PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1912


Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe "Canuck" That Saved Flour Gold[9]
IIThe Humor of the Fate Lachesis[17]
IIIA Mésalliance[31]
IV"The Ground Floor"[43]
VAnother Case in Surgery[56]
VI"The Church Racket"[70]
VIIThe Sheep From the Goats[77]
VIII"The Chance of a Lifetime"[90]
IXThe Ways of Polite Society[99]
XEssie Tisdale's Enforced Abnegation[110]
XIThe Opening Wedge[120]
XIITheir First Clash[127]
XIIIEssie Tisdale's Colors[139]
XIV"The Ethics of the Profession"[147]
XVSymes's Authority[165]
XVIThe Top Wave[172]
XVIIThe Possible Investor[179]
XVIII"Her Supreme Moment"[188]
XIX"Down And Out"[213]
XXAn Unfortunate Affair[234]
XXITurning a Corner[248]
XXIICrowheart's First Murder Mystery[259]
XXIIISymes Meets the Homeseekers[271]
XXIVThe Dago Duke And Dan Treu Exchange Confidences[280]
XXVCrowheart Demands Justice[288]
XXVILatin Methods[294]
XXVIIEssie Tisdale's Moment[303]
XXVIIIThe Sweetest Thing in the World[312]
XXIX"The Bitter End"[325]
XXX"Thicker Than Water"[332]

THE LADY DOC

I

The "Canuck" That Saved Flour Gold

"A fellow must have something against himself—he certainly must—to live down here year in and year out and never do a lick of work on a trail like this, that he's usin' constant. Gettin' off half a dozen times to lift the front end of your horse around a point, and then the back end—there's nothin' to it!"