CONTENTS

[CHAPTER ONE—THE MEETING]
[CHAPTER TWO—THE BETTIN’ BARBER O’ BOGGS]
[CHAPTER THREE—ABOVE THE DUST]
[CHAPTER FOUR—TY JONES]
[CHAPTER FIVE—THE HOLD-UP]
[CHAPTER SIX—A REMINISCENCE]
[CHAPTER SEVEN—HORACE WALPOLE BRADFORD]
[CHAPTER EIGHT—A CASE OF NERVES]
[CHAPTER NINE—TREATING THE CASE]
[CHAPTER TEN—INJUNS!]
[CHAPTER ELEVEN—BENEFITS OF FASTING]
[CHAPTER TWELVE—A COMPLETE CURE]
[CHAPTER THIRTEEN—AN UNEXPECTED CACHE]
[CHAPTER FOURTEEN—HAPPY’S NEW AMBITION]
[CHAPTER FIFTEEN—TENDER FEELINGS]
[CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THEMIS IN THE ROCKIES]
[CHAPTER SEVENTEEN—KIT MURRAY]
[CHAPTER EIGHTEEN—TESTING THE FRIAR’S NERVE]
[CHAPTER NINETEEN—OTHER PEOPLE’S BUSINESS]
[CHAPTER TWENTY—QUARRELING FOR PEACE]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE—PEACE TO START A QUARREL]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO—A PROGRESSIVE HUNT]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE—A LITTLE GUN-PLAY]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR—NIGHT-PROWLERS]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE—THE TRADE-RAT’S CHRISTMAS-GIFT]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX—A CONTESTED LIFE-TITLE]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN—A STRANGE ALLIANCE]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT—THE HEART OF HAPPY HAWKINS]
[CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE—THE LITTLE TOWN OF BOSCO]
[CHAPTER THIRTY—TY JONES GETS A WOMAN]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE—JUSTICE UNDELAYED]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO—THE FRIAR GOES ALONE]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE—THE FRIAR GIVEN TWO WEEKS]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR—A CROSS FOR EVERY MAN]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE—THE FRIAR A COMPLICATION]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX—A SIDE-TRIP TO SKELTY’S]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN—PROMOTHEUS IN THE TOILS]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT—OLAF RUNS THE BLOCKADE]
[CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE—SKIRMISHES]
[CHAPTER FORTY—AN IRRITATING GRIN]
[CHAPTER FORTY-ONE—THE NIGHT-ATTACK]
[CHAPTER FORTY-TWO—HAND TO HAND]
[CHAPTER FORTY-THREE—THE GIFT OF THE DAWN]
[CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR—TY JONES NODS HIS HEAD]
[CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE—THE LITTLE GUST O’ WIND]
[CHAPTER FORTY-SIX—THE FINAL MOVES]


ILLUSTRATIONS

He shot his hand across an’ pulled his gun quick as a flash; but Horace didn’t move, he just sat still, with a friendly smile on his face

[Frontispiece]

We found the singer on foot with a noose about his neck an’ nine rather tough-lookin’ citizens holdin’ a parley with him

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The cow had forgot all about havin’ had her hoofs pared, an’ she took after him like a hungry coyote