RODERIC DUNKERLEY, B.A., B.D.

"And what are you eager for, Mr. Eager?"

"Men, women, and children--bodies and souls."

Intra, page 53.

"By God's help we will make men of them, the rest we must trust to Providence."

Intra, page 66.

"Catch them young!"

Intra, page 67.

"No man is past mending till he's dead, perhaps not then."

Intra, page 82.

CONTENTS

[BOOK I]

CHAPTER
[I].THE HOUSE OF CARNE
[II].THE STAR IN THE DUST
[III].THE FIRST OF THE COIL
[IV].THE COIL COMPLETE
[V].IN THE COIL

[BOOK II]

[VI].FREEMEN OF THE FLATS
[VII].EAGER HEART
[VIII].SIR DENZIL'S VIEWS
[IX].MORE OF SIR DENZIL'S VIEWS
[X].GROWING FREEMEN
[XI].THE LITTLE LADY
[XII].MANY MEANS
[XIII].MOUNTING
[XIV].WIDENING WAYS
[XV].DIVERGING LINES
[XVI].A CUT AT THE COIL
[XVII].ALMOST SOLVED
[XVIII].ALMOST SOLVED AGAIN
[XIX].WHERE'S JIM?
[XX].A NARROW SQUEAK
[XXI].A WARM WELCOME
[XXII].WHERE'S JACK?

[BOOK III]

[XXIII].BREAKING IN
[XXIV].AN UNEXPECTED GUEST
[XXV].REVELATION AND SPECULATION
[XXVI].JIM'S TIGHT PLACE
[XXVII].TWO TO ONE
[XXVIII].THE LINE OF CLEAVAGE
[XXIX].GRACIE'S DILEMMA
[XXX].NEVER THE SAME AGAIN
[XXXI].DESERET
[XXXII].THE LADY WITH THE FAN
[XXXIII].A STIRRING OF MUD
[XXXIV].THE BOYS IN THE MUD
[XXXV].EXPLANATIONS
[XXXVI].JIM'S WAY
[XXXVII].A HOPELESS QUEST
[XXXVIII].LORD DESERET HELPS
[XXXIX].OLD SETH GOES HOME
[XL].OUT OF THE NIGHT
[XLI].HORSE AND FOOT
[XLII].DUE EAST
[XLIII].JIM TO THE FORE
[XLIV].JIM'S LUCK
[XLV].MORE REVELATIONS
[XLVI].THE BLACK LANDING
[XLVII].ALMA
[XLVIII].JIM'S RIDE
[XLIX].AMONG THE BULL-PUPS
[L].RED-TAPE
[LI].THE VALLEY OF DEATH
[LII].PATCHING UP
[LIII].THE FIGHT IN THE FOG
[LIV].AN ALLY OF PROVIDENCE
[LV].RETRIBUTION
[LVI].DULL DAYS
[LVII].HOT OVENS
[LVIII].CHILL NEWS
[LIX].TOUCH AND GO FOR THE COIL
[LX].INSIDE THE FIERY RING
[LXI].WEARY WAITING
[LXII].FROM ONE TO MANY
[LXIII].EAGER ON THE SCENT
[LXIV].THE LONG SLOW SIEGE
[LXV].THE CUTTING OF THE COIL
[LXVI].PURGATORY
[LXVII].THE BEGINNING OF THE END
[LXVIII].HOME AGAIN
[LXIX]."THE RIGHT ONE"
[LXX].ALL'S WELL