PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1915

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

To
my good friend

MRS. LOUIS HOWE

this book is dedicated with
all gratitude and affection

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Before He Grew Up[11]
II.“Pardners”[20]
III.“The Game Butchers”[32]
IV.Self-Defence[39]
V.“The Jack-Pot”[54]
VI.The Returned Hero[73]
VII.Sprudell Goes East[78]
VIII.Uncle Bill Finds News in the “Try-Bune”[89]
IX.The Yellow-Leg[103]
X.“Capital Takes Holt”[119]
XI.The Ghost at the Banquet[128]
XII.Thorns—and a Few Roses[140]
XIII.“Off His Range”[147]
XIV.His Only Asset[157]
XV.Millions![169]
XVI.“Slim’s Sister”[182]
XVII.A Practical Man[202]
XVIII.Prophets of Evil[214]
XIX.At the Big Mallard[221]
XX.“The Forlorn Hope”[231]
XXI.Toy[236]
XXII.The General Manager[244]
XXIII.“Good Enough”[252]
XXIV.The Midnight Visitor[260]
XXV.The Clean-Up[269]
XXVI.Failure[288]
XXVII.Uncle Bill is Ostracized[301]
XXVIII.“Annie’s Boy”[314]