CONTENTS
CHAPTER                                      PAGE
   I.-Wherein it is shown that a young Amer-
         ican had the courage to come into
         a new country; how fate played
         against him, and a neighbor looked
         longingly at his ranch .    .     .   3
  II.-Wherein, far away, another man hears
         whispers of the wealth along the bor-
         der, and comes down to see about it  I I
 III.-Wherein Uncle Henry speaks his mind
         -as usual         .    .    .    .   32
  IV.-Wherein "Red" reveals his heart, and
         Mrs. Quinn gives him good coffee and
         good advice    .    .     .      .   52
   V.-Wherein Gilbert Jones is worried, and
         Lucia Pell is asked to do an impos-
         sible thing       .    .    .    .
  VI.-Wherein an old love awakens, Pell re-
         veals his true colors, a mortgage is
         about to be foreclosed, the contents
         of a satchel are made known, Uncle
         Henry springs a sensation, and Pell
         takes an option   .    .    .    .   78
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