“... And the One-Way Trail is just the trail of Life. It’s chock full of pitfalls and stumbling blocks that make us cuss like mad. But it’s good for us to walk over it. There are no turnings or bye-paths, and no turning back. And maybe when we get to the end something will have been achieved in His scheme of things that our silly brains can’t grasp....”
PHILADELPHIA
GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1911, by
George W. Jacobs and Company
CONTENTS
| I. | A Gentleman Ranker | [7] |
| II. | A Shooting Match | [18] |
| III. | In Barnriff | [28] |
| IV. | Jim Proposes | [36] |
| V. | To the Red, Dancing Devil | [53] |
| VI. | Eve and Will | [71] |
| VII. | The Chicken-killing | [78] |
| VIII. | The “Boys” of the Village | [86] |
| IX. | A Woman’s Care | [101] |
| X. | An Evil Night | [113] |
| XI. | A Wedding-day in Barnriff | [119] |
| XII. | The Quest of Peter Blunt | [135] |
| XIII. | After One Year | [146] |
| XIV. | The Breaking Point | [153] |
| XV. | A “Party Call” | [161] |
| XVI. | Devil Driven | [173] |
| XVII. | The Working of the Public Mind | [187] |
| XVIII. | A Woman’s Instinct | [195] |
| XIX. | Branded | [206] |
| XX. | Approaching the Tribunal | [221] |
| XXI. | Inspiration | [226] |
| XXII. | The Vigilance Committee | [238] |
| XXIII. | Terror | [252] |
| XXIV. | For a Woman | [265] |
| XXV. | The Trail of the Rustlers | [275] |
| XXVI. | On the Little Bluff River | [286] |
| XXVII. | Annie | [303] |
| XXVIII. | Will | [312] |
| XXIX. | Jim | [324] |
| XXX. | Will Henderson Reaches the End | [333] |
| XXXI. | The Discomfiture of Smallbones | [345] |
| XXXII. | The Triumph of Smallbones | [355] |
| XXXIII. | After the Verdict | [364] |
| XXXIV. | The Truth | [369] |
| XXXV. | In the Shadow of the Gallows Tree | [383] |
| XXXVI. | The Passing of Elia | [393] |
| XXXVII. | Gold | [401] |
| XXXVIII. | On, Over the One-Way Trail | [406] |