ILLUSTRATIONS

[ The blazing heat was such that men and horses and steers
suffered terribly . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ The men about him and Packard withdrew this way and that
leaving empty floor space. ]

[ Terry's head, her face flushed rosily, her eyes never brighter,
popped up on one side of the log. ]

[ "Say it!" laughed Terry. "Well, I'm here. Came on business." ]