Produced by Kevin Handy, Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE HEART OF THE RANGE BY WILLIAM PATTERSON WHITE AUTHOR OF “_The Rider of Golden Bar_,” “_Hidden Trails_,” “_Lynch Lawyers_,” “_The Owner of the Lazy D_,” “_Paradise Bend_,” _etc_. 1921 TO RANGER A GOOD HORSE AND A BETTER FRIEND CONTENTS CHAPTER