CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Choice

II Meager States His Plan 12

III The Message from the Bunkhouse 24

IV The Coming of the Judge 35

V The Marriage 45

VI The Blow in the Dark 56

VII The Man in the Dark 66

VIII A New Alliance 78

IX The Road to Silver Springs 88

X Covering the Trail 99

XI Mutual Recognition 109

XII Story of the "Frisco Kid" 120

XIII A New Viewpoint 131

XIV The Hand from the Rock 141

XV Within the Tunnel 151

XVI The Passage Out 161

XVII Two of a Kind 171

XVIII More Complications 181

XIX Kelleen Becomes Master 191

XX Talking It Over 201

XXI Alone on the Desert 211

XXII The Border Patrol 221