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قراءة كتاب The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas
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The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas
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
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1912
Copyright
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1910
Published October 8, 1910
Second Edition, October 29, 1910
Third Edition, November 16, 1910
Fourth Edition, December 3, 1910
Fifth Edition, December 10, 1910
Sixth Edition, December 17, 1910
Seventh Edition, January 25, 1911
Eighth Edition, February 25, 1911
Ninth Edition, April 5, 1911
Tenth Edition, May 3, 1911
Eleventh Edition, September 23, 1911
Twelfth Edition, December 9, 1911
Thirteenth Edition, February 17, 1912
Fourteenth Edition, August 10, 1912
Fifteenth Edition, December 28, 1912
Copyrighted in Great Britain
PRESS OF THE VAIL COMPANY
COSHOCTON, U. S. A.
"AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT"
This little love story of the prairies is dedicated to all who believe that the defence of the helpless is heroism; that the protection of the home is splendid achievement; and, that the storm, and stress, and patient endurance of the day will bring us at last to the peace of the purple 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 |