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CONTENTS

IThe Sheep Country[1]
IISwan Carlson[15]
IIIThe Fight[27]
IVKeeper of the Flock[34]
VTim Sullivan[49]
VIEyes in the Firelight[57]
VIIThe Easiest Lesson[67]
VIIIThe Sheep-Killer[76]
IXA Two-Gun Man[87]
XWild Riders of the Range[97]
XIHector Hall Sets a Beacon[111]
XIIOne Comes to Serve[127]
XIIIA Fight Almost Lost[136]
XIVThe Lonesomeness[149]
XVOnly One Jacob[160]
XVIReid Begins His Play[173]
XVIIHertha Carlson[181]
XVIIISwan Carlson’s Day[195]
XIXNot Cut out for a Sheepman[207]
XXA Million Gallops Off[212]
XXITim Sullivan Breaks a Contract[222]
XXIIPhantoms of Fever[233]
XXIIIConcerning Mary[239]
XXIVMore About Mary[252]
XXVOne Man’s Joke[262]
XXVIPayment on Account[270]
XXVIIA Summons in the Night[287]
XXVIIISwan Carlson Laughs[296]
XXIXSheepman––And More[308]

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The Flockmaster of Poison Creek

CHAPTER I