BY GEORGE PATTULLO ILLUSTRATED D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SHERIFF OF BADGER
CHAPTER I LAFE JOHNSON ARRIVES AT THE LAZY L RANCH
CHAPTER II CERTAIN COMPLICATIONS RESULT
CHAPTER III CONCERNING A BABY'S WAIL
CHAPTER IV OUT OF A JOB
CHAPTER V AN INCIPIENT LOVE AFFAIR
CHAPTER VI DISCOMFITURE OF A GUNFIGHTER
CHAPTER VII JOHNSON IS ELECTED SHERIFF OF BADGER
CHAPTER VIII A FEUD AND WHAT CAME OF IT
CHAPTER IX AN INQUEST AND A SURPRISE
CHAPTER X A JOURNEY TO SATAN'S KINGDOM
CHAPTER XI A WAITRESS TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XII THE SHERIFF SETTLES A CONJUGAL DISPUTE
CHAPTER XIII AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE
CHAPTER XIV THE SHERIFF ENSNARED
CHAPTER XV HOW HE WON A WIFE
CHAPTER XVI THE GUNFIGHTER RETURNS AND DELAYS WEDDING
CHAPTER XVII JOHNSON MEETS A FRIEND OF HETTY'S
CHAPTER XVIII A SACRIFICE AND ITS PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER XIX BUFFALO JIM GIVES WISE COUNSEL
CHAPTER XX THE SHERIFF PURGES TOWN OF BADGER
CHAPTER XXI A FIGHT IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXII CAPTURE OF MOFFATT, THE GUNMAN
CHAPTER XXIII THE WEDDING
CHAPTER XXIV THE BRIDE IS LOST
CHAPTER XXV JOHNSON BECOMES BOSS OF THE ANVIL
CHAPTER XXVI ENTERS TROUBLE
CHAPTER XXVII A CLEVER WOMAN AND A MISUNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XXVIII RECONCILIATION MRS. VINING EXPERIENCES A CHANGE OF HEART
CHAPTER XXIX LAFE HELPS A DESERTER
CHAPTER XXX AND DISCOVERS HETTY'S BROTHER
CHAPTER XXXI GREAT EXPECTATIONS IN JOHNSON FAMILY
CHAPTER XXXII BIRTH OF LAFE JOHNSON, JR.
CHAPTER XXXIII JOHNSON ONCE MORE IN ROLE OF SHERIFF
CHAPTER XXXIV HE ARRESTS A SUSPECT
CHAPTER XXXV THE DEATH DICE
CHAPTER XXXVI RESPONSIBILITY SITS HEAVILY ON LAFE
CHAPTER XXXVII BUT THE BOSS AGAIN PROVES HIS METTLE
CHAPTER XXXVIII HOW A MOFFATT HENCHMAN WAS OUSTED
CHAPTER XXXIX NEWS FROM BUFFALO JIM Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in
CHAPTER XL HE ARRIVES TO VISIT THE JOHNSONS
CHAPTER XLI A NIGHT RIDE AND DEATH OF BUFFALO JIM
CHAPTER XLII MIDDLE LIFE
CHAPTER XLIII MOFFATT ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XLIV THE DUEL IN THE MALPAIS
CHAPTER XLV THE END
