The Voice at Johnnywater By B. M. Bower Good Indian Lonesome Land The Ranch at the Wolverine The Flying U’s Last Stand The Phantom Herd The Heritage of the Sioux Starr, of the Desert Cabin Fever Skyrider Rim o’ the World The Quirt Cow-Country Casey Ryan The Trail of the White Mule The Voice at Johnnywater [Illustration: “Oh, Monty Girard! Gary _is_ up here somewhere! I heard him!”] THE VOICE AT JOHNNYWATER BY B. M. BOWER WITH FRONTISPIECE BY REMINGTON SCHUYLER TORONTO McCLELLAND AND STEWART 1923 Copyright, 1923, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Published February, 1923 Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS I. Patricia Entertains II. Patricia Explains III. Patricia Takes Her Stand IV. Gary Goes on the Warpath V. Gary Does a Little Sleuthing VI. Johnnywater VII. The Voice VIII. “The Cat’s Got ’Em Too!” IX. Gary Writes a Letter X. Gary Has Speech with Human Beings XI. “How Will You Take Your Millions?” XII. Monty Appears XIII. “I Don’t Believe in Spooks” XIV. Patricia Registers Fury XV. “What’s the Matter with This Place?” XVI. “There’s Mystery Here----” XVII. James Blaine Hawkins Finds His Courage--and Loses It XVIII. Gary Rides to Kawich XIX. “Have Yuh-All Got a Gun?” XX. “That Cat Ain’t Human!” XXI. Gary Follows the Pinto Cat XXII. The Pat Connolly Mine XXIII. Gary Finds the Voice--and Something Else XXIV. “Steve Carson--Poor Devil!” XXV. The Value of a Hunch XXVI. “Gary Marshall Mysteriously Missing” XXVII. “Nobody Knows but a Pinto Cat” XXVIII. Monty Meets Patricia XXIX. Gary Robs the Pinto Cat of Her Dinner XXX. “Somebody Hollered up on the Bluff” XXXI. “God Wouldn’t Let Anything Happen to Gary!” XXXII. “It’s the Voice! It Ain’t Human!” XXXIII. “He’s Nearly Starved,” Said Patricia XXXIV. Let’s Leave Them There CHAPTER ONE PATRICIA ENTERTAINS