CONTENTS

PART I
MELISSY OF THE BAR DOUBLE G

CHAPTERPAGE
IA Crossed Trail [11]
IIBrand Blotting [18]
IIIAn Accusation [35]
IVThe Man with the Chihuahua Hat [49]
VThe Tenderfoot Takes up a Claim [61]
VI”Hands Up” [75]
VIIWatering Sheep [98]
VIIIThe Boone-Bellamy Feud is Renewed [109]
IXThe Danger Line [121]
XJack Goes to the Head of the Class [141]
XIA Conversation [156]
XIIThe Tenderfoot Makes a Proposition [163]
XIIIOld Acquaintances [182]
XIVConcerning the Boone-Bellamy-Yarnell Feud [191]

PART II
Dead MAN’S CACHE

CHAPTERPAGE
IKidnapped [199]
IIA Capture [209]
IIIThe Tables Turned [217]
IVThe Real Bucky and the False [231]
VA Photograph [243]
VIIn Dead Man’s Cache [255]
VII“Trapped!” [266]
VIIIAn Escape and a Capture [276]
IXA Bargain [286]
XThe Price [301]
XISquire Latimer Takes a Hand [306]
XIIThe Taking of the Cache [322]
XIIIMelissy Entertains [334]
XIVBlack MacQueen Cashes his Checks [340]

PART I

MELISSY OF THE BAR DOUBLE G

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CHAPTER I

A CROSSED TRAIL