Copyright, 1914

By STREET & SMITH

Buffalo Bill’s Best Bet

(Printed in the United States of America)

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.

CONTENTS

PAGE
IN APPRECIATION OF WILLIAM F. CODY [1]
I.TEMPTED.[5]
II.A DOUBLE REWARD FOR LIFE.[9]
III.THE FORFEIT.[13]
IV.A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE.[21]
V.BUFFALO BILL’S BET.[23]
VI.OLD NEGOTIATE’S WARNING.[30]
VII.BUFFALO BILL’S CHARGE.[35]
VIII.A VILLAIN SURPRISED.[40]
IX.THE AMBUSH.[46]
X.A MYSTERY.[52]
XI.THE HEART OF A WOMAN.[59]
XII.BUFFALO BILL RECEIVES A LETTER.[63]
XIII.PARSON BRISTOW HOLDS TRUMPS.[66]
XIV.CLOSE QUARTERS.[71]
XV.MARY HALE.[74]
XVI.BETWEEN TWO FIRES.[80]
XVII.A FOE’S GRATITUDE.[84]
XVIII.PARSON MILLER VISITS THE JUDGE.[88]
XIX.MERCILESS.[95]
XX.THE FLIGHT.[99]
XXI.AN UNEXPECTED HALT.[104]
XXII.THE RED RIGHT HAND.[107]
XXIII.A STARTLING APPARITION.[110]
XXIV.AN UNEXPECTED SIGHT.[112]
XXV.AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER.[119]
XXVI.AN OLD FRIEND AND NEW FACES.[126]
XXVII.THE TWO STRONGHOLDS.[132]
XXVIII.THE WHITE AND RED CHIEFS.[135]
XXIX.KANSAS KING, THE OUTLAW.[143]
XXX.PEARL’S WARNING.[151]
XXXI.BAD BURKE’S TREACHERY.[158]
XXXII.THE SPECTER OF THE VALLEY.[162]
XXXIII.TICKLISH WORK.[172]
XXXIV.THE MEETING IN THE CAÑON.[183]
XXXV.THE ANSWERED CRY.[187]
XXXVI.UNCLE SAM’S BOYS.[191]
XXXVII.THE FAIRY GLEN.[196]
XXXVIII.THE WAR CRY.[199]
XXXIX.THE MYSTERY SOLVED.[204]
XL.TWO WEDDINGS.[211]
XLI.THE BRANDED BROTHERHOOD.[214]
XLII.THE RESCUE.[221]
XLIII.A TRAITOR IN CAMP.[227]
XLIV.RUNNING THE GANTLET.[234]
XLV.A WARNING AND A RAID.[239]
XLVI.TREACHERY.[245]
XLVII.IN THE CAMP.[253]
XLVIII.IN THE NICK OF TIME.[261]
XLIX.AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.[267]
L.PLOTTING MISCHIEF.[274]
LI.CAPTURING THE SENTINEL.[280]
LII.BUFFALO BILL’S DARING.[286]
LIII.BUFFALO BILL’S DEFENSE.[298]
LIV.THE BATTLE WITH THE BROTHERHOOD.[304]
LV.A STARTLING REVELATION.[311]
LVI.THE RETURN TO RIVERSIDE.[319]