LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"She stood there a little shyly at first; as slender and as gracefully upright as a birch"[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
"'Hit almost seems like,' she whispered, 'that ther old tree's got a spell in hit—ter bewitch folks with'"[66]
"Even Bas Rowlett, whose nerves were keyed for an ordeal, started and almost let the leaning bridegroom fall"[114]
"Dorothy flashed past him ... and a few seconds later he heard the clean-lipped snap of the rifle in a double report"[186]