XXII A FRIENDLY GAME

XXIII CAST STEEL

XXIV FEMININE LOGIC

XXV THE WAYS OF WOMANKIND

XXVI A MODERN KNIGHT-ERRANT

XXVII THE CREOLE BELLE

XXVIII THE DAY OF THE WEDDING

XXIX THE FINAL RECKONING

XXX THE AFTERGLOW




CHAPTER ONE

THE DIAMOND DOT


I wasn't really a Westerner an' that's why I'm so different from
most of 'em. Take your regular bonie fide Westerner an' when he dies
he don't turn to dust, he turns to alkali; but when it comes my turn
to settle, I'll jest natchely become the good rich soil o' the