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Boston And Chicago: Forbes & Company: 1902
DEDICATED
TO
MY OLD SWEETHEART
My sweetheart of the long ago—
With rosy cheeks and raven hair—
Sang lullabies so soft and low,
All joyous was the rhythmic air.
Though other links with luckless fate
Have brought me bruises bathed in tears,
From childhood up to man’s estate
Her love has held me all the years.
Our ties grow fonder, day by day,
While graces, all, in her combine.
Oh, love! make good and glad the way
Where walks this sweetheart—Mother mine.
CONTENTS
THEME
BUELL HAMPTON
CHAPTER I.—AT LAKE GENEVA
CHAPTER II.—A CHANCE MEETING
CHAPTER III.—A DECLARATION
CHAPTER IV.—THE DEPARTURE
CHAPTER V.—A FRONTIER BANKER
CHAPTER VI.—MAJOR BUELL HAMPTON
CHAPTER VII.—THE CATTLE KING
CHAPTER VIII.—A COMMITTEE OF FIVE
CHAPTER IX.—AN AFTERNOON DRIVE
CHAPTER X.—HOME OF THE HORTONS
CHAPTER XI.—DADDY’. CONSENT
CHAPTER XII.—KANSAS PROHIBITION
CHAPTER XIII.—MAJOR HAMPTON’. LIBRARY
CHAPTER XIV.—THE SONG
CHAPTER XV.—THE RETRACTION
CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLD VIOLIN
CHAPTER XVII.—LENOX AVONDALE’. ARRIVAL
CHAPTER XVIII.—A LOVE SONG
CHAPTER XIX.—AN INVITATION TO JOIN
CHAPTER XX.—A DINNER AT THE HORTONS
CHAPTER XXI.—THE FOOT-RACE
CHAPTER XXII.—THE ELECTION
CHAPTER XXIII.—A FORGED LETTER
CHAPTER XXIV.—REVERSING THE HIGHER COURTS
CHAPTER XXV.—ALMOST A TRAGEDY
CHAPTER XXVI.—REACHING A DECISION
CHAPTER XXVII.—THE HOT WINDS
CHAPTER XXVIII.—“THY WILL BE DONE”
CHAPTER XXIX.—JACK REDFIELD ARRIVES
CHAPTER XXX.—THE QUARREL
CHAPTER XXXI.—THE PASSING OF LORD AVONDALE
CHAPTER XXXII.—THE SILENCING OF GOSSIP
CHAPTER XXXIII.—A RIDE AMONG SUNFLOWERS
CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE PRAIRIE-FIRE
CHAPTER XXXV.—A BUCKING BRONCO
CHAPTER XXXVI.—A STARTLING REVELATION
CHAPTER XXXVII.—TRYING TO REMEMBER
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION
CHAPTER XXXIX.—JUDGE LYNN HAS AN IDEA
CHAPTER XL.—THE CATTLE THIEF CAUGHT
CHAPTER XLI.—A ROSICRUCIAN
CHAPTER XLII.—A NEW-MADE GRAVE
CHAPTER XLIII.—UNDER THE QUIET STARS