The Sunset Trail

CONTENTS
The Crack of the Winchester.
THE SUNSET TRAIL
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS
Author of “The Boss,” “The President,” “Wolfville Days,” “Black Lion Inn,” “Peggy O’Neal,” etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
A. L. BURT COMPANY, Publishers New York
Copyright. 1905 BY A. S. BARNES & CO.
Published April, 1905 Second Printing July, 1905 Third Printing January, 1906 Fourth Printing July, 1906
To William Barclay Masterson This Volume Is Inscribed By His Friend The Author
INTRODUCTION.
It was in my thoughts, as I wrote these chapters and arranged their sequence, to fix in types a phase of American existence that, within the touch of present time, has passed away. The West has witnessed more changes than has the East. The common impression, and one to which all Americans are bred, leaves paleface Western occupation to a modern day. Whenever one’s thought wanders to what is old in this country one inevitably sets his face towards the East.