William MacLeod Raine

Name: A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB
Author: William MacLeod Raine

A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

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“A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB”, published in 1911, is a work by William MacLeod Raine. It explores elements such as Arlie, Bald Knob and Dick.

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ When he reached the cabin he gave an audible sigh of relief and quickly locked the door.
"Of course you'll have to go for help, Dick. Bring old Doc Lee."
"Why, Arlie, I can't leave you here alone. What are you talking about?" "You'll have to. It's the only thing to do. You'll have to give me your revolver. And, oh, Dick, don't lose a moment on the way."
He was plainly troubled. "I just can't leave you here alone, girl. What would your father say if anything happened? I don't reckon anything will, but we can't tell. No, I'll stay here, too. Steve must take his chance." ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ Dick drew in his horse sharply, and looked back.
The sound of a rifle shot echoed from hillside to hillside. Like a streak of light, the girl's pinto flashed past him. He heard her give a sobbing cry of anguish. Then he saw that Steve was slipping very slowly from his saddle.
A second shot rang out. The light was beginning to fail, but he made out a man's figure crouched among the small pines on the shoulder of Bald Knob. Dick jerked out his revolver as he rode back, and fired twice. He was quite out of pistol range, but he wanted the man in ambush to see that help was at hand. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ He was so sure, that he began to praise his friend to Arlie, to tell her of what a competent cowman he was, how none of them could make a cut or rope a wild steer like him. She presently wanted to know whether Dick could not find something more interesting to talk about.
He could not help smiling at her downright manner. "You've surely got it in for him, Arlie. I thought you liked him."
She pulled up her horse, and looked at him. "What made you think that? Did he tell you so?"
Dick fairly shouted. "You do rub it in, girl, when you've got a down on a fellow. No, he didn't tell me. You did." ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ The trail, winding through a narrow defile, brought them side by side again.
"Ever notice what a persistent color buckskin is, Steve?" inquired France, by way of bringing him into the conversation. "It's strong in every one of these cattle, though the old man has been trying to get rid of it for ten years."
"You mustn't talk to me, Dick," responded his friend gravely. "Little Willie told a lie, and he's being stood in a corner."
Arlie flushed angrily, opened her mouth to speak, and, changing her mind, looked at him witheringly. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ He had fainted again, and hung limply, with his face buried in the mane of the pony. It seemed an age before the cabin loomed, shadow-like, out of the darkness. They found the door unlocked, as usual, and carried him in to the bed.
"Give me your knife, Dick," Arlie ordered quietly. "And I want water. If that's a towel over there, bring it."
"Just a moment. I'll strike a light, and we'll see where we're at."
"No. We'll have to work in the dark. A light might bring them down on us." She had been cutting the band of the shirt, and now ripped it so as to expose the wounded shoulder. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ A third shot had rung out while he was in the dense mass of foliage of the evergreens, but now silence lay heavy all about him. The gathering darkness blurred detail, so that any one of a dozen bowlders might be a shield for a crouching man. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB
A bunch of young steers which had strayed from their range were to be driven to the Dillon ranch, and the boss of the rodeo appointed France and Fraser to the task.
"Yo'll have company home, honey," he told his daughter, "and yo'll be able to give the boys a hand if they need it. These hill cattle are still some wild, though we've been working them a week. Yo're a heap better cowboy than some that works more steady at the business."
Briscoe nodded. "You bet! I ain't forgot that day Arlie rode Big Timber with me two years ago. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger — IX. A SHOT FROM BALD KNOB (1911)

“ He saw Arlie fling herself from her pony in time to support the Texan just as he sank to the ground.
"She'll take care of Steve. It's me for that murderer," the young man thought.
Acting upon that impulse, he slid from his horse and slipped into the sagebrush of the hillside. By good fortune he was wearing a gray shirt of a shade which melted into that of the underbrush. Night falls swiftly in the mountains, and already dusk was softly spreading itself over the hills.
Dick went up a draw, where young pines huddled together in the trough ”

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