YELLOW STAR
“I seem to be just in time, again, Stella,” was all he said.
Frontispiece. [See page 265.]
YELLOW STAR
A STORY OF EAST AND WEST
BY
ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN
Author of “Wigwam Evenings,” “Little Brother o’ Dreams,” Etc.
With Illustrations by
ANGEL DE CORA
AND
WILLIAM LONE STAR
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1911
Copyright, 1911,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published, September, 1911
Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
TO WINONA.
(MOUNT HOLYOKE, 1914.)
Dark eyes, that drew their mingled fires
From native kings, and Pilgrim sires,
And fused within one glowing breast
The ardors of the East and West,—
Child of the prairie’s generous sweep,
Your tryst with grave Minerva keep,
Yet first on Wisdom’s roll you’ll find
The sacred love of humankind!