The valley of Arcana

by Arthur Preston Hankins

THE VALLEY
OF ARCANA

BY
ARTHUR PRESTON HANKINS

AUTHOR OF
“THE JUBILEE GIRL,” “THE HERITAGE OF THE HILLS,” ETC.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1923

Copyright, 1923,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
The Quinn & Boden Company
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY NEW JERSEY

TO
THE MEMORY OF
My Father

CONTENTS

CHAPTER	PAGE
I	An Extra Bed	[ 1]
II	El Trono de Tolerancia	[ 9]
III	The Prospector’s Story	[ 18]
IV	A Member of the Clan	[ 26]
V	The Conference at Jorny Springs	[ 33]
VI	Second Sight	[ 43]
VII	Lot’s Wife and Shirttail Henry	[ 54]
VIII	Missing	[ 65]
IX	A Case for Rejuvenation	[ 74]
X	Shirttail Bend	[ 82]
XI	The Trail to Mosquito	[ 93]
XII	The Land of Queer Delights	[ 101]
XIII	At Two in the Cañon	[ 113]
XIV	The Long Straw	[ 128]
XV	Vagrancy Cañon	[ 136]
XVI	The Camp in Vagrancy Cañon	[ 145]
XVII	Bear Pass	[ 156]
XVIII	In the Palm of the Mountains	[ 169]
XIX	Riddles	[ 180]
XX	The Interim of Doubts	[ 190]
XXI	The Cave of Hypocritical Frogs	[ 201]
XXII	Dr. Shonto Rides Alone	[ 211]
XXIII	Old Acquaintances	[ 221]
XXIV	Mary Chooses a Seat	[ 228]
XXV	The Deadly Bull and the Silver Fox	[ 238]
XXVI	The Last Tablet	[ 248]
XXVII	Adrift on Lost River	[ 260]
XXVIII	The Message	[ 270]