Copyright, 1909, by
THERESE BRODERICK
Dramatic Rights Reserved

PRINTERS AND BINDERS
LOWMAN & HANFORD CO.
SEATTLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter
[I]Bess Fletcher’s First Western Acquaintance[11]
[II]The Golden Glimpse[21]
[III]Henry West’s Ideal[28]
[IV]The Hesitating Lariat[38]
[V]The Motley Spectators at Polson[43]
[VI]HW Ranch[46]
[VII]“I Would Have Done More for an Injun”[53]
[VIII]Bess Learns the Real Cause of the Accident[59]
[IX]“Helen” at the St. Ignatius Mission[65]
[X]A Western Tragedy[76]
[XI]The Miracle of Womanhood[87]
[XII]An Indian in the Moonlight[97]
[XIII]A Frantic Herd[105]
[XIV]The First Visit of Dave Davis[117]
[XV]A Journey Up Flathead Lake[130]
[XVI]“Mon Desir” and the Box of Roses[137]
[XVII]Bess Fletcher’s New Gun and Its First Victim[144]
[XVIII]Mauchacho Wins the Race[153]
[XIX]The Strength of a Beaded Belt[166]
[XX] The Camping Trip and “Peter Pan”[181]
[XXI]The Trout Deal[191]
[XXII]A Pseudo Squaw[198]
[XXIII]An Unusual Proposal[206]
[XXIV]Why a Cheek Blanches[213]
[XXV]Berenice Morton’s Arrival[221]
[XXVI]A Wedding Day[235]
[XXVII]“I—am—but—an—Indian”[244]
[XXVIII]A Winter’s Vigil[250]
[XXIX]The Brand HW[255]
[XXX]“When You Can Forget”[268]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Bess[Frontispiece]
Sunset on Flathead Lake[211]