Contents [CHAPTER I. LANCE LOVELACE] [CHAPTER II. SHEPHERD’S FERRY] [CHAPTER III. LAS PALOMAS] [CHAPTER IV. CHRISTMAS] [CHAPTER V. A PIGEON HUNT] [CHAPTER VI. SPRING OF ’76] [CHAPTER VII. SAN JACINTO DAY] [CHAPTER VIII. A CAT HUNT ON THE FRIO] [CHAPTER IX. THE ROSE AND ITS THORN] [CHAPTER X. AFTERMATH] [CHAPTER XI. A TURKEY BAKE] [CHAPTER XII. SUMMER OF ’77] [CHAPTER XIII. HIDE HUNTING] [CHAPTER XIV. A TWO YEARS’ DROUTH] [CHAPTER XV. IN COMMEMORATION] [CHAPTER XVI. MATCHMAKING] [CHAPTER XVII. WINTER AT LAS PALOMAS] [CHAPTER XVIII. AN INDIAN SCARE] [CHAPTER XIX. HORSE BRANDS] [CHAPTER XX. SHADOWS] [CHAPTER XXI. INTERLOCUTORY PROCEEDINGS] [CHAPTER XXII. SUNSET]