CONTENTS

PART ONE
WHAT SHE WAS
I.—Noncombatants[3]

PART TWO
WHAT SHE BECAME
II.—Special Messenger[39]
III.—Absolution[67]
IV.—Romance[99]
V.—Red Ferry[127]
VI.—An Air-Line[157]
VII.—The Pass[192]
VIII.—Ever After[223]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
“Daintily her handsome horse set foot in the water.”[Frontispiece]
“‘They seem to be allfired sure of us.’”[78]
“Then, like a flash his hand fell to his holster, and it was empty.”[90]
“‘Turn around,’ said the Special Messenger.”[176]
“She dropped her sunbonnet—stooped to recover it.”[216]
“White-faced, desperate, she clung to him with the tenacity of a lynx.”[220]
“‘We was there—I know that, yes, an’ we had a fight.’”[238]
“‘Yes,’ she gasped, ‘the Special Messenger—noncombatant!’”[258]

PART ONE
WHAT SHE WAS