The One-Way Trail: A story of the cattle country
“There’s a great big God––just such a God as you and I have knelt to when we were bits of kiddies.”
The
One-Way Trail
A STORY OF THE CATTLE COUNTRY
RIDGWELL CULLUM
Author of “ The Watchers of the Plains ,” “ The Sheriff of Dyke Hole ,” “ The Trail of the Axe ,” etc.
“... And the One-Way Trail is just the trail of Life. It’s chock full of pitfalls and stumbling blocks that make us cuss like mad. But it’s good for us to walk over it. There are no turnings or bye-paths, and no turning back. And maybe when we get to the end something will have been achieved in His scheme of things that our silly brains can’t grasp....”
PHILADELPHIA
GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1911, by George W. Jacobs and Company
Ridgwell Cullum
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE ONE-WAY TRAIL
CHAPTER I
A GENTLEMAN RANKER
CHAPTER II
A SHOOTING MATCH
CHAPTER III
IN BARNRIFF
CHAPTER IV
JIM PROPOSES
CHAPTER V
TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL
CHAPTER VI
EVE AND WILL
CHAPTER VII
THE CHICKEN-KILLING
CHAPTER VIII
THE “BOYS” OF THE VILLAGE
CHAPTER IX
A WOMAN’S CARE
CHAPTER X
AN EVIL NIGHT
CHAPTER XI
A WEDDING-DAY IN BARNRIFF
CHAPTER XII
THE QUEST OF PETER BLUNT
CHAPTER XIII
AFTER ONE YEAR
CHAPTER XIV
THE BREAKING POINT
CHAPTER XV
A “PARTY CALL”
CHAPTER XVI
DEVIL DRIVEN
CHAPTER XVII
THE WORKING OF THE PUBLIC MIND
CHAPTER XVIII
A WOMAN’S INSTINCT
CHAPTER XIX
BRANDED
CHAPTER XX
APPROACHING THE TRIBUNAL
CHAPTER XXI
INSPIRATION
CHAPTER XXII
THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
CHAPTER XXIII
TERROR
CHAPTER XXIV
FOR A WOMAN
CHAPTER XXV
THE TRAIL OF THE RUSTLERS
CHAPTER XXVI
ON THE LITTLE BLUFF RIVER
CHAPTER XXVII
ANNIE
CHAPTER XXVIII
WILL
CHAPTER XXIX
JIM
CHAPTER XXX
WILL HENDERSON REACHES THE END
CHAPTER XXXI
THE DISCOMFITURE OF SMALLBONES
CHAPTER XXXII
THE TRIUMPH OF SMALLBONES
CHAPTER XXXIII
AFTER THE VERDICT
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE TRUTH
CHAPTER XXXV
IN THE SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS TREE
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE PASSING OF ELIA
CHAPTER XXXVII
GOLD
CHAPTER XXXVIII
ON, OVER THE ONE-WAY TRAIL