TO FRANCES, MY WIFE
       IN MEMORY OF THAT BEAUTIFUL SUMMER
       IN THE OZARK HILLS, WHEN, SO OFTEN,
       WE FOLLOWED THE OLD TRAIL AROUND
       THE RISE OF MUTTON HOLLOW--THE TRAIL
       THAT IS NOBODY KNOWS HOW OLD--AND FROM
       SAMMY'S LOOKOUT WATCHED THE
       DAY GO OVER THE WESTERN RIDGES.
       "That all with one consent praise new-born gawds,
       Tho they are made and moulded of things past,
       And give to dust that is a little gilt
       More laud than gilt o'er-dusted."
       TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. ACT 3; SC. 3.

Dedication Page
Chapter I. The Stranger.
Chapter II. Sammy Lane.
Chapter III. The Voice from Out the Mists.
Chapter IV. A Chat with Aunt Mollie.
Chapter V. "Jest Nobody."
Chapter VI. The Story.
Chapter VII. What is Love?
Chapter VIII. "Why Ain't We Got No Folks."
Chapter IX. Sammy Lane's Folks.
Chapter X. A Feat of Strength and a Challenge.
Chapter XI. Ollie Stewart's Good-by.
Chapter XII. The Shepherd and His Flock.
Chapter XIII. Sammy Lane's Ambition.
Chapter XIV. The Common Yeller Kind.
Chapter XV. The Party at Ford's.
Chapter XVI. On the Way Home.
Chapter XVII. What Happened at the Ranch.
Chapter XVIII. Learning to be a Lady.
Chapter XIX. The Drought.
Chapter XX. The Shepherd Writes a Letter.
Chapter XXI. God's Gold.
Chapter XXII. A Letter from Ollie Stewart.
Chapter XXIII. Ollie Comes Home.
Chapter XXIV. What Makes a Man.
Chapter XXV. Young Matt Remembers.
Chapter XXVI. Ollie's Dilemma.
Chapter XXVII. The Champion.
Chapter XXVIII. What Pete Told Sammy.
Chapter XXIX. Jim Lane Makes a Promise.
Chapter XXX. Sammy Graduates.
Chapter XXXI. Castle Building.
Chapter XXXII. Preparation.
Chapter XXXIII. A Ride in the Night.
Chapter XXXIV. Jim Lane Keeps His Promise.
Chapter XXXV. "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills."
Chapter XXXVI. Another Stranger.
Chapter XXXVII. Old Friends.
Chapter XXXVIII. I Ain't Nobody No More.
Chapter XXXIX. A Matter of Hours.
Chapter XL. The Shepherd's Mission.
Chapter XLI. The Other Side of the Story.
Chapter XLII. The Way of the Lower Trail.
Chapter XLIII. Poor Pete.
Chapter XLIV. The Trail on the Sunlit Hills.
Chapter XLV. Some Years Later.