CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.In the Furrow[3]
II.A Trip and Trouble Ahead[17]
III.Dallas Makes a Friend[30]
IV.Misunderstandings[41]
V.The Despised[52]
VI.From Dodge City[62]
VII.Out of the Sky[76]
VIII.Before the Warped Door[86]
IX.A Hand in the Fun[96]
X.An Appeal to Headquarters[106]
XI.A Little Strategy[118]
XII.A Confession[129]
XIII.A Proposal and a Promise[134]
XIV.Another Promise[145]
XV.Necessity[151]
XVI.Back from the Winter Camp[169]
XVII.The Awakening[178]
XVIII.The Smoking Mountain[191]
XIX.Al Braden of Sioux Falls[200]
XX.A Charge[210]
XXI.A Meeting by the Ford[216]
XXII.A First Warning[223]
XXIII.And What Followed It[228]
XXIV.The Spirit of the Frontier[245]
XXV.The Inquiry[254]
XXVI.Backsliding[264]
XXVII.Simon Plays a Part[270]
XXVIII.A Change in Plan[277]
XXIX.Lounsbury's Return[284]
XXX.The Tryst[297]
XXXI.By the Light of a Match[303]
XXXII.The Eve of Other Things[309]
XXXIII.The End of a Dream[312]
XXXIV.Fire and Escape[318]
XXXV.The Last Warning[325]
XXXVI.Some Unexpected Discoveries[330]
XXXVII.The Flight to Murphy's Throat[335]
XXXVIII.Fraser Hears a Call[342]
XXXIX.Standing at Bay[345]
XL.Some Endings and Beginnings[351]
XLI.Taps[361]