Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS

by

CAROLINE LOCKHART

With Frontispiece by M. Leone Bracker

A. L. Burt Company Publishers New York Published by arrangement with Small, Maynard & Company

Copyright, 1919, By Small, Maynard & Company (Incorporated)

Second Printing, February, 1919 Third Printing, March, 1919 Fourth Printing, March, 1919 Fifth Printing, May, 1919 Sixth Printing, June, 1919

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I The Sand Coulee Roadhouse 1
II An Historic Occasion 13
III Prouty 28
IV Disillusionment 40
V For Always 52
VI The Wolf Scratches 58
VII The Blood of Jezebel 75
VIII The Man of Mystery 85
IX The Summons 98
X The Bank Puts on the Screws 109
XI Kate Keeps Her Promise 120
XII The Dude Wrangler 131
XIII Mrs. Toomey's Friendship Is Tested 139
XIV Like Any Other Herder 156
XV One More Whirl 165
XVI Straws 175
XVII Extremes Meet 189
XVIII A Warning 207
XIX An Old, Old Friend 212
XX The Fork of the Road 228
XXI "Heart and Hand" 253
XXII Mullendore Wins 263
XXIII When the Black Spot Hit 274
XXIV Toomey Goes into Something 283
XXV The Chinook 298
XXVI Taking Her Medicine 309
XXVII The Sheep Queen 322
XXVIII The Surprise of Mr. Wentz's Life 333
XXIX Toomey Distinguishes Himself 344
XXX Her Day 353

THE FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS