CONTENTS

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I.The Wrecking Boss[1]
II.At Smoky Creek[10]
III.Dicksie[23]
IV.George McCloud[33]
V.The Crawling Stone[51]
VI.The Final Appeal[60]
VII.In Marion’s Shop[64]
VIII.Smoky Creek Bridge[71]
IX.The Misunderstanding[76]
X.Sweeping Orders[88]
XI.At the Three Horses[93]
XII.Parley[103]
XIII.The Turn in the Storm[122]
XIV.The Quarrel[131]
XV.The Shot in the Pass[141]
XVI.At the Wickiup[148]
XVII.A Test[155]
XVIII.New Plans[162]
XIX.The Crawling Stone Rise[169]
XX.At the Dike[179]
XXI.Supper in Camp[197]
XXII.A Talk With Whispering Smith[207]
XXIII.At the River[217]
XXIV.Between Girlhood and Womanhood[225]
XXV.The Man on the Frenchman[242]
XXVI.Tower W[256]
XXVII.Pursuit[262]
XXVIII.The Sunday Murder[271]
XXIX.Williams Cache[281]
XXX.The Fight in the Cache[292]
XXXI.The Death of Du Sang[305]
XXXII.Mcloud and Dicksie[312]
XXXIII.The Laugh of a Woman[320]
XXXIV.A Midnight Visit[327]
XXXV.The Call[334]
XXXVI.Duty[340]
XXXVII.Wickwire[346]
XXXVIII.Into the North[352]
XXXIX.Among the Coyotes[361]
XL.A Sympathetic Ear[373]
XLI.Dicksie’s Ride[379]
XLII.At the Door[389]
XLIII.Closing In[395]
XLIV.Crawling Stone Wash[403]
XLV.Back to the Mountains[413]