COPYRIGHT, 1921, BYCHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONSPublished August, 1921Reprinted September, 1921Copyright, 1921, by Frank H. SpearmanTO MY SONFRANK HAMILTON SPEARMAN, JR.CONTENTSCHAPTER I [SLEEPY CAT]II [THE CRAZY WOMAN]III [DOUBLEDAY'S]IV [AT THE EATING HOUSE]V [CROSS PURPOSES]VI [WHICH WINS?]VII [THE CLOSE OF THE DAY]VIII [THE HOME OF LARAMIE]IX [AT THE BAR]X [LARAMIE COUNTS FIVE]XI [A DUEL WITH KATE]XII [THE BARBECUE]XIII [AGAINST HIS RECORD]XIV [LEFEVER ASKS QUESTIONS]XV [THE RAID OF THE FALLING WALL]XVI [THE GO-DEVIL]XVII [VAN HORN TRAILS HAWK]XVIII [HAWK QUARRELS WITH LARAMIE]XIX [LEFEVER RECEIVES THE RAIDERS]XX [THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE]XXI [THE HIDING PLACE]XXII [STONE TRIES HIS HAND]XXIII [KATE RIDES]XXIV [NIGHT AND A HEADER]XXV [A GUEST FOR AN HOUR]XXVI [THE CRAZY WOMAN WINS]XXVII [KATE DEFIES]XXVIII [A DIFFICULT RESOLVE]XXIX [HORSEHEAD PASS]XXX [THE FUNERAL AND AFTER]XXXI [AN ENCOUNTER]XXXII [A MESSAGE FROM TENISON]XXXIII [THE CANYON OF THE FALLING WALL]XXXIV [KATE GETS A SHOCK]XXXV [AT KITCHEN'S BARN]XXXVI [MCALPIN AT BAY]XXXVII [KATE BURNS THE STEAK]XXXVIII [THE UNEXPECTED CALL]XXXIX [BARB MAKES A SURPRISING ALLIANCE]XL [BRADLEY RIDES HARD]XLI [THE FLIGHT OF THE SWALLOWS]XLII [WARNING]XLIII [THE LAST CALL]XLIV [TENISON SERVES BREAKFAST]ILLUSTRATIONS[ "Hold on, Doubleday," Laramie said bluntly, . . . "You'llhear what I've got to say" . . . . . . Frontispiece ][ "And I thought I knew every drop of water in this country" ][ Knocked forward the next instant in his saddle, Laramiedrooped over his pommel ][ "No," said a man . . . as he pushed forward . . . "He's notgoing to drink!" ]