Front matter

A FIERCE WHITE FROTHING ABOUT HIM.—Page 335.

THE

CATTLE-BARON’S

DAUGHTER

BY

HAROLD BINDLOSS

Author of “Alton of Somasco,” etc.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1906, by

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

This Edition published in September, 1906

All rights reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Portent 1

II Hetty Takes Heed 12

III The Cattle-Barons 26

IV Muller Stands Fast 39

V Hetty Comes Home 50

VI The Incendiary 62

VII Larry Proves Intractable 72

VIII The Sheriff 85

IX The Prisoner 96

X On the Trail 110

XI Larry’s Acquittal 122

XII The Sprouting of the Seed 134

XIII Under Fire 144

XIV Torrance’s Warning 155

XV Hetty’s Bounty 165

XVI Larry Solves the Difficulty 177

XVII Larry’s Peril 189

XVIII A Futile Pursuit 201

XIX Torrance Asks a Question 212

XX Hetty’s Obstinacy 224

XXI Clavering Appears Ridiculous 238

XXII The Cavalry Officer 250

XXIII Hetty’s Avowal 262

XXIV The Stock Train 272

XXV Cheyne Relieves His Feelings 286

XXVI Larry’s Reward 296

XXVII Clavering’s Last Card 309

XXVIII Larry Rides to Cedar 321

XXIX Hetty Decides 331

XXX Larry’s Wedding Day 343

XXXI Torrance Rides Away 355

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“Come Down!” Facing page 48

“She’ll shoot me before she means to.” 66

A white face and shadowy head, from which the fur cap had fallen. 114

“Aren’t you a trifle late?” 160

There was a note in her voice that set the man’s heart beating furiously. 268

A fierce white frothing about him. Frontispiece

THE CATTLE-BARON’S DAUGHTER