Robert Ames Bennet Contents CHAPTER I AMBUSHED CHAPTER II OFF TRAIL CHAPTER III THE GILA MONSTER CHAPTER IV PARDS IN PERIL CHAPTER V DEAD HOLE CHAPTER VI HER FOLKS CHAPTER VII CRAFT AND CRUELTY CHAPTER VIII CACTUS CARMENA CHAPTER IX THE MAN WHO WAS CHAPTER X THE SETTER OF TRAPS CHAPTER XI CROSS CURRENTS CHAPTER XII A BARGAIN CHAPTER XIII THE BLOSSOMING CHAPTER XIV THE PROWLER CHAPTER XV CROOKED WAYS CHAPTER XVI THE DROP CHAPTER XVII DEATH PLAY CHAPTER XVIII THE ATTACK CHAPTER XIX OUT OF THE FRYING PAN CHAPTER XX INTO THE FIRE CHAPTER XXI TREACHERY CHAPTER XXII THE SACRIFICE CHAPTER XXIII OUT OF THE PAST CHAPTER XXIV HIS DAUGHTER'S FATHER BLOOM OF CACTUS BY ROBERT AMES BENNET Frontispiece by RALPH PALLEN COLEMAN Garden City        New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1920

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