced each other before either spoke.
"Who are you?"
Fraser's answer was to dive for the man's knees, just as a football tackle does. They went down together, but it was the Texan got up first. A second man was running toward him. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

“ It was not a question of whether they could hold off the attackers. They might do that, and yet she might be killed while they were doing it. A man used to coping with emergencies, his brain now swiftly worked out a way of escape.
"Yore father and I will take care of these coyotes. You slip along those shadows up the hill to where my Teddy hawss is, and burn the wind out of here," he told her.
"I'll not leave dad," she said quickly.
The old mountaineer behind the horse laughed apologetically. "I been trying to git her to go, but she won't stir. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — I. IN THE FIRE ZONE (1911)

“ The Texan drew rein. "We all been discovering that Wyoming is a powerful big state. Going to feed me a cigarette, Teddy. Too bad a hawss cayn't smoke his troubles away," he drawled, and proceeded to roll a cigarette, lighting it with one sweeping motion of his arm, that passed down the leg of his chaps and ended in the upward curve at his lips. ”

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