[CHAPTER IX.]

A Raging Torrent—The Crows' Nest—An Aerial Family—"Kansis oR buST" 100

[CHAPTER X.]

The Picnic—A Biled Vest—A Dark-eyed Maid with her Sweet Guitar—Mora Estill—Fishing, etc., but Principally the Latter—"We have met before"—The Gray Spectre—The Mystery-wrapped Grave of the Hill-top—Rough as a Farmer—Transmigration of Souls 108

[CHAPTER XI.]

A Western Call—Mystery—The Call lengthens into a Western Visit—Spring Chicken and Mystery 126

[CHAPTER XII.]

False Riches—A Young Fortune Hunter—The Santa Fe Trail—Searching for the Gold of Monteluma—The Serpent's Warning Rattle—The Stare of Death—The Gray Spectre 144

[CHAPTER XIII.]

A Western Wheat-field—A Visit to Estill's Ranch—A Skeleton in the Estill Closet—An Art Critic who was "Beef to the Heel"—Very Undairy-like—A Trace of Mystery 159