The Joyous Troublemaker

The young and headstrong BeatriceCarliss has inherited quite a fortune from her illustrious father. However, she cannot tolerate the aloofness of Bill Steele, a gold prospector, who is resistant to her feminine charms. The more she wants to bring him under her control, the more he distances himself from her. At last, she enlists the help of a dubious fellow to help her in her manoeuvres but alas she is double-crossed at her own game! Will Bill manage to rescue her? Will they finally reunite?

Jackson Gregory (1882-1943) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer. He was born in California and was educated at the University of California, Berkeley. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco. He later served as a principal at a high school in Truckee. He authored more than 40 fiction novels and a number of short stories. Several of his tales were used as the basis of films released between 1916 and 1944, including The Man from Painted Post. He was one of theAmerica's successful and prolific authors in the first half of the 20th century. Though the vast majority of his stories were about the American Old West, he did occasionally venture into other genres, like mysteries, fantasies or South Seas adventures. His writing formula was usually a successful combination of an abundance of action, adventure and suspense coupled with a dependable story line about areas and the life he was familiar with in the American Southwest.