Copyright, 1909, By
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
September, 1909
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Overburdened | [1] |
| II | The Trail | [11] |
| III | Waynefleet’s Ranch | [22] |
| IV | Laura Waynefleet’s Wish | [34] |
| V | The Flood | [45] |
| VI | The Breaking of the Dam | [56] |
| VII | Laura Makes a Dress | [66] |
| VIII | By Combat | [78] |
| IX | Gordon Speaks His Mind | [89] |
| X | The Calling Cañon | [99] |
| XI | The Great Idea | [109] |
| XII | Wisbech Makes Inquiries | [118] |
| XIII | On the Trestle | [127] |
| XIV | In the Moonlight | [138] |
| XV | Martial’s Misadventure | [149] |
| XVI | Acton’s Warning | [162] |
| XVII | An Eventful Day | [174] |
| XVIII | Tranquillity | [186] |
| XIX | Nasmyth Hears the River | [195] |
| XX | Nasmyth Goes Away | [208] |
| XXI | The Men of the Bush | [218] |
| XXII | Nasmyth Sets to Work | [228] |
| XXIII | The Derrick | [239] |
| XXIV | Realities | [251] |
| XXV | Nasmyth Decides | [260] |
| XXVI | One Night’s Task | [269] |
| XXVII | Timber Rights | [278] |
| XXVIII | A Painful Duty | [287] |
| XXIX | A Futile Scheme | [297] |
| XXX | Second Thoughts | [309] |
| XXXI | The Last Shot | [318] |