[I. PHYLLIS]
[II. THE NESTER]
[III. CAUGHT RED-HANDED]
[IV. "I'M A RUSTLER AND A THIEF, AM I?"]
[V. AN AIDER AND ABETTOR]
[VI. A GOOD FRIEND]
[VII. A SHOT FROM AMBUSH]
[VIII. MISS GOING-ON-EIGHTEEN]
[IX. PUNISHMENT]
[X. INTO THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY]
[XI. TOM DIXON]
[XII. THE ESCAPE]
[XIII. A MISTAKE]
[XIV. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION]
[XV. THE BRAND BLOTTER]
[XVI. A WATERSPOUT]
[XVII. THE HOLD-UP]
[XVIII. BRILL HEALY AIRS HIS SENTIMENTS]
[XIX. THE ROAN WITH THE WHITE STOCKINGS]
[XX. YEAGER RIDES TO NOCHES]
[XXI. BREAKING DOWN AN ALIBI]
[XXII. SURRENDER]
[XXIII. AT THE RODEO]
[XXIV. MISSING]
[XXV. LARRY TELLS A BEAR STORY]
[XXVI. THE MAN HUNT]
[XXVII. THE ROUND-UP]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[The rider slewed in the saddle with his whole attention upon possible pursuit.]
[She drew back as if he had struck her, all the sparkling eagerness driven from her face.]
["Drop that gun!"]
[They grappled in silence save for the heavy panting that evidenced the tension of their efforts.]
CHAPTER I
PHYLLIS
Phyllis leaned against the door-jamb and looked down the long road which wound up from the valley and lost itself now and again in the land waves. Miles away she could see a little cloud of dust travelling behind the microscopic stage, which moved toward her almost as imperceptibly as the minute-hand of a clock. A bronco was descending the hill trail from the Flagstaff mine, and its rider announced his coming with song in a voice young and glad.
"My love has breath o' roses,
O' roses, o' roses,
And cheeks like summer posies
All fresh with morning dew,"