THE
LONE TRAIL

BY
LUKE ALLAN

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
3 YORK STREET LONDON SW.1

A
HERBERT
JENKINS'
BOOK

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

CONTENTS

I. [THE MURDER AT THE T-INVERTED R]
II. [MORTON STAMFORD: TENDERFOOT]
III. [CORPORAL FAIRCLOTH ARRIVES]
IV. [THE SHOTS FROM THE BUSHES]
V. [DAKOTA RUNS AMOK]
VI. [STAMFORD MAKES A DECISION]
VII. [AT THE H-LAZY Z]
VIII. [A LAMB AMONG THE LIONS]
IX. [COCKNEY'S MYSTERIOUS RIDE]
X. [STAMFORD'S SURPRISES COMMENCE]
XI. [THE FOSSIL-HUNTERS]
XII. [STAMFORD GOES FOSSIL-HUNTING]
XIII. [THE CONSPIRACY]
XIV. [RIDERS OF THE NIGHT]
XV. [ONE MYSTERY LESS]
XVI. [AN ADVENTURE IN THE MOONLIGHT]
XVII. [THE HOWL OF STRANGE DOGS]
XVIII. [ A CATCH OF MORE THAN FISH]
XIX. [TWO PAIRS]
XX. [THE SECRET VALLEY]
XXI. [THE RAFT IN THE CANYON]
XXII. [PINK EYE AND THE ENGLISH SADDLE]
XXIII. [PREPARATIONS TO FLIT]
XXIV. [THE FIGHT IN THE RANCH-HOUSE]
XXV. [COCKNEY'S STORY]
XXVI. [THE CHASE AMONG THE CLIFFS]
XXVII. [THE BATTLE OF THE CLIFFS]

THE LONE TRAIL

CHAPTER I
THE MURDER AT THE T-INVERTED R