YTHING." 16
III. "YOU WILL WAIT FOR ME." 32
IV. "NOW THAT HE IS DEAD." 43
V. "LOVE WILL FOLLOW." 56
VI. "I DON'T WISH TO MARRY; NOT YET." 64
VII. "THEY ARE JEWS AND WE ARE HUNGARIANS." 73
VIII. "I PUT THE BUNDA AWAY SOMEWHERE." 84
IX. "THEN, AS NOW, MAY GOD PROTECT YOU." 93
X. "THE BEST WAY OF ALL." 101
XI. "AFTER THAT, HAPPINESS WILL BEGIN." 106
XII. "IT IS TOO LATE." 115
XIII. "HE MUST MAKE YOU HAPPY." 125
XIV. "IT IS TRUE." 133
XV. "THAT IS FAIR, I THINK." 137
XVI. "THE WATERS OF THE MAROS FLOW SLUGGISHLY." 143
XVII. "I AM HERE TO SEE THAT YOU BE KIND TO HER." 149
XVIII. "I MUST PUNISH HER." 162
XIX. "NOW GO AND FETCH THE KEY." 174
XX. "YOU HAPPEN TO BE OF MY RACE AND OF MY BLOOD." 186
XXI. "JEALOUS, LIKE A MADMAN." 199
XXII. "I GO WHERE I SHALL BE MORE WELCOME." 211
XXIII. "ON THE EVE OF ONE'S WEDDING DAY TOO." 226
XXIV. "IF YOU LOVED ME." 232
XXV. "IN ANY CASE ELSA IS NOT FOR YOU." 237
XXVI. "WHAT HAD ANDOR DONE?" 251
XXVII. "THE SHADOW THAT FELL FROM THE TALL SUNFLOWERS." 257
XXVIII. "WE SHALL HEAR OF ANOTHER TRAGEDY BY AND BY." 265
XXIX. "SOME DAY." 272
XXX. "KYRIE ELEISON." 282
XXXI. "WHAT ABOUT ME?" 291
XXXII. "THE LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET." 304

A BRIDE OF THE PLAINS

CHAPTER I

"God bless them all! they are good lads."

It was now close on eight o'clock and more than two hours ago since
first the dawn broke over that low-lying horizon line which seems so far
away, and tinged the vast immensity of the plain first with grey and
then with mauve and pale-toned emerald, with rose and carmine and
crimson and blood-red, until the sun--triumphant and glorious at
last--woke the sunflowers from their sleep, gilded every tiny blade of
grass and every sprig of ros