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[Illustration: FRANK JAMES.]

[Illustration: JESSE JAMES.]

NOTICE.--These portraits were engraved from late photographs,
obtained at some expense and danger; and having been copyrighted for
this book all persons are warned against using them elsewhere.




THE BORDER BANDITS.

AN AUTHENTIC AND THRILLING HISTORY OF
THE NOTED OUTLAWS,

JESSE AND FRANK JAMES,

And their Bands of Highwaymen.

COMPILED FROM RELIABLE SOURCES ONLY AND CONTAINING
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