ContentsCHAPTER I. LANCE LOVELACECHAPTER II. SHEPHERD’S FERRYCHAPTER III. LAS PALOMASCHAPTER IV. CHRISTMASCHAPTER V. A PIGEON HUNTCHAPTER VI. SPRING OF ’76CHAPTER VII. SAN JACINTO DAYCHAPTER VIII. A CAT HUNT ON THE FRIOCHAPTER IX. THE ROSE AND ITS THORNCHAPTER X. AFTERMATHCHAPTER XI. A TURKEY BAKECHAPTER XII. SUMMER OF ’77CHAPTER XIII. HIDE HUNTINGCHAPTER XIV. A TWO YEARS’ DROUTHCHAPTER XV. IN COMMEMORATIONCHAPTER XVI. MATCHMAKINGCHAPTER XVII. WINTER AT LAS PALOMASCHAPTER XVIII. AN INDIAN SCARECHAPTER XIX. HORSE BRANDSCHAPTER XX. SHADOWSCHAPTER XXI. INTERLOCUTORY PROCEEDINGSCHAPTER XXII. SUNSET