Front matter
Reading edition
Author of “Wolfville,” etc.
Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks
Second Edition
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company
1898
TO
JAMES ROBERT KEENE
CONTENTS
PREFACE
SANDBURRS
SPOT AND PINCHER.
MULBERRY MARY
SINGLETREE JENNINGS
JESS
THE HUMMING BIRD
GASSY THOMPSON, VILLAIN
ONE MOUNTAIN LION
MOLLIE MATCHES
THE ST. CYRS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
McBRIDE'S DANDY
RED MIKE
HAMILTON FINNERTY'S HEART
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
SHORT CREEK DAVE
CRIME THAT FAILED
THE BETRAYAL
FOILED
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
POLITICS
ESSLEIN GAMES
THE PAINFUL ERROR
THE RAT
CHEYENNE BILL
BLIGHTED
THE SURETHING
GLADSTONE BURR
THE GARROTE
O'TOOLE'S CHIVALRY
WAGON MOUND SAL
JOE DUBUQUE'S LUCK
BINKS AND MRS. B.
ARABELLA WELD
THE WEDDING
POINSETTE'S CAPTIVITY
TIP FROM THE TOMB
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
TOO CHEAP
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
HENRY SPENY'S BENEVOLENCE
JANE DOUGHERTY
MISTRESS KILLIFER
BEARS
THE BIG TOUCH
THE FATAL KEY
AN OCEAN ERROR
SKINNY MIKE'S UNWISDOM
MOLLIE PRESCOTT
ANNA MARIE
THE PETERSENS
BOWLDER'S BURGLAR
ANGELINA McLAURIN
DINKY PETE
CRIB OR COFFIN?
OHIO DAYS
I—AT THE LEES
II—ED CHURCH AND LIDE
III—THE SPELLING SCHOOL
IV—THE FIGHT
V—JIM LEE INTERFERES
VI—THEY DECORATE
VII—AUNT ANN PLOTS