CHAPTER I. At Honeymoon Flat
CHAPTER II. Peter Drew's Last Message
CHAPTER III. B For Bolivio
CHAPTER IV. The First Caller
CHAPTER V. "And I'll Help You!"
CHAPTER VI. According to the Records
CHAPTER VII. Lilac Spodumene
CHAPTER VIII. Poison Oak Ranch
CHAPTER IX. Nancy Field's Windfall
CHAPTER X. Jessamy's Hummingbird
CHAPTER XI. Concerning Springs and Showut Poche-Daka
CHAPTER XII. The Poison Oakers Ride
CHAPTER XIII. Shinplaster and Creeds
CHAPTER XIV. High Power
CHAPTER XV. The Fire Dance
CHAPTER XVI. A Guest at the Rancho
CHAPTER XVII. The Girl in Red
CHAPTER XVIII. Spies
CHAPTER XIX. Contentions
CHAPTER XX. "Wait!"
CHAPTER XXI. "When We Meet Again!"
CHAPTER XXII. The Watchman of the Dead
CHAPTER XXIII. The Question
CHAPTER XXIV. In the Deer Path
CHAPTER XXV. The Answer
The road wound ever upward through pines and spruce and severalvarieties of oak. Some of the latter were straight, some sprawling, allmassive. Now and then a break in the timber revealed wooded hills beyondgreen pasture lands, and other hills covered with dense growths ofbuckhorn and manzanita. Poison oak grew everywhere, and, at this time ofyear—early spring—was most prolific, most beautiful in its dark richgreen, most poisonous.
Occasionally the lone horseman crossed a riotous stream, plunging downfrom the snow-topped Sierras in the far distance. Rail fen