6Chapter III Deoch Slaint an Righ!
423Chapter VI Billie Asks a Question
7Chapter IV Of Love and War
424Chapter VII On the Trail
8Chapter V The Hue and Cry
425Chapter VIII The Fight
9Chapter VI In the Matter of a Kiss
426Chapter IX Billie Stands Pat
10Chapter VII My Lady Rages
427Chapter X Bud Proctor Lends a Hand
11Chapter VIII Charles Edward Stuart
428Chapter XI The Fugitives
12Chapter IX Blue Bonnets are Over the Border
429Chapter XII The Good Samaritan
13Chapter X Culloden
430Chapter XIII A Friendly Enemy
14Chapter XI The Red Heather Hills
431Chapter XIV The Gun-Barrel Road
15Chapter XII Volney Pays a Debt
432Chapter XV Lee Plays a Leading Rôle
16Chapter XIII The Little God has an Innings
433Chapter XVI Three Modern Musketeers
17Chapter XIV The Aftermath
434Chapter XVII "Peg-Leg" Warren
18Chapter XV A Reprieve!
435Chapter XVIII A Stampede
19Chapter XVI Volney’s Guest
436Chapter XIX A Two-Gun Man
20Chapter XVII The Valley of the Shadow
437Chapter XX Exit Mysterious Pete
21Chapter XVIII The Shadow Falls
438Chapter XXI Jim Receives and Declines an Offer
22The Afterword
439Chapter XXII The Rustlers' Camp
23Chapter 1. A Desert Meeting
440Chapter XXIII Murder from the Chaparral
24Chapter 2. The King of the Big Horn Country
441Chapter XXIV Jimmie-Go-Get-'Em Leaves a Note
25Chapter 3. An Invitation Given and Accepted
442Chapter XXV The Mal-Pais
26Chapter 4. At the Lazy D Ranch
443Chapter XXVI A Dust-Storm
27Chapter 5. The Dance at Fraser's
444Chapter XXVII "A Lucky Guy"
28Chapter 6. A Party Call
445Chapter XXVIII Sheriff Prince Functions
29Chapter 7. The Man from the Shoshone Fastnesses
446Chapter XXIX "They Can't Hang Me If I ain't There"
30Chapter 8. In the Lazy D Hospital
447Chapter XXX Polly has a Plan
31Chapter 9. Miss Darling Arrives
448Chapter XXXI Goodheart Makes a Promise and Breaks It
32Chapter 10. A Shepherd of the Desert
449Chapter XXXII Jim Takes a Prisoner
33Chapter 12. Mistress and Maid
450Chapter XXXIII The Round-Up
34Chapter 13. The Two Cousins
451Chapter XXXIV Primrose Paths
35Chapter 14. For the World's Championship
452The Big-Town Round-Up
36Chapter 15. Judd Morgan Passes
453Foreword
37Chapter 16. Hunting Big Game
454Chapter I Concerning a Street Twelve Miles Long
38Chapter 17. Run to Earth
455Chapter II Clay Appoints Himself Chaperon
39Chapter 18. Playing for Time
456Chapter III The Big Town
40Chapter 19. West Point to the Rescue
457Chapter IV A New Use for a Water Hose
41Chapter 20. Two Cases of Discipline
458Chapter V A Contribution to the Salvation Army
42Chapter 21. The Signal Lights
459Chapter VI Clay Takes a Transfer
43Chapter 22. Exit the “King”
460Chapter VII Arizona Follows Its Lawless Impulse
44Chapter 23. Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting
461Chapter VIII "The Best Single-Barreled Sport Iver I Met"
45Chapter 1. Two Men and a Woman
462Chapter IX Beatrice Up Stage
46Chapter 2. The Freebooter
463Chapter X Johnnie Sees the Postmaster
47Chapter 3. One to One
464Chapter XI Johnnie Green—Match-Maker
48Chapter 4. Fort Salvation
465Chapter XII Clay Reads an Ad and Answers It
49Chapter 5. Enter Simon Harley
466Chapter XIII A Late Evening Call
50Chapter 6. On the Snow-Trail
467Chapter XIV Starring as a Second-Story Man
51Chapter 7. Back From Arcadia
468Chapter XV The Gangman Sees Red
52Chapter 8. The Honorable Thomas B. Pelton
469Chapter XVI A Face in the Night
53Chapter 9. An Evening Call
470Chapter XVII Johnnie Makes a Joke
54Chapter 10. Harley Makes a Proposition
471Chapter XVIII Beatrice Gives an Option
55Chapter 11. Virginia Intervenes
472Chapter XIX A Lady Wears a Ring
56Chapter 12. Aline Makes a Discovery
473Chapter XX The Cautious Guy Slips Up
57Chapter 13. First Blood
474Chapter XXI At the Head of the Stairs
58Chapter 14. A Conspiracy
475Chapter XXII Two Men in a Locked Room
59Chapter 15. Laska Opens a Door
476Chapter XXIII Johnnie Comes Into His Own
60Chapter 16. An Explosion in the Taurus
477Chapter XXIV Clay Lays Down the Law
61Chapter 17. The Election
478Chapter XXV Johnnie Says He is Much Obliged
62Chapter 18. Further Developments
479Chapter XXVI A Locked Gate
63Chapter 19. One Million Dollars
480Chapter XXVII "No Violence"
64Chapter 20. A Little Lunch at Aphonse's
481Chapter XXVIII In Bad
65Chapter 21. Harley Scores
482Chapter XXIX Bad News
66Chapter 22. "Not Guilty"—"Guilty"
483Chapter XXX Bee Makes a Morning Call
67Chapter 23. Aline Turns a Corner
484Chapter XXXI Into the Hands of His Enemy
68Chapter 24. A Good Samaritan
485Chapter XXXII Mr. Lindsay Receives
69Chapter 25. Friendly Enemies
486Chapter XXXIII Bromfield Makes an Offer
70Chapter 26. Breaks One and Makes Another Engagement
487Chapter XXXIV Beatrice Qualifies as a Sherlock Holmes
71Foreword to Ye Gentle Reader
488Chapter XXXV Two and Two Make Four
72Part I. The Man from the Panhandle
489Chapter XXXVI A Boomerang
73Chapter I. A Desert Meeting
490Chapter XXXVII On the Carpet
74Chapter II. Lieutenant Fraser Interferes
491Chapter XXXVIII A Conversation About Stock
75Chapter III. A Discovery
492Chapter XXXIX In Central Park
76Chapter IV. Lost!
493Chapter XL Clay Plays Second Fiddle
77Chapter V. Larry Neill to the Rescue
494Chapter XLI The New Day
78Chapter VI. Somebody’s Acting Mighty Foolish
495Oh, You Tex!
79Chapter VII. Enter Mr. Dunke
496Chapter I The Line-Rider
80Chapter VIII. Would You Worry About Me?
497Chapter II "I'll Be Seventeen, Coming Grass"
81Chapter IX. Down the Jackrabbit Shaft
498Chapter III Tex Takes an Interest
82Chapter X. In a Tunnel of the Mal Pais
499Chapter IV Tex Grandstands
83Chapter XI. The Southerner Takes a Risk
500Chapter V Captain Ellison Hires a Hand
84Chapter XII. Exit Dunke
501Chapter VI Clint Wadley's Messenger
85Chapter XIII. Steve Offers Congratulations
502Chapter VII The Dance
86Part II. The Girl of Lost Valley
503Chapter VIII Rutherford Makes a Mistake
87Chapter I. In the Fire Zone
504Chapter IX Murder in the Chaparral
88Chapter II. A Compact
505Chapter X "A Damned Poor Apology for a Man"
89Chapter III. Into Lost Valley
506Chapter XI One to Four
90Chapter IV. The Warning of Mantrap Gulch
507Chapter XII Tex Rearranges the Seating
91Chapter V. Jed Briscoe Takes a Hand
508Chapter XIII "Only One Mob, Ain't There?"
92Chapter VI. A Sure Enough Wolf
509Chapter XIV Jack Serves Notice
93Chapter VII. The Round-Up
510Chapter XV A Close Shave
94Chapter VIII. The Broncho Busters
511Chapter XVI Wadley Goes Home in a Buckboard
95Chapter IX. A Shot From Bald Knob
512Chapter XVII Old-Timers
96Chapter X. Doc Lee
513Chapter XVIII A Shot Out of the Night
97Chapter XI. The Fat in the Fire
514Chapter XIX Trapped
98Chapter XII. The Dance
515Chapter XX Kiowas on the Warpath
99Chapter XIII. The Wolf Howls
516Chapter XXI Tex Takes a Long Walk
100Chapter XIV. Howard Explains
517Chapter XXII The Test
101Chapter XV. The Texan Pays a Visit
518Chapter XXIII A Shy Young Man Dines
102Chapter XVI. The Wolf Bites
519Chapter XXIV Tex Borrows a Blacksnake
103Chapter XVII. On the Road to Gimlet Butte
520Chapter XXV "They're Runnin' Me Outa Town"
104Chapter XVIII. A Witness in Rebuttal
521Chapter XXVI For Professional Services
105Chapter 1. Enter “Bear-Trap” Collins
522Chapter XXVII Clint Frees His Mind
106Chapter 2. Taxation Without Representation
523Chapter XXVIII On a Cold Trail
107Chapter 3. The Sheriff Introduces Himself
524Chapter XXIX Burnt Brands
108Chapter 4. A Bluff is Called
525Chapter XXX Rogues Disagree
109Chapter 5. Bucky Entertains
526Chapter XXXI A Pair of Deuces
110Chapter 6. Bucky Makes a Discovery
527Chapter XXXII The Hold-up
111Chapter 7. In the Land of Revolutions
528Chapter XXXIII The Man with the Yellow Streak
112Chapter 8. First Blood!
529Chapter XXXIV Ramona Goes Duck-Hunting
113Chapter 9. “Adore Has Only One D.”
530Chapter XXXV The Desert
114Chapter 10. The Hold-up of the M. C. P. Flyer
531Chapter XXXVI Homer Dinsmore Escorts Ramona
115Chapter 11. “Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make.”
532Chapter XXXVII On a Hot Trail
116Chapter 12. A Clean White Man's Option
533Chapter XXXVIII Dinsmore to the Rescue
117Chapter 13. Bucky's First-Rate Reasons
534Chapter XXXIX A Cry Out of the Night
118Chapter 14. Le Roi Est Mort; Vive Le Roi
535Chapter XL Gurley's Get-Away
119Chapter 15. In the Secret Chamber
536Chapter XLI Homing Hearts
120Chapter 16. Juan Valdez Scores
537Chapter XLII A Difference of Opinion
121Chapter 17. Hidden Valley
538Chapter XLIII Tex Resigns
122Chapter 18. A Dinner for Three
539Chapter XLIV Dinsmore Gives Information
123Chapter 19. A Villon of the Desert
540Chapter XLV Ramona Deserts Her Father
124Chapter 20. Back to God's Country
541Chapter XLVI Loose Threads
125Chapter 21. The Wolf Pack
542Gunsight Pass
126Chapter 22. For a Good Reason
543Chapter I "Crooked as a Dog's Hind Laig"
127Mavericks
544Chapter II The Race
128Chapter I Phyllis
545Chapter III Dave Rides on His Spurs
129Chapter II The Nester
546Chapter IV The Paint Hoss Disappears
130Chapter III Caught Red-Handed
547Chapter V Supper at Delmonico's Interrupted
131Chapter IV "I'm a Rustler and a Thief, Am I?"
548Chapter VI By Way of a Window
132Chapter V An Aider and Abettor
549Chapter VII Bob Hart Takes a Hand
133Chapter VI A Good Friend
550Chapter VIII The D Bar Lazy R Boys Meet an Angel
134Chapter VII A Shot from Ambush
551Chapter IX Gunsight Pass
135Chapter VIII Miss-Going-on-Eighteen
552Chapter X The Cattle Train
136Chapter IX Punishment
553Chapter XI The Night Clerk Gets Busy Pronto
137Chapter X Into the Enemy's Country
554Chapter XII The Law Puzzles Dave
138Chapter XI Tom Dixon
555Chapter XIII For Murder
139Chapter XII The Escape
556Chapter XIV Ten Years
140Chapter XIII A Mistake
557Chapter XV In Denver
141Chapter XIV A Difference of Opinion
558Chapter XVI Dave Meets Two Friends and a Foe
142Chapter XV The Brand Blotter
559Chapter XVII Oil
143Chapter XVI A Waterspout
560Chapter XVIII Doble Pays a Visit
144Chapter XVII The Hold-up
561Chapter XIX An Involuntary Bath
145Chapter XVIII Brill Healy Airs His Sentiments
562Chapter XX The Little Mother Frees Her Mind
146Chapter XIX The Roan with the White Stockings
563Chapter XXI The Hold-up
147Chapter XX Yeager Rides to Noches
564Chapter XXII Number Three Comes In
148Chapter XXI Breaking Down an Alibi
565Chapter XXIII The Gusher
149Chapter XXII Surrender
566Chapter XXIV Shorty
150Chapter XXIII At the Rodeo
567Chapter XXV Miller Talks
151Chapter XXIV Missing
568Chapter XXVI Dave Accepts an Invitation
152Chapter XXV Larry Tells a Bear Story
569Chapter XXVII At the Jackpot
153Chapter XXVI The Man-Hunt
570Chapter XXVIII Dave Meets a Financier
154Chapter XXVII The Round-up
571Chapter XXIX Three in Consultation
155Brand Blotters
572Chapter XXX On the Flyer
156Part I Melissy of the Bar Double G
573Chapter XXXI Two on the Hilltops
157Chapter I A Crossed Trail
574Chapter XXXII Dave Becomes an Office Man
158Chapter II Brand Blotting
575Chapter XXXIII On the Dodge
159Chapter III An Accusation
576Chapter XXXIV A Pleasant Evening
160Chapter IV The Man with the Chihuahua Hat
577Chapter XXXV Fire in the Chaparral
161Chapter V The Tenderfoot Takes Up a Claim
578Chapter XXXVI Fighting Fire
162Chapter VI “Hands Up”
579Chapter XXXVII Shorty Asks a Question
163Chapter VII Watering Sheep
580Chapter XXXVIII Dug Doble Rides into the Hills
164Chapter VIII The Boone-Bellamy Feud is Renewed
581Chapter XXXIX The Tunnel
165Chapter IX The Danger Line
582Chapter XL A Message
166Chapter X Jack Goes to the Head of the Class
583Chapter XLI Hank Brings Bad News
167Chapter XI A Conversation
584Chapter XLII Shorty is Awakened
168Chapter XII The Tenderfoot Makes a Proposition
585Chapter XLIII Juan Otero is Conscripted
169Chapter XIII Old Acquaintances
586Chapter XLIV The Bulldog Barks
170Chapter XIV Concerning the Boone-Bellamy-Yarnell Feud
587Chapter XLV Joyce Makes Pies
171Part II Dead Man’s Cache
588Tangled Trails
172Chapter I Kidnapped
589Chapter I No Altruist
173Chapter II A Capture
590Chapter II Wild Rose Takes the Dust
174Chapter III The Tables Turned
591Chapter III For the Championship of the World
175Chapter IV The Real Bucky and the False
592Chapter IV Not Always Two to Make a Quarrel
176Chapter V A Photograph
593Chapter V Cousins Meet
177Chapter VI In Dead Man’s Cache
594Chapter VI Lights Out
178Chapter VII “Trapped!”
595Chapter VII Foul Play
179Chapter VIII An Escape and a Capture
596Chapter VIII By Means of the Fire Escape
180Chapter IX A Bargain
597Chapter IX The Story in the "News"
181Chapter X The Price
598Chapter X Kirby Asks a Direct Question
182Chapter XI Squire Latimer Takes a Hand
599Chapter XI The Coroner's Inquest
183Chapter XII The Taking of the Cache
600Chapter XII "That's the Man"
184Chapter XIII Melissy Entertains
601Chapter XIII "Always, Phyllis"
185Chapter XIV Black Macqueen Cashes His Checks
602Chapter XIV A Friend in Need
186Crooked Trails and Straight
603Chapter XV A Glove and the Hand in It
187Part I Curly
604Chapter XVI The Lady with the Violet Perfume
188Chapter I Following a Crooked Trail
605Chapter XVII In Dry Valley
189Chapter II Camping with Old Man Trouble
606Chapter XVIII "Burnin' a Hole in My Pocket"
190Chapter III At the End of the Road
607Chapter XIX A Discovery
191Chapter IV The Cullisons
608Chapter XX The Brass Bed
192Chapter V Laura London
609Chapter XXI James Loses His Temper
193Chapter VI A Bear Trap
610Chapter XXII "Are You With Me or Against Me?"
194Chapter VII Bad Medicine
611Chapter XXIII Cousins Disagree
195Chapter VIII A Rehearsed Quarrel
612Chapter XXIV Reverend Nicodemus Rankin Forgets and Remembers
196Chapter IX Eavesdropping
613Chapter XXV A Conference of Three
197Chapter X “Stick to Your Saddle”
614Chapter XXVI Cutting Trail
198Part II Luck
615Chapter XXVII The Detective Gets Two Surprises
199Chapter I At the Round Up Club
616Chapter XXVIII The Finger of Suspicion Points
200Chapter II Luck Meets an Old Acquaintance
617Chapter XXIX "Come Clean, Jack"
201Chapter III An Initialed Hat
618Chapter XXX Kirby Makes a Call
202Chapter IV Kate Uses Her Quirt
619Chapter XXXI The Mask of the Red Bandanna
203Chapter V “Ain’t She the Gamest Little Thoroughbred?”
620Chapter XXXII Jack Takes Off His Coat
204Chapter VI Two Hats on a Rack
621Chapter XXXIII Olson Tells a Story
205Chapter VII Anonymous Letters
622Chapter XXXIV From the Fire Escape
206Chapter VIII A Message in Cipher
623Chapter XXXV Like a Thief in the Night
207Chapter IX “The Friends of L. C. Serve Notice”
624Chapter XXXVI A Ride in a Taxi
208Chapter X Cass Fendrick Makes a Call
625Chapter XXXVII On the Grill
209Chapter XI A Compromise
626Chapter XXXVIII A Full Morning
210Chapter XII An Arrest
627Chapter XXXIX Kirby Invites Himself to a Ride
211Chapter XIII A Conversation
628Chapter XL The Mills of the Gods
212Chapter XIV A Touch of the Third Degree
629Chapter XLI Enter X
213Chapter XV Bob Takes a Hand
630Chapter XLII The New World
214Chapter XVI A Clean Up
631Man Size
215Chapter XVII The Prodigal Son
632Chapter I In the Danger Zone
216Chapter XVIII Cutting Trail
633Chapter II The Amazon
217Chapter XIX A Good Samaritan
634Chapter III Angus McRae Does His Duty
218Chapter XX Loose Threads
635Chapter IV The Wolfers
219Chapter 1
636Chapter V Morse Jumps Up Trouble
220Chapter 2
637Chapter VI "Something About These Guys"
221Chapter 3
638Chapter VII The Man in the Scarlet Jacket
222Chapter 4
639Chapter VIII At Sweet Water Creek
223Chapter 5
640Chapter IX Tom Makes a Collection
224Chapter 6
641Chapter X A Camp-Fire Tale
225Chapter 7
642Chapter XI C.N. Morse Turns Over a Leaf
226Chapter 8
643Chapter XII Tom Ducks Trouble
227Chapter 9
644Chapter XIII The Constable Bores Through Difficulties
228Chapter 10
645Chapter XIV Scarlet-Coats in Action
229Chapter 11
646Chapter XV Kissing Day
230Chapter 12
647Chapter XVI A Business Deal
231Chapter 13
648Chapter XVII A Board Creaks
232Chapter 14
649Chapter XVIII A Gun Roars
233Chapter 15
650Chapter XIX "D'You Wonder She Hates Me?"
234Chapter 16
651Chapter XX Onistah Reads Sign
235Chapter 17
652Chapter XXI On the Frontier of Despair
236Chapter 18
653Chapter XXII "My Damn Pretty Li'l' High-Steppin' Squaw"
237Chapter 19
654Chapter XXIII A Foretaste of Hell
238Chapter 20
655Chapter XXIV West Makes a Decision
239Chapter 21
656Chapter XXV For the Wee Lamb Lost
240Chapter 22
657Chapter XXVI A Rescue
241Chapter 23
658Chapter XXVII Apache Stuff
242The Pirate of Panama
659Chapter XXVIII "Is A' Well Wi' You, Lass?"
243Chapter I A Scrap of Paper
660Chapter XXIX Not Going Alone
244Chapter II Captain Bothwell Interrupts
661Chapter XXX "M" for Morse
245Chapter III Concerning Doubloon Spit
662Chapter XXXI The Long Trail
246Chapter IV The Man with the Secret
663Chapter XXXII A Picture in a Locket
247Chapter V We Find a Ship
664Chapter XXXIII Into the Lone Land
248Chapter VI The Missing Corner
665Chapter XXXIV The Man-Hunters Read Sign
249Chapter VII In the Fog
666Chapter XXXV Snow-Blind
250Chapter VIII Aboard the Argos
667Chapter XXXVI The Wild Beast Leaps
251Chapter IX Bothwell Makes a Move
668Chapter XXXVII Near the End of a Long Crooked Trail
252Chapter X Another Stowaway
669Chapter XXXVIII Over a Rotting Trail
253Chapter XI Taking Stock
670Chapter XXXIX A Cree Runner Brings News
254Chapter XII My Unexpected Guest
671Chapter XL "Malbrouck S'en Va-t-en Guerre"
255Chapter XIII Mutiny
672Chapter XLI Sense and Nonsense
256Chapter XIV The Battle
673Chapter XLII The Imperative Urge
257Chapter XV The Morning After
674The Fighting Edge
258Chapter XVI The Night Attack
675Chapter I Pete’s Girl
259Chapter XVII A Taste of the Inquisition
676Chapter II “A Spunky Li’l’ Devil”
260Chapter XVIII Anchored Hearts
677Chapter III Pals
261Chapter XIX Sense and Nonsense
678Chapter IV Clipped Wings
262Chapter XX The Big Ditch
679Chapter V June Asks Questions
263Chapter XXI A Message From Bucks
680Chapter VI “Don’t You Touch Him!”
264Chapter XXII Treasure-Trove
681Chapter VII An Elopement
265Chapter XXIII Aboard the Schooner
682Chapter VIII Blister Gives Advice
266Chapter XXIV A Rat in a Trap
683Chapter IX The White Feather
267Chapter XXV A Rescue
684Chapter X In the Image of God
268Chapter XXVI The Last Brush
685Chapter XI June Prays
269Chapter XXVII In Harbor
686Chapter XII Mollie Takes Charge
270A Daughter of the Dons
687Chapter XIII Bear Cat Asks Questions
271Chapter I Don Manuel Introduces Himself
688Chapter XIV Houck Takes a Ride
272Chapter II The Two Grants
689Chapter XV A Scandal Scotched
273Chapter III Fisherman's Luck
690Chapter XVI Blister as Deus Ex Machina
274Chapter IV At the Yuste Hacienda
691Chapter XVII The Back of a Bronc
275Chapter V "An Optimistic Guy"
692Chapter XVIII The First Day
276Chapter VI Juanita
693Chapter XIX Dud Qualifies as Court Jester
277Chapter VII Two Messages
694Chapter XX “The Bigger the Hat the Smaller the Herd”
278Chapter VIII Taming an Outlaw
695Chapter XXI June Discovers a New World
279Chapter IX Of Don Manuel and Moonlight
696Chapter XXII An Alternative Proposed and Declined
280Chapter X Mr. Ainsa Delivers a Message
697Chapter XXIII Bob Crawls His Hump Sudden
281Chapter XI The Sixteenth Century and the Twentieth
698Chapter XXIV In the Saddle
282Chapter XII "I Believe You're in Love With Her, Too"
699Chapter XXV The Rio Blanco Puts in a Claim
283Chapter XIII Ambushed
700Chapter XXVI Cutting Sign
284Chapter XIV Manuel to the Rescue
701Chapter XXVII Partners in Peril
285Chapter XV One Thousand Dollars Reward
702Chapter XXVIII June is Glad
286Chapter XVI Valencia Makes a Promise
703Chapter XXIX “Injuns”
287Chapter XVII An Obstinate Man
704Chapter XXX A Recruit Joins the Rangers
288Chapter XVIII Manuel Interferes
705Chapter XXXI “Don’t You Like Me Any More?”
289Chapter XIX Valencia Accepts a Ring
706Chapter XXXII A Cup of Cold Water
290Chapter XX Dick Lights a Cigarette
707Chapter XXXIII “Keep A-Comin’, Red Haid”
291Chapter XXI When the Wires Were Cut
708Chapter XXXIV An Obstinate Man Stands Pat
292Chapter XXII The Attack
709Chapter XXXV Three in a Pit
293Chapter XXIII The Tin Box
710Chapter XXXVI A Hero is Embarrassed
294Chapter XXIV Dick Gordon Apologizes
711Chapter XXXVII A Responsible Citizen
295Chapter XXV The Prince Consort
712Chapter XXXVIII Bear Cat Asleep
296The Highgrader
713Chapter XXXIX Bear Cat Awake
297Prelude
714Chapter XL Big-Game Hunters at Work
298Chapter I The Campers
715Chapter XLI In a Lady’s Chamber
299Chapter II Mr. Verinder Complains
716Chapter XLII A Walk in the Park
300Chapter III Night Fishing
717Chapter XLIII Not Even Powder-Burnt
301Chapter IV Fugitives From Justice
718Chapter XLIV Bob Holds His Red Haid High
302Chapter V "I'm Here, Neighbor"
719Chapter XLV The Outlaw Gets a Bad Break
303Chapter VI Lord Farquhar Gives Moya a Hint
720Chapter XLVI The End of a Crooked Trail
304Chapter VII Moya's Highwayman
721Chapter XLVII The Kingdom of Joy
305Chapter VIII The Bad Penny Again
722Troubled Waters
306Chapter IX "An Out and Out Rotter"
723Chapter I Among the Apple Blossoms
307Chapter X Old Friends
724Chapter II Tim Flanders Offers Information and Opinions
308Chapter XI A Blizzard
725Chapter III A Challenge
309Chapter XII Out of the Storm a Man
726Chapter IV Introducing Rowan McCoy to Ruth Trovillion
310Chapter XIII Shot to the Core with Sunlight
727Chapter V A Ride
311Chapter XIV "Prove It!... Prove It!"
728Chapter VI Champion of the World
312Chapter XV A Highgrader—In Principle
729Chapter VII Fate Flings Open a Closed Door
313Chapter XVI One Maid—Two Men
730Chapter VIII A Cold Trail
314Chapter XVII A Warning
731Chapter IX A Rift in the Lute
315Chapter XVIII Two Ambushes
732Chapter X The Rift Widens
316Chapter XIX Mr. Verinder is Treated to a Surprise
733Chapter XI Larry Goes Calling
317Chapter XX Colter Takes a Hand
734Chapter XII Across the Dead Line
318Chapter XXI Spirit Rapping?
735Chapter XIII The Night Raid
319Chapter XXII The Acid Test
736Chapter XIV The Day After
320Chapter XXIII Captain Kilmeny Retires
737Chapter XV A Hot Trail
321Chapter XXIV Two in a Bucket
738Chapter XVI Matson Makes His Gather
322Chapter XXV Homing Hearts
739Chapter XVII Padlocked Lips
323Steve Yeager
740Chapter XVIII “I Reckon I’ll Hang”
324Chapter I Steve Makes a Mistake
741Chapter XIX Sam Yerby Sings
325Chapter II "Enough's A-Plenty"
742Chapter XX “You Damned Judas”
326Chapter III Chad Harrison
743Chapter XXI A Compromise
327Chapter IV The Extra
744Chapter XXII Falkner Talks
328Chapter V Yeager Asks Advice
745Chapter XXIII Ruth Whispers a Secret
329Chapter VI Plucking a Pigeon
746Chapter XXIV At the Circle Diamond
330Chapter VII Steve Tells Too Much Truth
747Chapter XXV Silcott Discovers He is Not Welcome
331Chapter VIII The Heavy Gets His Time
748Chapter XXVI An Explanation
332Chapter IX Gabriel Pasquale
749Chapter XXVII The Symbol
333Chapter X A Night Visit
750Chapter XXVIII Distinguished Visitors
334Chapter XI Chad Decides to Get Busy
751Chapter XXIX A Disappointment
335Chapter XII Into the Desert
752Chapter XXX The Blizzard
336Chapter XIII The Night Trail
753Chapter XXXI “Company for Each Other”
337Chapter XIV The Cave Men
754Chapter XXXII The Clouds Break
338Chapter XV Steve Wins a Ham Sandwich
755Chapter XXXIII Good News
339Chapter XVI The Heavy Pays a Debt
756Chapter XXXIV A Honeymoon in the Hills
340Chapter XVII Pedro Cabenza
757Colorado
341Chapter XVIII Harrison Overplays His Hand
758Chapter I “Drap That Gun!”
342Chapter XIX The Texan
759Chapter II Trapped
343Chapter XX Near the End of His Trail
760Chapter III “One Doggone Little Bullet”
344Chapter XXI A Stage Prepared for Tragedy
761Chapter IV Tom Loses His Knife
345Chapter XXII A Conspiracy
762Chapter V How Deer Eyes Threw a Stick at Tom
346Chapter XXIII Trapped
763Chapter VI Guns Roar
347Chapter XXIV The Prisoner
764Chapter VII Flashes of Memory
348Chapter XXV The Texan Takes a Long Journey
765Chapter VIII A Red-Headed Girl
349Chapter XXVI At Sunset
766Chapter IX The Message of the Buffalo Skull
350Chapter XXVII Culvera Reconsiders
767Chapter X “All of Us Plumb Peaceable”
351Chapter XXVIII As Long as Life
768Chapter XI Tom’s Luck Stands Up
352Yukon Trail
769Chapter XII Lieutenant Randolph Manners is Shocked
353Chapter I Going "In"
770Chapter XIII Tom Answers a Question
354Chapter II Enter a Man
771Chapter XIV Denver
355Chapter III The Girl From Drogheda
772Chapter XV Tom Hears an Old Song
356Chapter IV The Crevasse
773Chapter XVI A Gloomy Knight Errant
357Chapter V Across the Traverse
774Chapter XVII At F Street and Larimer
358Chapter VI Sheba Sings—And Two Men Listen
775Chapter XVIII A High Hat Enters and Exits
359Chapter VII Wally Gets Orders
776Chapter XIX The Three-Card-Monte Man
360Chapter VIII The End of the Passage
777Chapter XX According to the Code
361Chapter IX Gid Holt Goes Prospecting
778Chapter XXI With Sawed-Off Shotguns
362Chapter X The Rah-Rah Boy Functions
779Chapter XXII The Curly Wolf Howls
363Chapter XI Gordon Invites Himself to Dinner—And Does Not Enjoy It
780Chapter XXIII Tom Tells a Story
364Chapter XII Sheba Says "Perhaps"
781Chapter XXIV Lieutenant Manners at a Disadvantage
365Chapter XIII Diane and Gordon Differ
782Chapter XXV Beckwourth Takes a Hand
366Chapter XIV Genevieve Mallory Takes a Hand
783Chapter XXVI Mose Wilson Finds an Excuse
367Chapter XV Gordon Buys a Revolver
784Chapter XXVII Deer Eyes Tries Again
368Chapter XVI Ambushed
785Chapter XXVIII “Kinda Hard to Find, This Nice Mornin’”
369Chapter XVII "God Save You Kindly"
786Chapter XXIX A Shot in the Dark
370Chapter XVIII Gordon Spends a Busy Evening
787Chapter XXX The Gold Diggings
371Chapter XIX Sheba Does Not Think So
788Chapter XXXI “Why Don’t You Have Some Spunk”
372Chapter XX Gordon Finds Himself Unpopular
789Chapter XXXII Out of the Past
373Chapter XXI A New Way of Leaving a House
790Chapter XXXIII The Battle of the Turkeys
374Chapter XXII Gid Holt Comes to Kusiak
791Chapter XXXIV Near the End of the Rope
375Chapter XXIII In the Dead of Night
792Chapter XXXV The Beginning of a New Trail
376Chapter XXIV Macdonald Follows a Clue
793Texas Man
377Chapter XXV In the Blizzard
794Chapter I Introducing Boone Sibley
378Chapter XXVI Hard Mushing
795Chapter II Across the Palo Pinto Country
379Chapter XXVII Two on the Trail
796Chapter III Boone Kills ’Em and Skins ’Em
380Chapter XXVIII A Message From the Dead
797Chapter IV Jumped!
381Chapter XXIX "Don't Touch Him! Don't You Dare Touch Him!"
798Chapter V Tough Nut Wakes
382Chapter XXX Holt Frees His Mind
799Chapter VI Boone Meets Mr. Turley
383Chapter XXXI Sheba Digs
800Chapter VII Indirect Discourse
384Chapter XXXII Diane Changes Her Mind
801Chapter VIII Trouble in the Hills
385The Sheriff's Son
802Chapter IX Rustlers
386Foreword
803Chapter X A Lone Hand
387Chapter I Dingwell Gives Three Cheers
804Chapter XI Miss Tilatha Raises Her Voice
388Chapter II Dave Caches a Gunnysack
805Chapter XII At the McLennon Ranch
389Chapter III The Old-Timer Sits into a Big Game
806Chapter XIII Three Thousand Dollars, Dead or Alive
390Chapter IV Royal Beaudry Hears a Call
807Chapter XIV Tilatha Does Not Know
391Chapter V The Hill Girl
808Chapter XV A Flag of Truce
392Chapter VI "Cherokee Street"
809Chapter XVI “Like Buzzards to a Water Hole”
393Chapter VII Jess Tighe Spins a Web
810Chapter XVII Boone Takes a Long Chance
394Chapter VIII Beulah Asks Questions
811Chapter XVIII Doc Peters Changes His Mind
395Chapter IX The Man on the Bed
812Chapter XIX The Quinns Deliver an Ultimatum
396Chapter X Dave Takes a Ride
813Chapter XX “Sheriff, Shake Hands With Mr. Sibley”
397Chapter XI Tighe Weaves his Web Tighter
814Chapter XXI Turley Passes the Buck
398Chapter XII Stark Fear
815Chapter XXII Boone Gets Back His Sixshooters
399Chapter XIII Beulah Interferes
816Chapter XXIII The Roar of the Pack
400Chapter XIV Personally Escorted
817Chapter XXIV Mobeetie Bill Draws a Black Bean
401Chapter XV The Bad Man
818Chapter XXV Boone Gets a Job
402Chapter XVI Roy is Invited to Take a Drink
819Chapter XXVI Tilatha Blows Hot and Cold
403Chapter XVII Roy Improves the Shining Hours
820Chapter XXVII Exit a Bad Citizen
404Chapter XVIII Rutherford Answers Questions
821Chapter XXVIII Tom Tracy Walks and Talks
405Chapter XIX Beaudry Blows a Smoke Wreath
822Chapter XXIX Two Men
406Chapter XX At the Lazy Double D
823Chapter XXX The Russ Quinn Brand?
407Chapter XXI Roy Rides his Paint Hoss
824Chapter XXXI A Hot Trail
408Chapter XXII Miss Rutherford Speaks her Mind
825Chapter XXXII “Stick ’Em Up”
409Chapter XXIII In the Pit
826Chapter XXXIII A Fracas
410Chapter XXIV The Bad Man Decides not to Shoot
827Chapter XXXIV Tilatha Makes a Decision
411Chapter XXV Two and a Camp-Fire
828Chapter XXXV Boone Puts a Rope Around His Waist
412Chapter XXVI The Sins of the Fathers
829Chapter XXXVI “A Close Call”
413Chapter XXVII The Quicksands
830Chapter XXXVII Women Hanging Around
414Chapter XXVIII Pat Ryan Evens an Old Score
831Chapter XXXVIII Whip Frees His Mind
415Chapter XXIX A New Leaf
832Chapter XXXIX Tilatha Answers a Question
416A Man Four-Square
833Chapter XL The Long Trail
417Prologue
