E-text prepared by Al Haines
[Frontispiece: When Meldrum came in answer to her summons, he met theshock of his life.]
THE SHERIFF'S SON
BY
WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
AUTHOR OF
THE YUKON TRAIL, WYOMING, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
HAROLD CUE
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1917 AND 1918, BY FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published April 1918
TO
ROBERT H. DAVIS
WHO WITH HIS USUAL GENEROSITY TO WRITERS
MADE THE AUTHOR A PRESENT
OF THE GERM IDEA
OF THIS PLOT
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