BAT WING BOWLES
BY DANE COOLIDGE
Author of "Hidden Water" and "The Texican"
Illustrated by D. C. Hutchison
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
STREET & SMITH, NEW YORK
All rights reserved, including that of translationinto foreign languages
March, 1914
"'WHY, HELLO THERE, COWBOY!' SHE CHALLENGED BLUNTLY"
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. Mr. Bowles
CHAPTER II. The Far West
CHAPTER III. The Bat Wing Ranch
CHAPTER IV. Brigham
CHAPTER V. Wa-ha-lote
CHAPTER VI. The Round-up
CHAPTER VII. The Queen at Home
CHAPTER VIII. A Cowboy's Life
CHAPTER IX. Reduced to the Ranks
CHAPTER X. The First Smile
CHAPTER XI. Coney Island
CHAPTER XII. Promoted
CHAPTER XIII. A Letter from the Postmistress
CHAPTER XIV. The English Lord
CHAPTER XV. Burying the Hatchet
CHAPTER XVI. The Straw-boss
CHAPTER XVII. And His Squirrel Story
CHAPTER XVIII. The Rough-riders
CHAPTER XIX. A Common Brawl
CHAPTER XX. The Death of Happy Jack
CHAPTER XXI. A Call
CHAPTER XXII. The Horse that Killed Dunbar
CHAPTER XXIII. The Custom of the Country
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'Why, hello there, cowboy!' she challenged bluntly"
"Only Bowles, the man from the East, rose and took off his hat"
"'You want to be careful how you treat these Arizona girls!'"
"The man-killer charged at him through the dust"