BY MARGARET COLLIER GRAHAM

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published September 1905


CONTENTS

The Wizard's Daughter[1]
Marg'et Ann[67]
At the Foot of the Trail [133]
Lib[169]
For Value Received[181]
The Face of the Poor[205]

The Wizard's Daughter

There had been a norther during the day, and at sunset the valley, seen from Dysart's cabin on the mesa, was a soft blur of golden haze. The wind had hurled the yellow leaves from the vineyard, exposing the gnarled deformity of the vines, and the trailing branches of the pepper-trees had swept their fallen berries into coral reefs on the southerly side.