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Title: Bred of the Desert
A Horse and a Romance

Author: Marcus Horton

Release Date: February 24, 2010 [EBook #31380]

Language: English

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BRED OF THE DESERT

A HORSE AND A ROMANCE

BY

MARCUS HORTON

[Illustration]

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

Chapter Page
I. A COLT IS BORN 1
II. FELIPE CELEBRATES 15
III. A SURPRISE 27
IV. A NEW HOME 35
V. LONELINESS 47
VI. THE FIRST GREAT LESSON 57
VII. A STRANGER 72
VIII. FELIPE MAKES A DISCOVERY 85
IX. THE SECOND GREAT LESSON 98
X. THE STRANGER AGAIN 112
XI. LOVE REJECTED 126
XII. ADVENTURE 145
XIII. IN THE WASTE PLACES 156
XIV. A PICTURE 172
XV. CHANGE OF MASTERS 175
XVI. PAT TURNS THIEF 186
XVII. A RUNNING FIGHT 199
XVIII. AN ENEMY 210
XIX. ANOTHER CHANGE OF MASTERS