XVI THE TRAIL OVER THE PASS
XVII BLACK DEVIL PASS
XVIII ELIJAH NELSON'S RANCH
XIX HOME




JUDITH OF THE GODLESS VALLEY




CHAPTER I

LOST CHIEF SCHOOLHOUSE

"To believe in a living God; to preach His Holy Writ without fear or
favor; to sacrifice self that others may find eternal life; this is true
happiness."

--_The Rev. James Fowler_.


It was Sunday in Lost Chief; Sunday and mid-winter. For the first time
in nearly ten years there was to be a sermon preached in the valley and
every one who could move was making his way to the schoolhouse.

Douglas Spencer drove his spurs into Buster and finished the last hundred
yards at a gallop. Judith, his foster sister, stood up in her stirrups,