ittle Fay 181
XXIX--Face to Face 188
XXX--Search for the Trail 195
XXXI--A Fight with Grizzlies 201
XXXII--Trailed Down 207
XXXIII--The Rescue 214
XXXIV--In Sand Cave 219
XXXV--A Peculiar Girl 231
XXXVI--Friends and Foes 237
XXXVII--Boy Shadowers 243
XXXVIII--"Queer" Money 249
XXXIX--Pursued 255
XL--Eluded 261
XLI--Big Gabe 267
XLII--Over the Precipice 273
XLIII--A Frightful Peril 280
XLIV--A Girl's Mad Leap 285
XLV--Queen of the Counterfeiters 292
XLVI--After the Fight 298

[Transcriber's Note: The following list of illustrations has been
created for this electronic edition. Some illustrations have been moved
to positions closer to their appearance in the text.]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"The outlaws entered Cade's Canyon amid the mountains and finally
reached an old hut." (See page 63)

"You must not linger here. * * * Even now the Destroying Ones may be
moving to fall upon you." (See page 124)

"The grizzly folded Frank in his embrace, crushing the lad against his
shaggy breast." (See page 205)

"Frank brought the butt of his Winchester to his shoulder, and began to
work the weapon." (See page 296)

Frank Merriwell's Bravery.

CHAPTER I.

TWO TRAVELERS.

"Well, that's a pretty nervy piece of business!"

It was Frank Merriwell who spoke the words, more to himself than to any
one else.

Frank was westbound, from Oklahoma City at the time, continuing the
extensive tour mapped out after his Uncle Asher had died and left him so
much money.

As readers of former books in this series know, Frank was not making the
tour alone. Professor Scotch, his guardian, was with him as was also
Barney Mulloy, his old schoolmate from Fardale. But, as the professor
and Barney had not wanted to stop at Oklahoma, they had gone on ahead,
leaving Frank to catch up with them later.

The "nervy piece of business" to which Frank referred was the following
account of a hold-up published in a leading Oklahoma newspaper:

"BLACK HARRY'S LATEST STROKE.

"HE HOLDS UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN, AND SHOOTS AN EASTERN BANKER.

"A