CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. RANCHER WINSTON
II. LANCE COURTHORNE
III. TROOPER SHANNON'S QUARREL
IV. IN THE BLUFF
V. MISS BARRINGTON COMES HOME
VI. ANTICIPATIONS
VII. WINSTON'S DECISION
VIII. WINSTON COMES TO SILVERDALE
IX. COURTHORNE DISAPPEARS
X. AN ARMISTICE
XI. MAUD BARRINGTON'S PROMISE
XII. SPEED THE PLOW
XIII. MASTERY RECOGNIZED
XIV. A FAIR ADVOCATE
XV. THE UNEXPECTED
XVI. FACING THE FLAME
XVII. MAUD BARRINGTON IS MERCILESS
XVIII. WITH THE STREAM
XIX. UNDER TEST
XX. COURTHORNE BLUNDERS
XXI. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW
XXII. COLONEL BARRINGTON IS CONVINCED
XXIII. SERGEANT STIMSON CONFIRMS HIS SUSPICIONS
XXIV. THE REVELATION