D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Copyright, 1923, by The Curtis Publishing Company

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

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I.In the Morning[1]
II.A New World[14]
III.The Orphan of Del Sol[27]
IV.The Foot of the Trail[41]
V.Marriage, Cows and Carpetbags[48]
VI.The Lone Herd[58]
VII.The Herd Cutters[65]
VIII.The Fishhook[72]
IX.The Trail[78]
X.In Days of Old[88]
XI.The Court on the Trail[94]
XII.The Cow Hunters[104]
XIII.“Bring an Iron!”[113]
XIV.A Strange Errand[124]
XV.Northward Ho![131]
XVI.In the Night[142]
XVII.Mr. Dalhart Declares[151]
XVIII.Flotsam[159]
XIX.The Cattle Riever[165]
XX.Taking Toll[174]
XXI.The Rubicon[183]
XXII.“Till Abilene”[194]
XXIII.Under Which Flag?[206]
XXIV.The Murder[209]
XXV.The Killer[214]
XXVI.The Indian Nations[226]
XXVII.The Game of the Gods[239]
XXVIII.A Colonel of Cavalry[244]
XXIX.A Maid’s Mistake[253]
XXX.Many Transactions[258]
XXXI.The Jonah[271]
XXXII.Lazying Along[283]
XXXIII.Thirty-six[289]
XXXIV.The Trail Maker[298]
XXXV.In the Beginning[307]
XXXVI.Roll Along, Little Dogies![312]
XXXVII.Abilene[318]
XXXVIII.Alamo Arrives[334]
XXXIX.The Woman[344]
XL.Mr. Rudabaugh Appears[353]
XLI.Eastern Capital[359]
XLII.Twenty Straight on the Prairie[365]
XLIII.Lou Gore[377]
XLIV.The Lost Scrip[386]
XLV.The Man Hunt[390]
XLVI.Fair Exchange[402]
XLVII.The Court of the Comanches[406]
XLVIII.The Great Lodestone[417]

ILLUSTRATIONS

1.[LOIS WILSON AS TAISIE LOCKHART.]
2.[“JIM, WE’VE GOT TO DRIVE OUR HERDS NORTH.”]
3.[TAISIE INVITES THE MYSTERIOUS McMASTERS IN.]
4.[“WHAT ARE YOU—FRIEND OR FOE?” DEMANDS JIM NABOURS.]
5.[PREPARING TO DRIVE THE LONGHORNS ACROSS THE RIVER.]
6.[IN THE MIDST OF THE RIVER CROSSING.]
7.[RUDABAUGH (NOAH BEERY) AND DAN McMASTERS (JACK HOLT).]
8.[“HANDS OFF, RUDABAUGH!” ROARS BIG JIM.]