BUELL HAMPTON
By Willis George Emerson
Boston And Chicago: Forbes & Company: 1902
DEDICATED
TO
MY OLD SWEETHEART
My sweetheart of the long ago—
With rosy cheeks and raven hair—
Sang lullabies so soft and low,
All joyous was the rhythmic air.
Though other links with luckless fate
Have brought me bruises bathed in tears,
From childhood up to man’s estate
Her love has held me all the years.
Our ties grow fonder, day by day,
While graces, all, in her combine.
Oh, love! make good and glad the way
Where walks this sweetheart—Mother mine.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER II.—A CHANCE MEETING ]
[ CHAPTER III.—A DECLARATION ]
[ CHAPTER V.—A FRONTIER BANKER ]
[ CHAPTER VI.—MAJOR BUELL HAMPTON ]
[ CHAPTER VII.—THE CATTLE KING ]
[ CHAPTER VIII.—A COMMITTEE OF FIVE ]
[ CHAPTER IX.—AN AFTERNOON DRIVE ]
[ CHAPTER X.—HOME OF THE HORTONS ]
[ CHAPTER XI.—DADDY’. CONSENT ]
[ CHAPTER XII.—KANSAS PROHIBITION ]
[ CHAPTER XIII.—MAJOR HAMPTON’. LIBRARY ]
[ CHAPTER XV.—THE RETRACTION ]
[ CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLD VIOLIN ]
[ CHAPTER XVII.—LENOX AVONDALE’. ARRIVAL ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII.—A LOVE SONG ]
[ CHAPTER XIX.—AN INVITATION TO JOIN ]
[ CHAPTER XX.—A DINNER AT THE HORTONS ]
[ CHAPTER XXI.—THE FOOT-RACE ]
[ CHAPTER XXII.—THE ELECTION ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII.—A FORGED LETTER ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV.—REVERSING THE HIGHER COURTS ]
[ CHAPTER XXV.—ALMOST A TRAGEDY ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI.—REACHING A DECISION ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII.—THE HOT WINDS ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII.—“THY WILL BE DONE” ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX.—JACK REDFIELD ARRIVES ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI.—THE PASSING OF LORD AVONDALE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII.—THE SILENCING OF GOSSIP ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII.—A RIDE AMONG SUNFLOWERS ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE PRAIRIE-FIRE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV.—A BUCKING BRONCO ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI.—A STARTLING REVELATION ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII.—TRYING TO REMEMBER ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII.—TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIX.—JUDGE LYNN HAS AN IDEA ]
[ CHAPTER XL.—THE CATTLE THIEF CAUGHT ]
[ CHAPTER XLI.—A ROSICRUCIAN ]
[ CHAPTER XLII.—A NEW-MADE GRAVE ]
[ CHAPTER XLIII.—UNDER THE QUIET STARS ]