Acknowledgment is made to The Saturday Evening Post, McClure’s Magazine, and The American Magazine for permission to republish these stories.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||||
| I | Ol’ Sam | A mule | [13] | |
| II | The Marauder | A coyote | [51] | |
| III | Corazón | A roping horse | [83] | |
| IV | The Outlaw | A steer | [112] | |
| V | Shiela | A wolfhound | [142] | |
| VI | Molly | A range cow | [173] | |
| VII | The Baby and the Puma | Mountain lion | [202] | |
| VIII | The Mankiller | A jack | [230] | |
| IX | Neutria | A mountain cowhorse | [257] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| “So much had three days with the wild linked up the slack chain of her blood tie” | [Frontispiece] | |
| Facing Page | ||
| “What you mean by running off this a-way?” | [48] | |
| “The wolf drove away a couple of buzzards and fell upon this savagely” | [60] | |
| “Leaping, with legs stiff, straight off the ground” | [100] | |
| “On his hind legs, his worn fangs gleaming, he received her” | [170] | |
| “The lonely hut was untenanted” | [240] |
I
OL’ SAM
“Git your nose out’n that pot. Hi, you flop-eared--I swan, that ol’ mule makes me mad sometimes. He’d jist as leave snake your whole batch right from under your nose as look at you. Git, you long-legged rascal! Whoopee!”