The Branding Iron
The Branding Iron
The Branding Iron
KATHARINE NEWLIN BURT
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE RIDGWAY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY KATHARINE N. BURT
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
CONTENTS
Book One THE TWO-BAR BRAND
Katharine Newlin Burt
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CHAPTER I
JOAN READS BY FIRELIGHT
CHAPTER II
PIERRE LAYS HIS HAND ON A HEART
CHAPTER III
TWO PICTURES IN THE FIRE
CHAPTER IV
THE SIN-BUSTER
CHAPTER V
PIERRE BECOMES ALARMED ABOUT HIS PROPERTY
CHAPTER VI
PIERRE TAKES STEPS TO PRESERVE HIS PROPERTY
CHAPTER VII
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
CHAPTER VIII
DELIRIUM
CHAPTER IX
DRIED ROSE-LEAVES
CHAPTER X
PROSPER COMES TO A DECISION
CHAPTER XI
THE WHOLE DUTY OF WOMAN
CHAPTER XII
A MATTER OF TASTE
CHAPTER XIII
THE TRAINING OF A LEOPARDESS
CHAPTER XIV
JOAN RUNS AWAY
CHAPTER XV
NERVES AND INTUITION
CHAPTER XVI
THE TALL CHILD
CHAPTER XVII
CONCERNING MARRIAGE
CHAPTER I
A WILD CAT
CHAPTER II
MORENA’S WIFE
CHAPTER III
JANE
CHAPTER IV
FLIGHT
CHAPTER V
LUCK’S PLAY
CHAPTER VI
JOAN AND PROSPER
CHAPTER VII
AFTERMATH
CHAPTER VIII
AGAINST THE BARS
CHAPTER IX
GRAY ENVELOPES
CHAPTER X
THE SPIDER
CHAPTER XI
THE CLEAN WILD THING
CHAPTER XII
THE LEOPARDESS
CHAPTER XIII
THE END OF THE TRAIL