Illustrations

[Pete gave one of the flags to Jed Simpson]

[Mindy vaulted to his back]

["Go back or I shoot!" he said]

["You dug that big a hole since noon?" asked the man on the horse]

["Nothin' like a little fight to clear the air, Jud boy!"]

[Mr. Simpson added a big boulder to the cairn]

[When everything was ready, she called her father and Pete]

["Need any law work done?" he asked]

[Alec went into the oak grove]

[He liked the rough and broken land]

["Unless they turn their claims over to us, they'll never see the girl again"]