CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [BILLY WINGO]
II [A SAFE MAN]
III [WHAT SALLY JANE THOUGHT]
IV [HAZEL WALTON]
V [JACK MURRAY OBJECTS]
VI [CROSS-PURPOSES]
VII [RAFE'S IDEA]
VIII [THE NEW BROOM]
IX [THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY]
X [A SHORT HORSE]
XI [THE TRAPPERS]
XII [THE TRAP]
XIII [OPEN AND SHUT]
XIV [WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT]
XV [THE BEST-LAID PLANS]
XVI [OBSCURING THE ISSUE]
XVII [WHAT HAZEL THOUGHT]
XVIII [THE BARE-HEADED MAN]
XIX [THE PERSISTENT SUITOR]
XX [A DISCOVERY]
XXI [THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S NIGHTMARE]
XXII [THE HUNCH]
XXIII [THE GUNFIGHTERS]
XXIV [CONTRARIETIES]
XXV [JONESY'S ULTIMATUM]
XXVI [THE FOOL-KILLER]
XXVII [THE LONG DAY CLOSES]