
By William MacLeod Raine,
FOREWORD TO YE GENTLE READER.
PART I — THE MAN FROM THE PANHANDLE - (In Which Steve Plays Second Fiddle)
CHAPTER I — A DESERT MEETING
CHAPTER II — LIEUTENANT FRASER INTERFERES.
CHAPTER III — A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER IV — LOST!
CHAPTER V — LARRY NEILL TO THE RESCUE - The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
CHAPTER VI — SOMEBODY'S ACTING MIGHTY FOOLISH. - Larry Neill watched him vanish and then turned smiling to Miss Kinney.
CHAPTER VII — ENTER MR. DUNKE
In the blistering heat of a 1910 desert, a young woman emerges from the scrub with a revolver pressed to her cheek, demanding the reins of a passing wagon. The driver, a wiry and sardonic stranger, meets her threat with an unexpected mix of humor and daring, turning the tense standoff into a strange, begrudging dance of power. Their clash is as much verbal as physical—a sudden, breath‑short struggle that leaves both bruised, breathless, and oddly intrigued.
The scene sets a vivid portrait of the fading frontier, where law, violence, and romance collide on the dusty trail. As the sun blazes over jagged mountains, the two protagonists find themselves bound by circumstance, each testing the other's resolve while the wilderness watches in silent witness. Their begrudging magnetism hints at a larger tale of loyalty, danger, and the relentless spirit of the early West.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (379K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Jim Weiler and David Widger
Release date
Jan 1, 2004
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1871–1954
A prolific storyteller of the American frontier, he turned cow towns, mining camps, and border country into fast-moving Western adventures that kept readers hooked for decades. Though born in London, he became one of the best-known novelists of the Old West in the United States.
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