Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: "SHE'S MY GIRL!"] THE WESTERNERS By Stewart Edward White NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP Copyright, 1900 and 1901, by STEWART EDWARD WHITE THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK CONTENTS I. THE HALF-BREED II. THE WOMAN III. THE MAN WHO STOOD "99" IV. ALFRED USES HIS SIX-SHOOTER V. LAFOND DESERTS VI. THE WOMAN AND THE MAN VII. THE REINS OF POWER VIII. THE MAKING OF A HOSTILE IX. THE BROTHER OF GODS X. THE PRICE OF A CLAIM XI. THE BEGINNING OF LAFOND'S REVENGE XII. THE LEOPARD AND HIS SPOTS XIII. THE DISSOLVING VIEW XIV. INTO THE SHADOW OF THE HILLS XV. IN WHICH CHEYENNE HARRY LOSES HIS PISTOL XVI. AND GETS IT BACK AGAIN XVII. BLACK MIKE MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE AND STARTS A COLLECTION XVIII. TIRED WINGS XIX. THE BROAD WHITE ROAD XX. THE EATING OF THE APPLE XXI. LAFOND MAKES A FRIEND XXII. IN WHICH THE TENDERFEET CONDUCT A SHOOTING MATCH AND GLORIFY PETER XXIII. A FOOL FOR LUCK XXIV. BILLY STARTS IN ON HIS FIFTY THOUSAND XXV. JACK GRAHAM SPEAKS OUT XXVI. AND HAS TO GO TO WORK XXVII. PROSPERITY XXVIII. LAFOND GOES EAST XXIX. BISMARCK ANNE ARRIVES XXX. ANCESTRAL VOICES XXXI. LAFOND'S FIRST CARD XXXII. IN WHICH THERE IS SOME SHOOTING XXXIII. FUTILITY XXXIV. LOVE'S EYES UNBANDAGED XXXV. OUT OF THE PAST XXXVI. UNDER THE ETERNAL STARS XXXVII. ASHES ILLUSTRATIONS "SHE'S MY GIRL!" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ A SIOUX COUNCIL THAT BABY CRY, "MAMA!" "COME ACROSS, OR I'LL..." "WATCH ME HIT THAT SQUIRREL!" JIM PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT. "ARE YOU STILL MAD?" "MY LITTLE MOLLY," HE CHOKED. I THE HALF-BREED A tourist of to-day, peering from the window of his vestibule train at the electric-lit vision of Three Rivers, as it stars the banks of the Missouri like a constellation against the blackness of the night, would never recognize, in the trim little modern town, the old Three Rivers of the early seventies.