Front matter

By B. M. Bower

GOOD INDIAN THE UPHILL CLIMB THE GRINGOS THE RANCH AT THE WOLVERINE THE FLYING U'S LAST STAND JEAN OF THE LAZY A THE PHANTOM HERD THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX STARR, OF THE DESERT THE LOOKOUT MAN

She was, after all, the goddess she looked, he thought whimsically.

THE LOOKOUT MAN

By B. M. Bower

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY H. WESTON TAYLOR BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1917 Published, August, 1917 VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK U. S. A.

CONTENTS

I "SOME TIME!

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II "THANKS FOR THE CAR"

III TO THE FEATHER RIVER COUNTRY AND FREEDOM

IV JACK FINDS HIMSELF IN POSSESSION OF A JOB

V "IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY," SANG JACK

VI MISS ROSE FORWARD

VII GUARDIAN OF THE FORESTS

VIII IN WHICH A GIRL PLAYS BILLIARDS ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP

IX LIKE THE BOY HE WAS

X WHEN FORESTS ARE ABLAZE

XI SYMPATHY AND ADVICE

XII KATE FINDS SOMETHING TO WORRY OVER

XIII JACK SHOULD HAVE A HIDE-OUT

XIV MURPHY HAS A HUMOROUS MOOD

XV A CAVE DWELLER JACK WOULD BE

XVI MIKE GOES SPYING ON THE SPIES

XVII PENITENCE, REAL AND UNREAL

XVIII HANK BROWN PROVES THAT HE CAN READ TRACKS

XIX TROUBLE ROCKS THE PAN, LOOKING FOR GRAINS OF GOLD

XX IGNORANCE TAKES THE TRAIL OF DANGER

XXI GOLD OF REPENTANCE, SUNLIGHT OF LOVE AND A MAN GONE MAD

XXII THE MISERERE OF MOTHERHOOD

XXIII GRIEF, AND HOPE THAT DIED HARD

XXIV TROUBLE FINDS THE GOLD THAT WAS IN THEM