Chapters (72)
- CHAPTER I
- BACK FROM THE DEAD
- CHAPTER II
- CROOKED WORK
- CHAPTER III
- MISTRESS MARY—QUITE CONTRARY
- CHAPTER IV
- THE BRANDING-IRON
- CHAPTER V
- TEX LYNCH
- CHAPTER VI
- THE BLOOD-STAINED SADDLE
- CHAPTER VII
- RUSTLERS
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE HOODOO OUTFIT
- CHAPTER IX
- REVELATIONS
- CHAPTER X
- BUCK FINDS OUT SOMETHING
- CHAPTER XI
- DANGER
- CHAPTER XII
- THWARTED
- CHAPTER XIII
- COUNTERPLOT
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE LADY FROM THE PAST
- CHAPTER XV
- “BLACKLEG”
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE UNEXPECTED
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE PRIMEVAL INSTINCT
- CHAPTER XVIII
- A CHANGE OF BASE
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE MYSTERIOUS MOTOR-CAR
- CHAPTER XX
- CATASTROPHE
- CHAPTER XXI
- WHAT MARY THORNE FOUND
- CHAPTER XXII
- NERVE
- CHAPTER XXIII
- WHERE THE WHEEL TRACKS LED
- CHAPTER XXIV
- THE SECRET OF NORTH PASTURE
- CHAPTER XXV
- THE TRAP
- CHAPTER XXVI
- SHERIFF HARDENBERG INTERVENES
- CHAPTER XXVII
- AN HOUR TOO LATE
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- FOREBODINGS
- CHAPTER XXIX
- CREEPING SHADOWS
- CHAPTER XXX
- LYNCH SCORES
- CHAPTER XXXI
- GONE
- CHAPTER XXXII
- BUCK RIDES
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- CARRIED AWAY
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- THE FIGHT ON THE LEDGE
- CHAPTER XXXV
- THE DEAD HEART
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- TWO TRAILS CONVERGE
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