Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net STILL JIM * * * * * [Illustration: "AND THE FLAG FLUTTERED LIGHTLY BEHIND THEM AND THE DESERT WHISPERED ABOVE THEIR HEADS."--_Page 369_] * * * * * STILL JIM By HONORE WILLSIE AUTHOR OF "The Heart of the Desert," Etc. A. L. BURT COMPANY PUBLISHERS . NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Copyright, 1915, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Copyright, 1914, 1915, by THE RIDGWAY COMPANY All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages Printed in the United States of America * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. QUARRY 1 II. THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE 14 III. THE BROWNSTONE FRONT 27 IV. JIM FINDS SARA AND PEN 38 V. THE SIGN AND SEAL 52 VI. THE MARATHON 65 VII. THE CUB ENGINEER 75 VIII. THE BROKEN SEAL 93 IX. THE MAKON ROAD 103 X. THE STRENGTH OF THE PACK 118 XI. OLD JEZEBEL ON THE RAMPAGE 133 XII. THE TENT HOUSE 147 XIII. THE END OF IRON SKULL'S ROAD 158 XIV. THE ELEPHANT'S BACK 173 XV. THE HEART OF A DESERT WIFE 181 XVI. THE ELEPHANT'S LOVE STORY 196 XVII. TOO LATE FOR LOVE 210 XVIII. JIM MAKES A SPEECH 224 XIX. THE MASK BALL 235 XX. THE DAY'S WORK 249 XXI. JIM GETS A BLOW 267 XXII. JIM PLANS A LAST FIGHT 277 XXIII. THE SILENT CAMPAIGN 294 XXIV. UNCLE DENNY GETS BUSY 308 XXV. SARA GOES ON A JOURNEY 326 XXVI. THE END OF A SILENT CAMPAIGN 338 XXVII. THE THUMB PRINT 353 * * * * * STILL JIM CHAPTER I THE QUARRY "An Elephant of Rock, I have lain here in the desert for countless ages, watching, waiting. I wonder for what!" MUSINGS OF THE ELEPHANT.