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]