To MATHEW WHITE Jr.,

Editor, author, critic, friend.


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
IFlinging The Gauntlet [9]
IIA Late Arrival [18]
IIIAn Unsettled Score [31]
IVThe Six Pistol Shots [39]
VStrategy and a Surprise [50]
VIUgly Company [64]
VIIYou Have Forgotten The Mask [74]
VIIIFiendish Revenge [85]
IXThe Man in The Mask [98]
XWar Without Quarter [114]
XIMade Prisoner [124]
XIIJuliet Asserts Herself [136]
XIIIThe Heathen Chinee [149]
XIVSentenced [161]
XVCowland Topsy-Turvy [176]
XVIA Message By a Strange Hand [190]
XVIIA Battle in The Dark [203]
XVIIIThe Immortal Ten [217]
XIXAn Indian Coulee [235]
XXSomebody New Turns Up [245]
XXIJulie Investigates [253]
XXIIThe Use of Photography [265]
XXIIIThe Crossing [279]
XXIVThe Story of Lester [289]
XXVThe Threads Meet [301]

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