VIII. THE PRAIRIE FIRE
IX. KENT TO THE RESCUE
X. DESOLATION
XI. VAL'S AWAKENING
XII. A LESSON IN FORGIVENESS
XIII. ARLINE GIVES A DANCE
XIV. A WEDDING PRESENT
XV. A COMPACT
XVI. MANLEY'S NEW TACTICS
XVII. VAL BECOMES AN AUTHOR
XVIII. VAL'S DISCOVERY
XIX. KENT'S CONFESSION
XX. A BLOTCHED BRAND
XXI. VAL DECIDES
XXII. A FRIEND IN NEED
XXIII. CAUGHT!
XXIV. RETRIBUTION

_List of Illustrations_

As he raced over the uneven prairie he fumbled with the saddle string

He was jeered unmercifully by Fred De Garmo and his crowd

"Little woman, listen here," he said. "You're playing hard luck, and I know
it"

To draw the red hot spur across the fresh VP did not take long