Frontispiece: He had been shot through the body and was dead.
His rifle lay across a rock trained carefully on the trail.

THE KILLER

BY

STEWART EDWARD WHITE

AUTHOR OF
THE BLAZED TRAIL,
THE RIVERMAN,
ARIZONA NIGHTS, Etc.
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1919, 1920, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF
TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES,
INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
COPYRIGHT 1919, 1920, BY THE RED BOOK CORPORATION


CONTENTS

The Killer[ 3]
The Road Agent[135]
The Tide[157]
Climbing for Goats[189]
Moisture, a Trace[211]
The Ranch[229]