CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [BILLY WINGO]
II [A SAFE MAN]
III [WHAT SALLY JANE THOUGHT]
IV [HAZEL WALTON]
V [JACK MURRAY OBJECTS]
VI [CROSS-PURPOSES]
VII [RAFE'S IDEA]
VIII [THE NEW BROOM]
IX [THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY]
X [A SHORT HORSE]
XI [THE TRAPPERS]
XII [THE TRAP]
XIII [OPEN AND SHUT]
XIV [WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT]
XV [THE BEST-LAID PLANS]
XVI [OBSCURING THE ISSUE]
XVII [WHAT HAZEL THOUGHT]
XVIII [THE BARE-HEADED MAN]
XIX [THE PERSISTENT SUITOR]
XX [A DISCOVERY]
XXI [THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S NIGHTMARE]
XXII [THE HUNCH]
XXIII [THE GUNFIGHTERS]
XXIV [CONTRARIETIES]
XXV [JONESY'S ULTIMATUM]
XXVI [THE FOOL-KILLER]
XXVII [THE LONG DAY CLOSES]

THE RIDER OF GOLDEN BAR

CHAPTER ONE

BILLY WINGO

"But why don't you do something, Bill?" demanded Sam Prescott's pretty daughter.

Bill Wingo looked at Miss Prescott in injured astonishment. "Do something?" he repeated. "What do you want me to do?"

"I don't want you to do anything," she denied with unnecessary emphasis. "Haven't you any ambition?"

"Plenty."