At the outbreak of the Sioux, in 1890 and 1891, Colonel Cody served at the head of the Nebraska National Guard. In 1895 Cody took up the development of Wyoming Valley by introducing irrigation. Not long afterward he became judge advocate general of the Wyoming National Guard.

Colonel Cody (Buffalo Bill) died in Denver, Colorado, on January 10, 1917. His legacy to a grateful world was a large share in the development of the West, and a multitude of achievements in horsemanship, marksmanship, and endurance that will live for ages. His life will continue to be a leading example of the manliness, courage, and devotion to duty that belonged to a picturesque phase of American life now passed, like the great patriot whose career it typified, into the Great Beyond.

CONTENTS

I.THE HERMIT OF THE GRAND CAÑON[5]
II.THE MINER'S SECRET[14]
III.THE GRAVE AT THE DESERTED CAMP[20]
IV.A VOW OF VENGEANCE[28]
V.MASKED AND MERCILESS[33]
VI.THE DUMB MESSENGER[41]
VII.DEATH AND MADNESS[50]
VIII.A STRANGE BURIAL[62]
IX.THE COURIER[67]
X.DOCTOR DICK'S DRIVE[76]
XI.RUNNING THE GANTLET[84]
XII.A MAN'S NERVE[92]
XIII.A VOLUNTEER[97]
XIV.THE WAY IT WAS DONE[105]
XV.A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE[114]
XVI.TAKING CHANCES[122]
XVII.A SECRET KEPT[130]
XVIII.A MYSTERIOUS SOUND[138]
XIX.A FAIR PASSENGER[143]
XX.MASKED FOES[151]
XXI.THE SACRIFICE[159]
XXII.THE RANSOM[168]
XXIII.THE OUTLAWS' CAPTIVE[181]
XXIV.THE TWO FUGITIVES[186]
XXV.THE OUTLAW LOVER[195]
XXVI.THE SECRET OUT[200]
XXVII.THE DEPARTURE[210]
XXVIII.THE LONE TRAIL[219]
XXIX.TO WELCOME THE FAIR GUEST[223]
XXX.AT THE RENDEZVOUS[231]
XXXI.DOCTOR DICK TELLS THE NEWS[239]
XXXII.THE MINERS' WELCOME[248]
XXXIII.THE COUNCIL[252]
XXXIV.A METAMORPHOSIS[259]
XXXV.THE DRIVER'S LETTER[268]
XXXVI.THE SCOUT ON THE WATCH[272]
XXXVII.THE MINER'S MISSION[280]
XXXVIII.A LEAF FROM THE PAST[288]
XXXIX.THE OUTLAW'S CONFESSION[298]
XL.TEARING OFF THE MASK[303]

BUFFALO BILL'S SPY TRAILER.

CHAPTER I.

THE HERMIT OF THE GRAND CAÑON.