TO
ARTHUR CHAPMAN

“But somehow when he’s gone, you think a heap

About his virtues—how he’s square and true;

If more come stringin’ in they’d make it cheap—

This friendship thing—and spoil it all for you.”

CONTENTS

I. Turfing it[ 3]
II. “De King o’ Prooshia on de Job”[ 8]
III. One of the Lost Legion[ 15]
IV. Betty rides[ 19]
V. Tug is “collected”[ 31]
VI. “Nothing but a Gay-Cat anyhow”[ 35]
VII. Tug says, “No, Thank You”[ 43]
VIII. A Rift in the Lute[ 48]
IX. Under Fire[ 55]
X. “One Square Guy”[ 65]
XI. Mr. Ne’er-do-Well[ 72]
XII. “Is this Bird a Prisoner, or ain’t he?”[ 80]
XIII. A Job[ 85]
XIV. One Bad Hombre meets Another[ 89]
XV. The Homesteader serves Notice[ 98]
XVI. The Stampede[ 105]
XVII. His Picture in the Paper[ 111]
XVIII. A Hot Trail[ 116]
XIX. Captain Thurston K. Hollister[ 122]
XX. A Clash[ 130]
XXI. Irrefutable Logic[ 142]
XXII. A Stern Chase[ 147]
XXIII. Out of the Blizzard[ 157]
XXIV. “Come on, you Damn Bushwhacker”[ 166]
XXV. A Difference of Opinion[ 174]
XXVI. Black is Surprised[ 182]
XXVII. The Man with the Bleached Blue Eyes[ 189]
XXVIII. Betty has her Own Way[ 196]
XXIX. A Child of Impulse[ 202]
XXX. Fathoms Deep[ 209]
XXXI. Betty makes a Discovery[ 214]
XXXII. Without Rhyme or Reason[ 224]
XXXIII. The Bluebird alights and then takes Wing [ 230]
XXXIV. Born that Way[ 237]
XXXV. Birds of a Feather[ 246]
XXXVI. A Stormy Sea[ 252]
XXXVII. Hold the Fort[ 262]
XXXVIII. Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt[ 269]
XXXIX. The Turn of a Crooked Trail[ 277]
XL. Betty discovers why she is Young[ 284]

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CHAPTER I
TURFING IT