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The Coming of the Law

Charles Alden Seltzer 
(1875 - 1942)


A young Easterner, Hollis, a newspaper reporter, arrives in a small western town, to inherit his father’s ranch and his newspaper. He discovers that the town and the entire county are controlled by an unscrupulous cattleman, Dunlavey. This guy is a law unto himself, stealing cattle from his neighbors, who are powerless to defend themselves because he also owns the local sheriff. Can Hollis overcome these obstacles and insure that the county is run by the rule of law?

Read by Richard Kilmer

Run Time 8 Hours 24 Minutes in 7 Audio CDs

Chapters and run times:

1 01 - The Arrival of the Man - 21:51
2 02 - The Rule of Cattle - 24:35
3 03 - Norton Makes a Discovery - 14:11
4 04 - At the Circle Bar - 27:31
5 05 - The Girl of Dry Bottom - 19:18
6 06 - Hollis Renews an Acquaintance - 27:56
7 07 - The Kicker Becomes an Institution - 16:23
8 08 - Concerning the Six O' clock - 11:15
9 09 - How a Bad Man Left the Kicker Office - 33:25
10 10 - The Lost Trail - 15:05
11 11 - Picking Up the Trail - 11:02
12 12 - After the Storm - 10:57
13 13 - Woman--She Don't Need No Tooter - 13:38
14 14 - The Coalition - 14:26
15 15 - To Support the Law - 14:41
16 16 - The Bearer of Good News - 20:13
17 17 - The Rustler - 18:01
18 18 - The Tenth Day - 10:46
19 19 - How a Rustler Escaped - 14:53
20 20 - The Kicker's Candidate - 13:30
21 21 - Dunlavey Plays a Card - 18:37
22 22 - Proof of Gratitude - 13:01
23 23 - Ten Spot Uses His Eyes - 06:52
24 24 - Campaign Guns - 27:06
25 25 - Handling the Law - 17:28
26 26 - Autumn and the Gods - 12:17
27 27 - The Sear and Yellow Days - 07:31
28 28 - In Defiance of the Law - 16:24
29 29 - The Arm of the Law - 08:11
30 30 - Forming a Friendship - 18:36
31 31 - Afterward - 05:05

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