Part 1

THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT

A NOVEL

By Zane Grey

CONTENTS

I. THE SIGN OF THE SUNSET

II. WHITE SAGE

III. THE TRAIL OF THE RED WALL

IV. THE OASIS

V. BLACK SAGE AND JUNIPER

VI. THE WIND IN THE CEDARS

VII. SILVERMANE

IX. THE SCENT OF DESERT-WATER

X. RIDING THE RANGES

XI. THE DESERT-HAWK

XII. ECHO CLIFFS

XIII. THE SOMBRE LINE

XIV. WOLF

XV. DESERT NIGHT

XVI. THUNDER RIVER

XVII. THE SWOOP OF THE HAWK

XVIII. THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT

XIX. UNLEASHED

XX. THE RAGE OF THE OLD LION

XXI. MESCAL

I. THE SIGN OF THE SUNSET

“BUT the man's almost dead.”

The words stung John Hare's fainting spirit into life. He opened his eyes. The desert still stretched before him, the appalling thing that had overpowered him with its deceiving purple distance. Near by stood a sombre group of men.

“Leave him here,” said one, addressing a gray-bearded giant. “He's the fellow sent into southern Utah to spy out the cattle thieves. He's all but dead. Dene's outlaws are after him. Don't cross Dene.”