THE PRICE OF THE PRAIRIE
"AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT"
"Come, Phil," she cried, "come, crown me Queen of Mayhere in April!"]
THE PRICE OF THE PRAIRIE
A Story Of Kansas
by
MARGARET HILL McCARTER
Author of "The Cottonwood's Story," "Cuddy's Baby," Etc.
With Five Illustrations in Color by J. N. Marchand
Fifteenth Edition
ChicagoA. C. McClurg & Co.1912
CopyrightA. C. McClurg & Co.1910
Published October 8, 1910Second Edition, October 29, 1910Third Edition, November 16, 1910Fourth Edition, December 3, 1910Fifth Edition, December 10, 1910Sixth Edition, December 17, 1910Seventh Edition, January 25, 1911Eighth Edition, February 25, 1911Ninth Edition, April 5, 1911Tenth Edition, May 3, 1911Eleventh Edition, September 23, 1911Twelfth Edition, December 9, 1911Thirteenth Edition, February 17, 1912Fourteenth Edition, August 10, 1912Fifteenth Edition, December 28, 1912
Copyrighted in Great Britain
Press of the Vail CompanyCoshocton, U. S. A.
This little love story of the prairies is dedicated to all who believethat the defence of the helpless is heroism; that the protection of thehome is splendid achievement; and, that the storm, and stress, andpatient endurance of the day will bring us at last to the peace of thepurple twilight.
CONTENTS
Chapter Page
PROEM ix
I Springvale by the Neosho 13
II Jean Pahusca 25
III The Hermit's Cave 32
IV In the Prairie Twilight 43
V A Good Indian 56
VI When the Heart Beats Young 73
VII The Foreshadowing of Peril 85
VIII The Cost of Safety 99
IX The Search for the Missing 114
X O'Mie's Choice 132
XI Golden Days 150
XII A Man's Estate 166
XIII The Topeka Rally 184
XIV Deepening Gloom 200
XV Rockport and "Rockport" 217
XVI Beginning Again 242
XVII In the Valley of the Arickaree 261
XVIII The Sunlight on Old Glory 277
XIX A Man's Business 292
XX The Cleft in the Rock 317
XXI The Call to Service 334
XXII The Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry 354
XXIII In Jean's Land 370
XXIV The Cry of Womanhood 390
XXV Judson Summoned 403
XXVI O'Mie's Inheritance 420
XXVII Sunset by the Sweetwater 442
XXVIII The Heritage 464
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