CONTENTS

I.A Gentleman Ranker[7]
II.A Shooting Match[18]
III.In Barnriff[28]
IV.Jim Proposes[36]
V.To the Red, Dancing Devil[53]
VI.Eve and Will[71]
VII.The Chicken-killing[78]
VIII.The “Boys” of the Village[86]
IX.A Woman’s Care[101]
X.An Evil Night[113]
XI.A Wedding-day in Barnriff[119]
XII.The Quest of Peter Blunt[135]
XIII.After One Year[146]
XIV.The Breaking Point[153]
XV.A “Party Call”[161]
XVI.Devil Driven[173]
XVII.The Working of the Public Mind[187]
XVIII.A Woman’s Instinct[195]
XIX.Branded[206]
XX.Approaching the Tribunal[221]
XXI.Inspiration[226]
XXII.The Vigilance Committee[238]
XXIII.Terror[252]
XXIV.For a Woman[265]
XXV.The Trail of the Rustlers[275]
XXVI.On the Little Bluff River[286]
XXVII.Annie[303]
XXVIII.Will[312]
XXIX.Jim[324]
XXX.Will Henderson Reaches the End[333]
XXXI.The Discomfiture of Smallbones[345]
XXXII.The Triumph of Smallbones[355]
XXXIII.After the Verdict[364]
XXXIV.The Truth[369]
XXXV.In the Shadow of the Gallows Tree[383]
XXXVI.The Passing of Elia[393]
XXXVII.Gold[401]
XXXVIII.On, Over the One-Way Trail[406]