[Updater's note: an illustrated version of this etext can be found at
www.gutenberg.org/files/29407/29407-h/29407-h.htm]

[Frontispiece: From the girl's revolver leaped forth a sudden spurt ofsmoke and flame.]

THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN

A STORY OF THE THREE RIVER COUNTRY

BY

JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD

AUTHOR OF "THE RIVER'S END," ETC.