LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Swaying Backward, He Fell into the Upbanked Wall of Snow, and Went Out of Sight, Except for His Boots, One of Which Still Held the Crude Snowshoe | [ Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| This Was the Supreme Test for His Never Proven Endurance. And He Was All but Vanquished | [ 22] |
| On All the Four Winds Breathed Voices Whispering of His Future | [ 82] |
| Out of the Gray Fog Burned Dusky Eyes Half Veiled By Dusky Hair—“Emihiyah Comes,” She Said. “Siena Waits,” He Replied | [ 108] |
| Alone on a Ridge of Rising Ground Yaqui Faced the Back Trail and Watched with Falcon Eyes | [ 114] |
| Yaqui Knew that Never Again Would He See His Wife and Baby—Never Hear From Them—Never Know What Became of Them | [ 146] |
| Twice She Started Forward, Only to Hang Back | [ 176] |
TAPPAN’S BURRO
TAPPAN’S BURRO
I
TAPPAN gazed down upon the newly-born little burro with something of pity and consternation. It was not a vigorous offspring of the redoubtable Jennie, champion of all the numberless burros he had driven in his desert-prospecting years. He could not leave it there to die. Surely it was not strong enough to follow its mother. And to kill it was beyond him.