CONTENTS.

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I.At the Ranch.[1]
II.An Alarming Interruption.[10]
III.Just in Time.[19]
IV.A Desperate Venture.[28]
V.Upstairs and Downstairs.[36]
VI.Dinah’s Discovery.[44]
VII.Dinah’s Exploit.[52]
VIII.In the Mesquite Bush.[61]
IX.At Fault.[69]
X.A Surprise.[77]
XI.Changing Places.[85]
XII.On the Roof.[94]
XIII.A Dead Race.[102]
XIV.The Friend in Need.[111]
XV.Vanished.[119]
XVI.Cleverly Done.[127]
XVII.At Fault.[135]
XVIII.An Unexpected Query.[143]
XIX.Down the Ladder.[151]
XX.“The Boys Have Arrived!”[159]
XXI.Through the Bush.[167]
XXII.Thunderbolt.[180]
XXIII.“Good-by!”[191]
XXIV.A Strange Delay.[203]
XXV.Heading Northward.[216]
XXVI.A Shot from the Darkness.[228]
XXVII.Shackaye, the Comanche.[238]
XXVIII.A Mishap.[247]
XXIX.Old Acquaintances.[258]
XXX.At Bay.[264]
XXXI.The Flag of Truce.[276]
XXXII.Diplomacy.[288]
XXXIII.Driven to the Wall.[295]
XXXIV.The Flank Movement.[301]