Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1926 (believe circa 1932).  Hard cover, 216 pages followed by ads.  Red cloth with small spots on boards and outer page block, tiny nick to cloth at top front edge, bleach spot at upper front corner; corners and spine ends bumped with some wear; green top stain; no jacket.  Binding sound.  Illustrated end papers with prior owner’s name and date of 1935; black & white frontis; interior clean and unmarked with occasional age spotting and straightened dog ear.  Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers.  A new hire on the ranch is influencing another ranch hand, resulting in work not being done and cattle straying onto other property, which causes conflict between Bardwell Manley and his neighbor.  The two hands are fired, but it is discovered that money is also missing.