Part 1

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The Man of the Desert

BY GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL

AUTHOR OF MARCIA SCHUYLER, PHOEBE DEANE, DAWN OF THE MORNING, LO, MICHAEL, ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1914, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 125 North Wabash Ave. Toronto: 25 Richmond Street, W. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street

Contents

I. PROSPECTING 9

II. THE MAN 24

III. THE DESERT 43

IV. THE QUEST 64

V. THE TRAIL 86

VI. CAMP 101

VII. REVELATION 116

VIII. RENUNCIATION 130

IX. "FOR REMEMBRANCE" 148

X. HIS MOTHER 162

XI. REFUGE 180

XII. QUALIFYING FOR SERVICE 197

XIII. THE CALL OF THE DESERT 218

XIV. HOME 232

XV. THE WAY OF THE CROSS 253

XVI. THE LETTER 267

XVII. DEDICATION 284

PROSPECTING

It was morning, high and clear as Arizona counts weather, and around the little railroad station were gathered a crowd of curious onlookers; seven Indians, three women from nearby shacks--drawn thither by the sight of the great private car that the night express had left on a side track--the usual number of loungers, a swarm of children, besides the station agent who had come out to watch proceedings.