The Arizona copper camp., 1918-03-16
(Copyright by Little, Brown and Company
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER MARTY, low-browed, un-
combed harsh of voice and speech and
nature, with her shiftless husband Jase,
journey over desert trail. driving four
wagon first fords the Wolverine stream.
JaSe is ready to stop at the first green
spot, but Marthy insists on plodding along
another full days journey. That night,
through natural instinct, two of the oxen
stray into a narrow gorge and feast on
the rich grasses of the Cove, where they
are found by Marthy who recognizes the
little hidden Eden as the place of her
dreams and the pioneers at once take pos
session Later they are joined by an
other couple who are impressed with the
them is born a daughter. christened Billy
Louise.
CHAPTER II-After visit to Marthy,
Billy Louise on her horse Blue reaches
home late, in a snow storm, having met
stranger riding over the same trail He
is invited to stop for the night and is well
coined by Billy Louise's mother. Intro
duces himself as Ward Warren who has
claim on Mill Creek.
CHAPTER III-Marthy is Mortified to
find that Jase has died during. the night
Digging a grave in level place above
the main ditch, she wheels Jase's body
on the homemade Wheelbarrow and
buries her dead. Charlie Fox, her nephew
arrives
CHAPTER Iy-Fox rides to Billy
Louise's ranch to inquire if she has seen
anything of four of their calves which
Disappeared; theft is discussed, and Billy
Louise starts in search.
CHAPTER v-spring has come, but
Billy Louise is not affected by the beau
ties of Wolverine canyon, for she is BROOD
ing over her discouragements and is on
the brink of nervous breakdown when
she finds one of her finest cows dead,
nd M a TWO
men approach on horses looking about for
missing stock. She rides to Wards cabin.
but he is not there.
CHAPTER Winding along a fat-bot-
toned canyon she sees horseman resem-
bling Ward disappear in the hills and later
members being told about by her father.
She is late in arriving home and finds
her mother i'll. and a physician is called.
CHAPTER vII-Billy Louise does not
hold changeless her broken faith in Ward,
although she has learned to love MIN;
Ward NETS her on the trail and is puzzled
at her apparent GOODNESS toward MIN
Ward writes Der offering any assistance
he car give.
CHAPTER vII1-Riding over the hil1s
looking for cattle branded Y6 Ward dis
covers a hidden corral and sees three men,
ore of whom he believes to be Buck Oh
ney. Upon their leaving he investigates
and finds stock on which the brands have
been changed to his own mark.
CHAPTER IX.-After obliterating the
brands Ward deduces that Buck Olney
will become. suspicious Of him as knowing
about the plant. He cautiously keeps out
of the way until his patience frazzles out
under the strain. He discovers Buck Oh
ney hiding behind rock and takes him
prisoner.
CHAPTER X-With Buck bound to a
chair, Ward cooks a mess of prunes,
fOOr hinocnIf ~
close watch on his prisoner through a
mirror. Buck is conveyed to a cotton
wood tree where Ward fashions hang
mans moose, pins the prisoners written
pedigree to his shoulders; the work done
Ward rides away, having slit the rope SO
it would not hold any weight.
CHAPTER xI-Returning, riding down
steep slope near his cabin, his horse
Rather steps into a pile of rock, throw
ing Ward in such a manner as to fTac-
ture his leg. Riding to his cabin he splints
end bandages the broken leg, realiz-
ing ne will be helpless for some time, anS
prepares l,r any emergency. Buck Clney
discovers he was not to oe hanged.
CHAPTER XII R'li- louise writes
'"The Brave Buckaroo" CHEEKY Christ
nesa not ago Of pnoye
New Years, but it was mot delivered.
Another letter also undelivered told of
Billy Louise,s "Mommie'a'' death.
CHAPTER XIII.-Billy mounts Blue and
rides to the bottom in search of cattle
which she finds, learning for herself the
shameful story of theft, and driving them
to the Cove corral, facing those she ac-
cuses of theft, later offering apologies and
riding away.
CHAPTER XIV-Having seen Ward
ride away from the corral in the dusk of
evening her doubts are renewed she rides
toward Wards cabin making a discovery
that causes her knees to trernble for
there was no apparent life about Wards
cabin; he was found to be demented
from fever, and had forgotten her.