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[Illustration: "UNDER THE HAT BRIM DRAWN FORWARD TO HIS LINE OF
VISION HIS EYES ... GAZED FORTH KEEN AND OBSERVANT"]




THE IRON
FURROW

BY GEORGE C. SHEDD

FRONTISPIECE BY
HENRY A. BOTKIN

A.L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York