CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.A Surprise Is Coming[1]
II.“Hooray for the Wild West!”[10]
III.The “Two-Faced” Man[17]
IV.To Catch the Midnight Express[24]
V.The Old Lady With the Basket[33]
VI.“The Breath of the Night”[44]
VII.A Night With a Knight[57]
VIII.The Night Adventure Continued[72]
IX.What Followed an Elopement[82]
X.The Man Who Would Have Died Indoors[91]
XI.At Dugonne at Last[101]
XII.On the Road to Hardin’s[109]
XIII.At the Ranch-House[123]
XIV.“The Snake in the Grass”[133]
XV.Exploring[141]
XVI.In the Gorge[147]
XVII.Flores[154]
XVIII.Ophelia Comes Visiting[162]
XIX.“’Way Up in the Mountain-Top, Tip-Top!”[172]
XX.Two Eyes in the Dark[182]
XXI.Dorothy’s Courage[192]
XXII.Dorothy Hears Something Important[199]
XXIII.“Where Is Aunt Winnie?”[207]
XXIV.The Chase[220]
XXV.A Little More Excitement[227]
XXVI.Saying Good-Bye All Around[238]

DOROTHY DALE IN THE WEST

CHAPTER I
A SURPRISE IS COMING

“He, he, he!” giggled Tavia.

“What is the matter now, child?” demanded Dorothy Dale, haughtily. “There are no ‘hes’ in this lane. The road is empty before us——”

“And the world would be, too, if it wasn’t for the possible ‘hes’ that are to come into our lives,” quoth Tavia, with shocking frankness.

“You talk like a cave girl,” declared her chum. “Is there nothing on your mind but boys?”