BLOOM OF CACTUS BY ROBERT AMES BENNET Frontispiece by RALPH PALLEN COLEMAN Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1920

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Contents

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I.Ambushed[3]
II.Off Trail[13]
III.The Gila Monster[24]
IV.Pards in Peril[35]
V.Dead Hole[47]
VI.Her Folks[55]
VII.Craft and Cruelty[62]
VIII.Cactus Carmena[75]
IX.The Man Who Was[85]
X.The Setter of Traps[95]
XI.Cross Currents[107]
XII.A Bargain[117]
XIII.The Blossoming[127]
XIV.The Prowler[136]
XV.Crooked Ways[145]
XVI.The Drop[156]
XVII.Death Play[168]
XVIII.The Attack[180]
XIX.Out of the Frying Pan——[192]
XX.Into the Fire[201]
XXI.Treachery[211]
XXII.The Sacrifice[222]
XXIII.Out of the Past[234]
XXIV.His Daughter's Father[245]