GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS —— NEW YORK

Published, March, 1922

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [The North Trail]
II [A Man's Curiosity]
III ["Square" Deal Sanderson]
IV [In Which a Man Is Sympathetic]
V [Water and Kisses]
VI [Sanderson Lies]
VII [Kisses—A Man Refuses Them]
VIII [The Plotters]
IX [The Little Man Talks]
X [Plain Talk]
XI [The Ultimatum]
XII [Dale Moves]
XIII [A Plot that Worked]
XIV [The Voice of the Coyote]
XV [Dale Pays a Visit]
XVI [The Hand of the Enemy]
XVII [The Trail Herd]
XVIII [Checked by the System]
XIX [A Question of Brands]
XX [Devil's Hole]
XXI [A Man Borrows Money]
XXII [A Man from the Abyss]
XXIII [The Gunman]
XXIV [Concerning a Woman]
XXV [A Man Is Aroused]
XXVI [A Man Is Hanged]
XXVII [The Ambush]
XXVIII [Nyland Meets a Killer]
XXIX [Nyland's Vengeance]
XXX [The Law Takes a Hand]
XXXI [The Fugitive]
XXXII [Winning a Fight]
XXXIII [A Man Leaves Okar]
XXXIV [A Man Gets a Square Deal]
XXXV [A Deal in Love]

Square Deal Sanderson

CHAPTER I

THE NORTH RAID

An hour before, Deal Sanderson had opened his eyes. He had been comfortably wrapped in his blanket; his head had been resting on a saddle seat. His sleep over, he had discovered that the saddle seat felt hard to his cheek. In changing his position he had awakened. His face toward the east, he had seen a gray streak widening on the horizon—a herald of the dawn.