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BRED OF THE DESERT

A HORSE AND A ROMANCE

BY

MARCUS HORTON

NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

Published by Arrangement with Harper & Brothers

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLISHED APRIL, 1915

TO

A. D. B. S. H.

WHO TAUGHT CONSIDERATION FOR THE DUMB THIS WORK IS LOVINGLY INSCRIBED

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE

I.A Colt Is Born1

II.Felipe Celebrates15

III.A Surprise27

IV.A New Home35

V.Loneliness47

VI.The First Great Lesson57

VII.A Stranger72

VIII.Felipe Makes a Discovery85

IX.The Second Great Lesson98

X.The Stranger Again112

XI.Love Rejected126

XII.Adventure145

XIII.In the Waste Places156

XIV.A Picture172

XV.Change of Masters175

XVI.Pat Turns Thief186

XVII.A Running Fight199

XVIII.An Enemy210

XIX.Another Change of Masters228

XX.Fidelity240

XXI.Life and Death256

XXII.Quiescence280

XXIII.The Reunion285