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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page
[I].THE STERILE PROSPECT AND THE LONELY TRAVELLER.[13]
[II].THE ENCOUNTER—THE CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE.[21]
[III].YOUNG LOVE—THE RETROSPECT.[35]
[IV].A RUPTURE—THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.[47]
[V].MARK FORRESTER—THE GOLD VILLAGE.[57]
[VI].CODE AND PRACTICE OF THE REGULATORS.[68]
[VII].THE YANKEE OUTWITS THE LAWYER.[91]
[VIII].NEW FRIENDS IN STRANGE PLACES.[99]
[IX].MORE OF THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.[108]
[X].THE BLACK DOG.[122]
[XI].FOREST PREACHING.[140]
[XII].TROUBLE AMONG THE TRESPASSERS.[154]
[IX].NEW PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT. [TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: This chapter was misnumbered in the original book. It is actually Chapter XIII.][169]
[XIV].CATASTROPHE—COLLETON'S DISCOVERY.[180]
[XV].CLOSE QUARTERS.[187]
[XVI].CONSPIRACY—WARNING.[199]
[XVII].REMORSE.[208]
[XVIII].PARTING AND FLIGHT.[220]
[XIX].MIDNIGHT SURPRISE.[234]
[XX].THE OUTLAW AND HIS VICTIM.[251]
[XXI]."THOU SHALT DO NO MURDER!"[264]
[XXII].THE BLOODY DEED.[272]
[XXIII].WHAT FOLLOWED THE MURDER.[288]
[XXIV].THE FATES FAVOR THE FUGITIVE.[294]
[XXV].SUBDUED AGONIES.[301]
[XXVI].THE CAMP.[313]
[XXVII].THE OUTLAWS.[323]
[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: A chapter number was skipped in the original book.]
[XXIX].ARREST.[336]
[XXX].CHUB WILLIAMS.[342]
[XXXI].THE ROCK CASTLE OF THE ROBBERS.[352]
[XXXII].ESCAPE.[361]
[XXXIII].DOOM.[369]
[XXXIV].PRAYERS AND PROMISES.[382]
[XXXV].NEW PARTIES ON THE STAGE.[394]
[XXXVI].PROPOSED RESCUE.[410]
[XXXVII].SACK AND SUGAR.[423]
[XXXVIII].FREEDOM—FLIGHT.[432]
[XXXIX].PURSUIT—DEATH.[442]
[XL].WOLF'S NECK—CAPTURE.[450]
[XLI].QUIET PASSAGES AND NEW RELATIONS.[469]
[XLII]."LAST SCENE OF ALL."[487]

GUY RIVERS

[CHAPTER I.]