CONTENTS

CHAPTER I "PUT A 'T' IN IT"

CHAPTER II WELL-KNOWN STRANGERS

CHAPTER III A QUESTION OF IDENTITY

CHAPTER IV A JOURNEY CONTINUED

CHAPTER V WHAT THE STORM HID

CHAPTER VI THE WRITING ON THE WALL

CHAPTER VII THE THIRD MAN

CHAPTER VIII NOTES COMPARED

CHAPTER IX WAYS OF SERVING NOTICE

CHAPTER X TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE

CHAPTER XI A JOB WELL DONE

CHAPTER XII FRIENDS ON THE OUTSIDE

CHAPTER XIII OUT AND AWAY

CHAPTER XIV THE STAKED PLAIN

CHAPTER XV DISCOVERIES

CHAPTER XVI A VIGIL REWARDED

CHAPTER XVII A WELL-PLANNED RAID

CHAPTER XVIII THE TRAIL-BOSS TRIES HIS WAY

CHAPTER XIX A DESERT SECRET

CHAPTER XX THE REDOUBT FALLS

CHAPTER XXI ALL WRAPPED UP

CHAPTER XXII THE BONFIRE

CHAPTER XXIII SURPRISE VALLEY

CHAPTER XXIV SQUARED UP ALL AROUND

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Transcriber's Notes:

Blank pages have been eliminated.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.

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By
CLARENCE E. MULFORD

Author of
"Johnny Nelson," "Hopalong Cassidy," "Bar-20 Days," "Buck Peters, Ranchman," "The Man from Bar-20," "Bar-20," "The Coming of Cassidy," etc.

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Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1921

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Published April, 1921

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