Her Bad Penny 237
XIX. Danger 250
XX. Facing the Music 262
XXI. A Try Out 273
XXII. Gale Persists 289
XXIII. De Spain Worries 302
XXIV. An Ominous Message 313
XXV. A Surprising Slip 323
XXVI. Flight 338
XXVII. El Capitan 349
XXVIII. Lefever to the Rescue 362
XXIX. Puppets of Fate 371
XXX. Hope Forlorn 386
XXXI. De Spain Rides Alone 399
XXXII. The Truth 408
XXXIII. Gambling With Death 420
XXXIV. At Sleepy Cat 428

ILLUSTRATIONS

De Spain covered a hardly perceptible black object on
the trail. Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Hugging his shield, de Spain threw his second shot over
Sandusky's left shoulder. 135
"Stand away from that girl!" repeated de Spain harshly,
backing the words with a step forward. 200
"I've promised you I would. I will promise every time
you ask me." 417

NAN OF MUSIC MOUNTAIN

CHAPTER I

FRONTIER DAY

Lefever, if there was a table in the room, could never be got to sit
on a chair; and being rotund he sat preferably sidewise on the edge of
the table. One of his small feet--his feet were encased in tight,
high-heeled, ill-fitting horsemen's boots--usually rested on the
floor, the other swung at the end of his stubby leg slowly in the air.
This idiosyncrasy his companion, de Spain, had learned to tolerate.

But Lefever's subdued whistle, which seemed meditative, always
irritated de Spain more or less, despite his endeavor not to be
irritated. It was like the low singing of a tea-kettle