NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1919, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published March, 1919
Reprinted April, 1920
Copyright, 1917, 1918, BY THE RIDGEWAY COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [BUD LEE WANTS TO KNOW]
II. [JUDITH TAKES A HAND]
III. [AND RIDES AN OUTLAW]
IV. [JUDITH PUTS IT STRAIGHT]
V. [THE BIGNESS OF THE VENTURE]
VI. [YOUNG HAMPTON REGISTERS A PROTEST]
VII. [THE HAPPENING IN SQUAW CREEK CAÑON]
VIII. [RIFLE SHOTS FROM THE CLIFFS]
IX. [THE OLD TRAIL]
X. [UNDER FIRE]
XI. [IN THE OLD CABIN]
XII. [PARDNERS]
XIII. [THE CAPTURE OF SHORTY]
XIV. [SPRINGTIME AND A VISION]
XV. [JUST A GIRL, AFTER ALL]
XVI. [POKER FACE AND A WHITE PIGEON]
XVII. ["ONCE A FOOL--ALWAYS A FOOL"]
XVIII. [JUDITH TRIUMPHANT]
XIX. [BUD LEE SEEKS CROOKED CHRIS QUINNION]
XX. [THE FIGHT AT THE JAILBIRD]
XXI. [BURNING MEMORY]
XXII. [PLAYING THE GAME]
XXIII. [THE WRATH OF POLLOCK HAMPTON]
XXIV. [A SIGNAL-FIRE?]
XXV. [THE TOOLS WHICH TREVORS USED]
XXVI. [JUDITH'S PERIL]
XXVII. [ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS]
XXVIII. [BACON, KISSES, AND A CONFESSION]
XXIX. [LEE AND OLD MAN CARSON RIDE TOGETHER]
XXX. [THE FIGHT]
XXXI. [YES, JUDITH WAS WAITING]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Judith's spurs answered him, and the bit … brought him about,
whirling … bucking as only … a devil-hearted horse knows
how to buck . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ A lean, muscular hand fell lightly upon his shoulder and he was
jerked back promptly ]

[ Quinnion was down and shooting, with but ten steps … between
him and the man whom he sought to kill ]

[ "You'll find your work cut out for you." ]