[Frontispiece: His knees sagged under him as a forty-five slug
struck him an inch above the buckle of his belt.]
THE SETTLING OF THE SAGE
BY HAL G. EVARTS
AUTHOR OF
"The Cross Pull," "The Yellow Horde," etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers ———— New York
Published by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company
Printed in U. S. A.
Copyright, 1922,
BY HAL G. EVARTS.
All rights reserved
Published January, 1922
Reprinted February, 1922
Reprinted March, 1922
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Chapter I | Chapter II | Chapter III | Chapter IV |
| Chapter V | Chapter VI | Chapter VII | Chapter VIII |
| Chapter IX | Chapter X | Chapter XI | Chapter XII |
| Chapter XIII | Chapter XIV | Chapter XV | Chapter XVI |
The Settling of the Sage
I
A rider jogged northward along the road on a big pinto horse, a ledbuckskin, packed, trailing a half-length behind. The horseman traveledwith the regulation outfit of the roaming range dweller—saddle, bedroll and canvas war bag containing personal treasures and extraarticles of attire—but this was supplemented by two panniers of foodand cooking equipment and a one-man teepee that was lashed on top inlieu of canvas pack cover. A ranch road branched off to the left andthe man pulled up his horse to view a sign that stood at the forks.
"Squatter, don't let the sun go down on you," he read. "That's thethird one of those reminders, Calico," he told the horse. "T