CONTENTSCHAPTER I. [RANCHER WINSTON]II. [LANCE COURTHORNE]III. [TROOPER SHANNON'S QUARREL]IV. [IN THE BLUFF]V. [MISS BARRINGTON COMES HOME]VI. [ANTICIPATIONS]VII. [WINSTON'S DECISION]VIII. [WINSTON COMES TO SILVERDALE]IX. [COURTHORNE DISAPPEARS]X. [AN ARMISTICE]XI. [MAUD BARRINGTON'S PROMISE]XII. [SPEED THE PLOW]XIII. [MASTERY RECOGNIZED]XIV. [A FAIR ADVOCATE]XV. [THE UNEXPECTED]XVI. [FACING THE FLAME]XVII. [MAUD BARRINGTON IS MERCILESS]XVIII. [WITH THE STREAM]XIX. [UNDER TEST]XX. [COURTHORNE BLUNDERS]XXI. [THE FACE AT THE WINDOW]XXII. [COLONEL BARRINGTON IS CONVINCED]XXIII. [SERGEANT STIMSON CONFIRMS HIS SUSPICIONS]XXIV. [THE REVELATION]XXV. [COURTHORNE MAKES REPARATION]XXVI. [WINSTON RIDES AWAY]XXVII. [REINSTATEMENT]