With five illustrations by Gayle Hoskins
12mo. Cloth, $1.20 net.
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Miss Lockhart is a true daughter of the West, her father being a large
ranch-owner and she has had much experience in the saddle and among the
people who figure in her novel. ¶ "Smith" is one type of Western "Bad
Man," an unusually powerful and appealing character who grips and holds
the reader through all his deeds, whether good or bad. ¶ It is a story
with red blood in it. There is the cry of the coyote, the deadly thirst
for revenge as it exists in the wronged Indian toward the white man, the
thrill of the gaming table, and the gentlenesss of pure, true love. To
the very end the tense dramatism of the tale is maintained without
relaxation.
"Gripping, vigorous story."--_Chicago Record-Herald._
"This is a real novel, a big novel."--_Indianapolis News._
"Not since the publication of 'The Virginian' has so powerful a
cowboy story been told."--_Philadelphia Public Ledger._
"A remarkable book in its strength of portrayal and its directness
of development. It cannot be read without being remembered."--_The
World To-Day._
_By CAROLYN WELLS_
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