CONTENTS

Billy's Revery
The Quarrel
The Disappointment
The Decision
The Search
The Return
Nancy's Story



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"I was takin' leave of Nancy
Standin out there in the night" (Frontispiece)

"Then I dragged him on the prairie
Through a Turk's Head cactus bed"

"I am standing by her dug-out,
Open stands the sagging door"

"Bringing back a hat of water,
Through the dim light and the rain"

"Loaded up their prairie schooner,
And vamoosed the ranch, 'fore light"

"He was startled by a stranger's