SECOND PRINTING, FEBRUARY, 1919
THIRD PRINTING, MARCH, 1919
FOURTH PRINTING, MARCH, 1919
FIFTH PRINTING, MAY, 1919
SIXTH PRINTING, JUNE, 1919

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The Sand Coulee Roadhouse	[1]
II	An Historic Occasion	[13]
III	Prouty	[28]
IV	Disillusionment	[40]
V	For Always	[52]
VI	The Wolf Scratches	[58]
VII	The Blood of Jezebel	[75]
VIII	The Man of Mystery	[85]
IX	The Summons	[98]
X	The Bank Puts on the Screws	[109]
XI	Kate Keeps Her Promise	[120]
XII	The Dude Wrangler	[131]
XIII	Mrs. Toomey’s Friendship is Tested	[139]
XIV	Like Any Other Herder	[156]
XV	One More Whirl	[165]
XVI	Straws	[175]
XVII	Extremes Meet	[189]
XVIII	A Warning	[207]
XIX	An Old, Old Friend	[212]
XX	The Fork of the Road	[228]
XXI	“Heart And Hand”	[253]
XXII	Mullendore Wins	[263]
XXIII	When the Black Spot Hit	[274]
XXIV	Toomey Goes Into Something	[283]
XXV	The Chinook	[298]
XXVI	Taking Her Medicine	[309]
XXVII	The Sheep Queen	[322]
XXVIII	The Surprise of Mr. Wentz’s Life	[333]
XXIX	Toomey Distinguishes Himself	[344]
XXX	Her Day	[353]

THE FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS

CHAPTER I

THE SAND COULEE ROADHOUSE

A heavily laden freight wagon, piled high with ranch supplies, stood in the dooryard before a long loghouse. The yard was fenced with crooked cottonwood poles so that it served also as a corral, around which the leaders of the freight team wandered, stripped of their harness, looking for a place to roll.

Contents

THE FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS

CHAPTER I

THE SAND COULEE ROADHOUSE