Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels. His works include: When Wilderness was King (1904), My Lady of the North (1905), The Sword of the Old Frontier (1905), Bob Hampton of Placer (1906), Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West (1907), Prisoners of Chance (1908), My Lady of the South (1909), Keith of the Border (1910), Love Under Fire (1911), My Lady of Doubt (1911), Gordon Craig (1912), Molly McDonald (1912), The Maid of the Forest (1913), Shea of the Irish Brigade (1914), Beyond the Frontier (1916), The Devil's Own (1917), Wolves of the Sea (1918), The Strange Case of Cavendish (1918), and The Case and the Girl (1922).
When a young scout comes across what first looks like an Indian raid on a party of two men, but reveals itself as plain murder by white men, he is thrown headlong into a puzzling series of events. His trusty sidekick from ol' Virginie, a Doctor, two girls who look exactly alike yet live complete opposite lives, and a notorious gambler, "Black Bart", make the exciting cast against the backdrop of a western prairie.