Buffalo Bill’s Best Bet OR, A SURE THING WELL WON BY Colonel Prentiss Ingraham Author of the celebrated “Buffalo Bill” stories published in the BORDER STORIES. For other titles see catalogue. [Illustration: (Colophon)] STREET & SMITH CORPORATION PUBLISHERS 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York +----------------------------------+ | | | Copyright, 1914 | | By STREET & SMITH | | ----- | | Buffalo Bill’s Best Bet | | | +----------------------------------+ (Printed in the United States of America) All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. CONTENTS PAGE IN APPRECIATION OF WILLIAM F. CODY 1 I. TEMPTED. 5 II. A DOUBLE REWARD FOR LIFE. 9 III. THE FORFEIT. 13 IV. A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE. 21 V. BUFFALO BILL’S BET. 23 VI. OLD NEGOTIATE’S WARNING. 30 VII. BUFFALO BILL’S CHARGE. 35 VIII. A VILLAIN SURPRISED. 40 IX. THE AMBUSH. 46 X. A MYSTERY. 52 XI. THE HEART OF A WOMAN. 59 XII. BUFFALO BILL RECEIVES A LETTER. 63 XIII. PARSON BRISTOW HOLDS TRUMPS. 66 XIV. CLOSE QUARTERS. 71 XV. MARY HALE. 74 XVI. BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 80 XVII. A FOE’S GRATITUDE. 84 XVIII. PARSON MILLER VISITS THE JUDGE. 88 XIX. MERCILESS. 95 XX. THE FLIGHT. 99 XXI. AN UNEXPECTED HALT. 104 XXII. THE RED RIGHT HAND. 107 XXIII. A STARTLING APPARITION. 110 XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED SIGHT. 112 XXV.