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Title: The Man of the Desert

Author: Grace Livingston Hill

Release Date: May 28, 2007 [EBook #21633]

Language: English

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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.

[Illustration]

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1914, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

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Chicago: 125 North Wabash Ave.
Toronto: 25 Richmond Street, W.
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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

I

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