117

In the Grass 118

The Faithful Broncos 129

The Whistling Marmot 130

The Clouds 137

The Great Stikeen Divide 138

The Ute Lover 147

Devil's Club 150

In the Cold Green Mountains 150

The Long Trail 159

The Greeting of the Roses 161

The Vulture 172

Campfires 173

The Footstep in the Desert 182

So this is the End of the Trail to him 190

The Toil of the Trail 193

The Goldseekers 205

The Coast Range of Alaska 215

The Freeman of the Hills 229

The Voice of the Maple Tree 230

A Girl on the Trail 239

O the Fierce Delight 249

The Lure of the Desert 258

This out of All will remain 262

Here the Trail ends 263

ANTICIPATION

I will wash my brain in the splendid breeze,
I will lay my cheek to the northern sun,
I will drink the breath of the mossy trees,
And the clouds shall meet me one by one.
I will fling the scholar's pen aside,
And grasp once more the bronco's rein,
And I will ride and ride and ride,
Till the rain is snow, and the seed is grain.

The way is long and cold and lone--
But I go.
It leads where pines forever moan
Their weight of snow,
Yet I go.
There are voices in the wind that call,
There are hands that beckon to the plain;
I must journey where the trees grow tall,
And the lonely heron clamors in