XIII. THE BARON

XIV. JIM'S PUP

XV. MARY

XVI. OLD MAN BOBO'S MANDY

XVII. MINTIE

XVIII. ONE WHO DIED

XIX. A RAGAMUFFIN OF THE FOOTHILLS

XX. DENNIS

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I

ALETHEA-BELLE


In the early eighties, when my brother Ajax and I were raising cattle
in the foothills of Southern California, our ranch-house was used as a
stopping-place by the teamsters hauling freight across the Coast