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Title: A Daughter of the Dons
A Story of New Mexico Today

Author: William MacLeod Raine

Release Date: April 4, 2005 [EBook #15542]

Language: English

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A DAUGHTER OF THE DONS

_A Story of New Mexico Today_

BY

WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

AUTHOR OF

WYOMING, BUCKY O'CONNOR, MAVERICKS, A TEXAS RANGER, BRAND BLOTTERS,
RIDGWAY OF MONTANA, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY

D.C. HUTCHISON

[Illustration: Colophon.]

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY

G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

_A Daughter of the Dons._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. DON MANUEL INTRODUCES HIMSELF 5

II. THE TWO GRANTS 15

III. FISHERMAN'S LUCK 27

IV. AT THE YUSTE HACIENDA 42

V. "AN OPTIMISTIC GUY" 61

VI. JUANITA 76

VII. TWO MESSAGES 88

VIII. TAMING AN OUTLAW 101

IX. OF DON MANUEL AND MOONLIGHT 111

X. MR. AINSA DELIVERS A MESSAGE 123

XI. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY AND THE TWENTIETH 137

XII. "I BELIEVE YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH HER TOO" 149

XIII. AMBUSHED 159

XIV. MANUEL TO THE RESCUE 173

XV. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD 193

XVI. VALENCIA MAKES A PROMIS