CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. Up in “Castle Cut ’Em” [1]
II. The Heiress of “Oaklands” [17]
III. The Making of a “Chaney Man” [27]
IV. The Boss of the “Busters” [35]
V. During the Pugwash Hang-up [55]
VI. As Fought before the “It-’ll-git-ye Club” [62]
VII. On Misery Gore [78]
VIII. The Torch, and the Lighting of It [92]
IX. By Order of Pulaski D. Britt [104]
X. “Ladder” Lane’s Soirée [114]
XI. In the Barony of “Stumpage John” [127]
XII. The Code of Larrigan-land [142]
XIII. The Red Throat of Pogey [153]
XIV. The Message of “Prophet Eli” [164]
XV. Between Two on Jerusalem [174]
XVI. In the Path of the Big Wind [181]
XVII. The Affair at Durfy’s Camp [198]
XVIII. The Old Soubungo Trail [217]
XIX. The Home-makers of Enchanted [230]
XX. The Ha’nt of the Umcolcus [241]
XXI. The Man Who Came from Nowhere [256]
XXII. The Hostage of the Great White Silence [270]
XXIII. In the Matter of John Barrett’s Daughter [278]
XXIV. The Cheese Rind that Needed Sharp Teeth [293]
XXV. Sharpening Teeth on Pulaski Britt’s Whetstone [303]
XXVI. The Devil of the Hempen Strands [312]
XXVII. The “Canned Thunder” of Castonia [324]
XXVIII. “’Twas Done by Tommy Thunder” [341]
XXIX. The Parade Past Rodburd Ide’s Platform [352]
XXX. The Pact with King Spruce [361]