Produced by Marcia Brooks, Al Haines, & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net [Illustration: _A Paramount Picture._ _North of 36._ LOIS WILSON AS TAISIE LOCKHART.] NORTH OF 36 BY EMERSON HOUGH AUTHOR OF THE COVERED WAGON, 54-40 OR FIGHT, ETC. ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTOPLAY A PARAMOUNT PICTURE [Illustration] G R O S S E T & D U N L A P P U B L I S H E R S N E W Y O R K Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Copyright, 1923, by The Curtis Publishing Company PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. IN THE MORNING 1 II. A NEW WORLD 14 III. THE ORPHAN OF DEL SOL 27 IV. THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL 41 V. MARRIAGE, COWS AND CARPETBAGS 48 VI. THE LONE HERD 58 VII. THE HERD CUTTERS 65 VIII. THE FISHHOOK 72 IX. THE TRAIL 78 X. IN DAYS OF OLD 88 XI. THE COURT ON THE TRAIL 94 XII. THE COW HUNTERS 104 XIII. “BRING AN IRON!” 113 XIV. A STRANGE ERRAND 124 XV. NORTHWARD HO! 131 XVI. IN THE NIGHT 142 XVII. MR. DALHART DECLARES 151 XVIII. FLOTSAM 159 XIX. THE CATTLE RIEVER 165 XX. TAKING TOLL 174 XXI. THE RUBICON 183 XXII. “TILL ABILENE” 194 XXIII. UNDER WHICH FLAG? 206 XXIV. THE MURDER 209 XXV. THE KILLER 214 XXVI. THE INDIAN NATIONS 226 XXVII. THE GAME OF THE GODS 239 XXVIII. A COLONEL OF CAVALRY 244 XXIX. A MAID’S MISTAKE 253 XXX. MANY TRANSACTIONS 258 XXXI.