Hopalong Cassidy

Affectionately Dedicated
to My Father

Chapter		Page
[I.]	Antonio's Scheme	11
[II.]	Mary Meeker Rides North	22
[III.]	The Roundup	32
[IV.]	In West Arroyo	50
[V.]	Hopalong Asserts Himself	59
[VI.]	Meeker is Told	67
[VII.]	Hopalong Meets Meeker	75
[VIII.]	On the Edge of the Desert	83
[IX.]	On the Peak	92
[X.]	Buck Visits Meeker	100
[XI.]	Three Is a Crowd	107
[XII.]	Hobble Burns and Sleepers	119
[XIII.]	Hopalong Grows Suspicious	125
[XIV.]	The Compromise	130
[XV.]	Antonio Meets Friends	141
[XVI.]	The Feint	148
[XVII.]	Pete is Tricked	154
[XVIII.]	The Line House Re-Captured	168
[XIX.]	Antonio Leaves the H2	178
[XX.]	What the Dam Told	195
[XXI.]	Hopalong Rides South	210
[XXII.]	Lucas Visits the Peak	223
[XXIII.]	Hopalong and Red Go Scouting	232
[XXIV.]	Red's Discomfiture	240
[XXV.]	Antonio's Revenge	256
[XXVI.]	Frisco Visits Eagle	268
[XXVII.]	Shaw Has Visitors	276
[XXVIII.]	Nevada Joins Shaw	282
[XXIX.]	Surrounded	287
[XXX.]	Up the Wall	303
[XXXI.]	Fortune Snickers at Doc	315
[XXXII.]	Nature Takes a Hand	321
[XXXIII.]	Doc Trails	336
[XXXIV.]	Discoveries	343
[XXXV.]	Johnny Takes the Hut	353
[XXXVI.]	The Last Night	360
[XXXVII.]	Their Last Fight	369
[XXXVIII.]	A Disagreeable Task	374
[XXXIX.]	Thirst	380
[XL.]	Changes	384
[XLI.]	Hopalong's Reward	388

CHAPTER I

ANTONIO'S SCHEME

The raw and mighty West, the greatest stage in all the history of the world for so many deeds of daring which verged on the insane, was seared and cross-barred with grave-lined trails and dotted with presumptuous, mushroom towns of brief stay, whose inhabitants flung their primal passions in the face of humanity and laughed in condescending contempt at what humanity had to say about it. In many localities the real bad-man, the man of the gun, whose claims to the appellation he was ready to prove against the rancorous doubting of all comers, made history in a terse and business-like way, and also made the first law for the locality—that of the gun.

CONTENTS

HOPALONG CASSIDY

CHAPTER I