Chapter 1

WHAT SHE BECAME

II. Special Messenger 39

III. Absolution 67

IV. Romance 99

V. Red Ferry 127

VI. An Air Line 157

VII. The Pass 192

VIII. Ever After 223

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE

"Daintily her handsome horse set foot in the water" Frontispiece

"'They seem to be allfired sure of us'" 78

"Then, like a flash his hand fell to his holster, and it was empty" 90

"'Turn around,' said the Special Messenger" 176

"She dropped her sunbonnet--stooped to recover it" 216

"White-faced, desperate, she clung to him with the tenacity of a lynx" 220

"'We was there--I know that; yes, an' we had a fight'" 238

"'Yes,' she gasped, 'the Special Messenger--noncombatant!'" 258