A ROMANCE OF THE WEST

By RANDALL PARRISH

AUTHOR OF "WHEN WILDERNESS WAS KING,"
"MY LADY OF THE NORTH," "BOB HAMPTON OF PLACER,"
ETC.

With Frontispiece in Color
BY N. C. WYETH

A. L. BURT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS ———— NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT
A. C. MCCLURG & CO.
1907
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
All Rights Reserved

Published September 21, 1907
Second Edition October 5, 1907
Third Edition, October 10, 1907
Fourth Edition, December 2, 1907
Fifth Edition, December 12, 1907

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [A CHANCE MEETING]
II [OUT WITH A ROAD COMPANY]
III [A BREAKING OF ICE]
IV [A NEW DEAL OF THE CARDS]
V [IN OPEN REBELLION]
VI [THE "LITTLE YANKEE" MINE]
VII [A DISMISSAL]
VIII ["HE MEANS FIGHT"]
IX [THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES]
X [A NEW ALLIANCE]
XI [HALF-CONFIDENCES]
XII [THE COVER OF DARKNESS]
XIII [TWO WOMEN]
XIV [UNDERGROUND]
XV [THE PROOF OF CRIME]
XVI [A RETURN TO THE DAY]
XVII [A COUNCIL OF WAR]
XVIII [THE CONFESSION]
XIX [THE POINT OF VIEW]
XX [THE GAME OF FOILS]
XXI [UNDER ARREST]
XXII [THE INTERVENTION OF SWANSON]
XXIII [A NEW VOLUNTEER]
XXIV [AN AVOWAL OF LOVE]
XXV [THE PROOF OF LOVE]
XXVI [BENEATH THE DARKNESS]
XXVII [THE SHADOW OF CRIME]
XXVIII [ACROSS THE DESERT TO THE END]
XXIX [THE SUMMIT OF SUCCESS]
XXX [THE MISSION OF A LETTER]