THE OUTLAW

—still seeks sanctuary in the green timber, finding the storms of the granite peaks less to be feared than the fury of his neighbors.


VII

THE OUTLAW

I

Freeman Ward, geologist for the government, was not altogether easy in his mind as he led his little pack-train out of Pinedale, a frontier settlement on the western slope of the Rocky Mountain divide, for he had permitted the girl of his deepest interest to accompany him on his expedition.