Contents I.[Going "In" ] 1 II.[Enter a Man ] 10 III.[The Girl from Drogheda ] 23 IV.[The Crevasse ] 34 V.[Across the Traverse ] 49 VI.[Sheba sings—and Two Men listen ] 58 VII.[Wally gets Orders ] 71 VIII.[The End of the Passage ] 82 IX.[Gid Holt goes prospecting ] 93 X.[The Rah-Rah Boy functions ]109 XI.[Gordon invites himself to Dinner—and does not enjoy it ]125 XII.[Sheba says "Perhaps" ]137 XIII.[Diane and Gordon differ ]144 XIV.[Genevieve Mallory takes a Hand ]156 XV.[Gordon buys a Revolver ]170 XVI.[Ambushed ]181 XVII.["God save you kindly" ]193 XVIII.[Gordon spends a Busy Evening ]201 XIX.[Sheba does not think so ]210 XX.[Gordon finds himself Unpopular ]217 XXI. [A New Way of leaving a House ]227 XXII.[Gid Holt comes to Kusiak ]232 XXIII.[In the Dead of Night ]241 XXIV.[Macdonald follows a Clue ]247 XXV.[In the Blizzard ]256 XXVI.[Hard Mushing ]268 XXVII.[Two on the Trail ]275 XXVIII.[A Message from the Dead ]286 XXIX.["Don't touch him! Don't you dare touch him!" ]292 XXX.[Holt frees his Mind ]301 XXXI.[Sheba digs ]308 XXXII.[Diane changes her Mind]318