BOOK II.

_The Man from Denver._

IX. NEWS FROM COLORADO, 85

X. THE VENGEANCE THAT SLUMBERED TWENTY YEARS, 96

XI. YOUNG CANADA ON DECK, 106

XII. THE PROTECTORATE ABANDONED, 116

XIII. A BACHELOR’S “DEN,” 127

XIV. THE MAN OF THE WORLD, 138

XV. HEARD AT THE SHERMAN TABLE D’HÔTE, 148

XVI. ENGAGED, 159