BRED OF THE
DESERT

A HORSE AND A ROMANCE

BY

MARCUS HORTON

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Published by Arrangement with Harper & Brothers


COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY HARPER & BROTHERS


PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED APRIL, 1915


TO

A. D. B. S. H.

WHO TAUGHT CONSIDERATION FOR THE DUMB
THIS WORK IS LOVINGLY INSCRIBED


CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.A Colt Is Born[1]
II.Felipe Celebrates[15]
III.A Surprise[27]
IV.A New Home[35]
V.Loneliness[47]
VI.The First Great Lesson[57]
VII.A Stranger[72]
VIII.Felipe Makes a Discovery[85]
IX.The Second Great Lesson[98]
X.The Stranger Again[112]
XI.Love Rejected[126]
XII.Adventure[145]
XIII.In the Waste Places[156]
XIV.A Picture[172]
XV.Change of Masters[175]
XVI.Pat Turns Thief[186]
XVII.A Running Fight[199]
XVIII.An Enemy[210]
XIX.Another Change of Masters[228]
XX.Fidelity[240]
XXI.Life and Death[256]
XXII.Quiescence[280]
XXIII.The Reunion[285]