DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
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COPYRIGHT, 1919,
BY STREET & SMITH CORPORATION
CONTENTS
- [CHAPTER I—THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN]
- [CHAPTER II—THADY SHEA ENCOUNTERS PURPOSE]
- [CHAPTER III—CORAVEL TIO ENJOYS A BUSY MORNING]
- [CHAPTER IV—MRS. CRUMP HEADS SOUTHWEST]
- [CHAPTER V—THE AMBITION OF MACKINTAVERS]
- [CHAPTER VI—THADY SHEA SMELLS WHISKEY]
- [CHAPTER VII—THADY SHEA HAS A VISITOR]
- [CHAPTER VIII—DORALES GOES TO TOWN]
- [CHAPTER IX—THE WICKER DEMIJOHN]
- [CHAPTER X—MRS. CRUMP SAYS SOMETHING]
- [CHAPTER XI—THADY SHEA DISCOVERS A PURPOSE]
- [CHAPTER XII—THE STONE GODS VANISH]
- [CHAPTER XIII—THADY SHEA STARTS HOME]
- [CHAPTER XIV—DORALES KILLS]
- [CHAPTER XV—MACKINTAVERS MAKES FRIENDS]
- [CHAPTER XVI—DORALES POSTS NOTICES]
- [CHAPTER XVII—DORALES RUNS AWAY]
CHAPTER I—THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN
A ribbon of winding road leads northeast from the pueblo of Domingo and the snaky Bajada hill where gray rocks lie thickly; it is a yellowish ribbon of road, sweeping over the gigantic mesa toward Santa Fé and the sweetly glowing Blood of Christ peaks—great peaks of green spearing into the sky, white-crested, and tipped with blood at sunset.