Gift of the Desert
Gift of the Desert
His iron grip closed on the bit of her horse,
and the animals stopped short
Gift of the Desert
By Randall Parrish
Author of
"Beyond the Frontier," "Bob Hampton of Placer," "Comrades of Peril," "The Case and the Girl," "The Devil's Own," "The Mystery of the Silver Dagger," "Wolves of the Sea," etc.
A. L. Burt Company
Publishers New York
Published by arrangement with A. C. McClurg & Co.
Printed in the U. S. A.
Copyright
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1922
Published August, 1922
Copyrighted in Great Britain
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
Chapter Page I The Choice1 II Meager States His Plan12 III The Message from the Bunkhouse24 IV The Coming of the Judge35 V The Marriage45 VI The Blow in the Dark56 VII The Man in the Dark66 VIII A New Alliance78 IX The Road to Silver Springs88 X Covering the Trail99 XI Mutual Recognition109 XII Story of the "Frisco Kid"120 XIII A New Viewpoint131 XIV The Hand from the Rock141 XV Within the Tunnel151 XVI The Passage Out161 XVII Two of a Kind171 XVIII More Complications181 XIX Kelleen Becomes Master191 XX Talking It Over201 XXI Alone on the Desert211 XXII The Border Patrol221
XXIII "Alvara's Lost Mine"231 XXIV A Duel in the Dark241 XXV The Light Goes Out250 XXVI In on a New Game260 XXVII Face to Face270 XXVIII The Spoils of Crime279 XXIX The Finding of Gomez288 XXX The Message of Life299
Gift of the Desert
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1931, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 93 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse