CONTENTS

ChapterPage
PROEM[ix]
ISpringvale by the Neosho[13]
IIJean Pahusca[25]
IIIThe Hermit's Cave[32]
IVIn the Prairie Twilight[43]
VA Good Indian[56]
VIWhen the Heart Beats Young[73]
VIIThe Foreshadowing of Peril[85]
VIIIThe Cost of Safety[99]
IXThe Search for the Missing[114]
XO'Mie's Choice[132]
XIGolden Days[150]
XIIA Man's Estate[166]
XIIIThe Topeka Rally[184]
XIVDeepening Gloom[200]
XVRockport and "Rockport"[217]
XVIBeginning Again[242]
XVIIIn the Valley of the Arickaree[261]
XVIIIThe Sunlight on Old Glory[277]
XIXA Man's Business[292]
XXThe Cleft in the Rock[317]
XXIThe Call to Service[334]
XXIIThe Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry[354]
XXIIIIn Jean's Land[370]
XXIVThe Cry of Womanhood[390]
XXVJudson Summoned[403]
XXVIO'Mie's Inheritance[420]
XXVIISunset by the Sweetwater[442]
XXVIIIThe Heritage[464]


ILLUSTRATIONS

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"Come, Phil," she cried, "come, crown me Queen of May here in April!"[Frontispiece]
"Baronet, I think we are marching straight into Hell's jaws"[158]
Every movement of ours had been watched by Indian scouts[244]
Like the passing of a hurricane, horses, mules, men, all dashed toward the place[288]
They came slowly toward us, the two captive women for whom we waited[394]


PROEM