VIII. A NIGHT'S EXPENSES
IX. PROGRESS AND SALT
X. THE LAUGHING WATER CLAIM
XI. ALGY STIRS UP TROUBLE
XII. BOSTWICK LOSES GROUND
XIII. A COMBINATION OF FORCES
XIV. MOVING A SHACK
XV. HATCHING A PLOT
XVI. INVOLVING BETH
XVII. UNEXPECTED COMPLICATIONS
XVIII. WHEREIN MATTERS THICKEN
XIX. VAN AND BETH AND BOSTWICK
XX. QUEENIE
XXI. IN THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE
XXII. TWO MEETINGS AFTER DARK
XXIII. BETH'S DESPERATION
XXIV. A BLIZZARD OF DUST
XXV. A TIMELY DELIVERANCE
XXVI. THE NIGHT IN THE DESERT
XXVII. TALL STORIES
XXVIII. WORK AND SONG
XXIX. SUSPICIOUS ANSWERS
XXX. BETH'S ONE EXPEDIENT
XXXI. McCOPPET BUSIES HIS MIND
XXXII. THE HARDSHIPS OF THE TRAIL
XXXIII. THE CLOUDS OF TROUBLE GATHER
XXXIV. THE TAKING OF THE CLAIM
XXXV. THE MEETINGS OF TWO STRONG MEN
XXXVI. VAN RUNS AMUCK
XXXVII. THE PRIMITIVE LAW