NEW YORK
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
1906

Copyright, 1906, by
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
New York

Published, August, 1906

J. F. TAPLEY CO.
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
NEW YORK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I]Lost Shoe Creek11
[II]The Womenkind of Lost Shoe Creek20
[III]Lucky Durand35
[IV]The Picture Girl44
[V]Evelyn Engages a Courier58
[VI]Evelyn Seeks Counsel80
[VII]Peace, Perfect Peace101
[VIII]At the Sign of the Temperance Saloon122
[IX]The Provisional Boundary137
[X]Lucky's Luck148
[XI]An International Episode163
[XII]Northern Lights177
[XIII]A Year After187
[XIV]Conclusion204

ILLUSTRATIONS

[She Stuck a Pin in the Handkerchief]Frontispiece
PAGE
[Mingled with the Travelers at Gumboot Annie's Board]54
[Departed in a Glow of Self Congratulation at Her Tact]104
["Why, My Daughter, does this Denote a Happy Change of Heart and Saving Grace? You are Taking Thought to Save Your Soul?"]126
["Darter Don't Look as if it was Spelled Right," Criticized Bully]154
[The Ubiquitous Young Soldier, Sergeant Scarlett]188

SCARLETT of the MOUNTED