XXV. COURTHORNE MAKES REPARATION
XXVI. WINSTON RIDES AWAY
XXVII. REINSTATEMENT




ILLUSTRATIONS

FLOUNDERING ON FOOT BESIDE THEM HE URGED THE TEAM
THROUGH THE POWDERY DRIFTS . . . . . Frontispiece

MAUD BARRINGTON LAUGHED A LITTLE

HE COULD SEE THE WHEAT ROLL IN SLOW RIPPLES BACK
INTO THE DISTANCE


[Transcriber's note: The "He could see..." illustration
was missing from the book used to prepare this e-text.]





CHAPTER I

RANCHER WINSTON

It was a bitter night, for the frost had bound the prairie in its iron