Chapter I: Front Matter

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CONTENTS

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I. DOCTOR JOE, SCOUTMASTER 9

II. PLANS 37

III. "'TIS THE GHOST OF LONG JOHN" 51

IV. SHOT FROM BEHIND 63

V. LEM HORN'S SILVER FOX 71

VI. THE TRACKS IN THE SAND 94

VII. THE MYSTERY OF THE BOAT 109

VIII. TRAILING THE HALF-BREED 120

IX. ELI SURPRISES INDIAN JAKE 126

X. THE END OF ELI'S HUNT 135

XI. THE LETTER IN THE CAIRN 147

XII. THE HIDDEN CACHE 165

XIII. SURPRISED AND CAPTURED 179

XIV. THE TWO DESPERADOS 192

XV. MISSING! 198

XVI. BOUND AND HELPLESS 206

XVII. LOST IN A BLIZZARD 220

XVIII. A PLACE TO "BIDE" 232

XIX. SEARCHING THE WHITE WILDERNESS 240

XX. "WOLVES!" YELLED ANDY 251

XXI. THE ALARM IN THE NIGHT 259

XXII. THE IMMUTABLE LAW OF GOD 268

ILLUSTRATIONS

IT WAS DR. JOE BEYOND A DOUBT! _Frontispiece_

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STRETCHED UPON THE FLOOR LAY LEM HORN 70

ON THE RIGHT SEETHED THE DEVIL'S TEA
KETTLE 104

"YOU STAND WHERE YOU IS AND DROP YOUR
GUN!" 132

IT WAS A FIGHT TO THE DEATH 260

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