Published by Arrangement with A. C. McClurg & Company


Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1917


Published March, 1917


CONTENTS


CHAPTERPAGE
IStrange Bargainings[1]
IIBeef Day[11]
IIIThe Ranchhouse by the River[28]
IVThe Man in the Plaid[41]
VIf He was a Gentleman[55]
VIA Bold Civilian[66]
VIIThrowing the Scare[81]
VIIIAfoot and Alone[89]
IXBusiness, not Company[102]
X“Hell’s a-goin’ to Pop”[119]
XIThe Señor Boss Comes Riding[131]
XII“The Rustlers!”[147]
XIIIThe Trail at Dawn[160]
XIVWhen Friends Part[182]
XVOne Road[196]
XVIDanger and Dignity[215]
XVIIBoots and Saddles[227]
XVIIIThe Trail of the Coffee[240]
XIX“I Beat Him to It”[252]
XXLove and Death[268]
XXIThe Man in the Door[280]
XXIIPaid[298]
XXIIITears in the Night[303]
XXIVBanjo Faces Into the West[312]
XXV“Hasta Luego”[322]