CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Rewards Offered[11]
II.A Boy and a Girl[17]
III.The Law[24]
IV.“I Knew He Lied!”[32]
V.A Capture[38]
VI.The Real Low-Down[45]
VII.Where to Hide[52]
VIII.Two Queer Moves[57]
IX.Leave It to Me[65]
X.Caught in the Cellar[71]
XI.Freedom Behind Bars[77]
XII.Against His Ethics[87]
XIII.A Man and His Horse[93]
XIV.The Witness[98]
XV.The Welcome[106]
XVI.The Dixie’s Boss[114]
XVII.A Commission[121]
XVIII.In the Night[129]
XIX.Quick Turns[136]
XX.Appeal to the Law[145]
XXI.A Capture[151]
XXII.A Second Capture[160]
XXIII.Quick Facts[165]
XXIV.The Show-down[170]
XXV.Filed![175]
XXVI.The Prodigal[179]
XXVII.The Desert Code[185]
XXVIII.A Night Summons[194]
XXIX.Gunmen[201]
XXX.The Sheriff’s Plight[207]
XXXI.A New Count[215]
XXXII.The Compass Fails[220]
XXXIII.Fast Work[224]
XXXIV.The Compass Wavers[230]
XXXV.Guns in the Night[235]
XXXVI.The Loot[242]
XXXVII.The Test of a Man[245]
XXXVIII.Ten Miles’ Start[250]

11

THE COYOTE

CHAPTER I

REWARDS OFFERED

The sign on the tree attracted the man’s attention while he was still far down the slope. He could see the tall pine on the crest of the ridge above a veritable landmark in that country of stunted timber, and the square of paper, tacked to its trunk under the lowest branches, gleamed white against the background of vivid green.