CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [AN UNPLEASANT SITUATION]
II ["BRICK" HAMLIN]
III [THE NEWS AT RIPLEY]
IV [THE ATTACK]
V [THE DEFENCE OF THE STAGE]
VI [THE CONDITION IN THE COACH]
VII [PLANS FOE ESCAPE]
VIII [A WAY TO THE RIVER]
IX [ACROSS THE RIVER]
X [THE RIPENING OF ACQUAINTANCE]
XI [A REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAST]
XII [THE PARTING]
XIII [BACK AT FORT DODGE]
XIV [UNDER ARREST]
XV [AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE]
XVI [THE MEETING]
XVII [AT CROSS-PURPOSES]
XVIII [ANOTHER MESSAGE]
XIX [A FULL CONFESSION]
XX [MOLLY TELLS HER STORY]
XXI [MOLLY DISAPPEARS]
XXII [A DEEPENING MYSTERY]
XXIII [THE DEAD BODY]
XXIV [IN PURSUIT]
XXV [IN THE BLIZZARD]
XXVI [UNSEEN DANGER]
XXVII [HUGHES' STORY]
XXVIII [SNOWBOUND]
XXIX [THE CHASE]
XXX [THE FIGHT IN THE SNOW]
XXXI [THE GIRL AND THE MAN]
XXXII [WORDS OF LOVE]
XXXIII [MOLLY'S STORY]
XXXIV [THE ADVANCE OF CUSTER]
XXXV [THE INDIAN TRAIL]
XXXVI [READY TO ATTACK]
XXXVII [THE BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS]
XXXVIII [AT CAMP SUPPLY]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ His fingers gripped the iron top rail, and he slowly pulled
his body up . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "No, don't move! The stage has been gutted and set on fire" ]

[ The two started back at his rather abrupt entrance ]

[ His Colt poised for action, he lifted the wooden latch ]

MOLLY McDONALD

CHAPTER I