GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1915, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Pioneers | [1] |
| II | Portents of Change | [14] |
| III | At the Ford | [26] |
| IV | The Opening of the Rift | [36] |
| V | The Spendthrift | [48] |
| VI | The Mortgage Broker | [56] |
| VII | An Accident | [67] |
| VIII | An Unexpected Escape | [79] |
| IX | A Man of Affairs | [92] |
| X | The Casting Vote | [103] |
| XI | The Steam Plow | [118] |
| XII | The Enemy Within | [132] |
| XIII | The Traitor | [145] |
| XIV | A Bold Scheme | [156] |
| XV | Harvest Home | [169] |
| XVI | The Bridge | [182] |
| XVII | A Heavy Blow | [192] |
| XVIII | Covering His Trail | [203] |
| XIX | The Blizzard | [215] |
| XX | A Severe Test | [225] |
| XXI | The Day of Reckoning | [236] |
| XXII | The Price of Honor | [245] |
| XXIII | A Woman Intervenes | [255] |
| XXIV | A Great Triumph | [264] |
| XXV | The Rebuff | [276] |
| XXVI | Drought | [287] |
| XXVII | The Adventuress | [298] |
| XXVIII | Fire and Hail | [308] |
| XXIX | A Brave Heart | [318] |
| XXX | The Inheritance | [326] |