To Benjamin H. Pearson`` Student, Artist, Gentleman in appreciation of the friendship that began on the "Pipe-Line Trail," at the camp in the sycamores back of the old orchard, and among the higher peaks of the San Bernardinos; and because this story will always mean more to him than to any one else,--this book, with all good wishes, is Dedicated. H. B. W. "Tecolote Rancho," April 13, 1914.
Preface
To Benjamin H. Pearson``Student, Artist, Gentlemanin appreciation of the friendship that began on the "Pipe-Line Trail," at the camp in the sycamores back of the old orchard, and among the higher peaks of the San Bernardinos; and because this story will always mean more to him than to any one else,--this book, with all good wishes, isDedicated.H. B. W."Tecolote Rancho,"April 13, 1914."I have learnedTo look on Nature not as in the hourOf thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimesThe sad, still music of humanity,Not harsh or grating, though of ample powerTo chasten and subdue.
And I have felt,A presence that disturbs me with the joyOf elevated thoughts; a sense sublimeOf something far more deeply interfused,Whose dwelling is in the lights of setting suns,And the round ocean and the living air,And the blue sky, and in the mind of man.A motion and a spirit that impelsAll thinking things, all objects of all thoughts,And rolls through all things.Therefore am I stillA lover of the meadows and the woodsAnd mountains................ And this prayer I make,Knowing that Nature never did betrayThe heart that loved her. 'Tis her privilegeThrough all the years of this one life, to leadFrom joy to joy; for she can so informThe mind that is within us--so impressWith quietness and beauty, and so feedWith lofty thoughts--that neither evil tongues,Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men,Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor allThe dreary intercourse of daily life,Shalt e'er prevail against us, or disturbOur cheerful faith."William Wordsworth.
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Chapter 1 His Inheritance
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Chapter 2 The Woman With The Disfigured Face
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Chapter 3 The Famous Conrad Lagrange
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Chapter 4 At The House On Fairlands Heights
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Chapter 5 The Mystery Of The Rose Garden
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Chapter 6 An Unknown Friend
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Chapter 7 Mrs. Taine In Quaker Gray
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Chapter 8 The Portrait That Was Not A Portrait
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Chapter 9 Conrad Lagrange's Adventure
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Chapter 10 A Cry In The Night
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Chapter 11 Go Look In Your Mirror, You Fool
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Chapter 12 First Fruits Of His Shame
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Chapter 13 Myra Willard's Challenge
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Chapter 14 In The Mountains
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Chapter 15 The Forest Ranger's Story
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Chapter 16 When The Canyon Gates Are Shut
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Chapter 17 Confessions In The Spring Glade
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Chapter 18 Sibyl Andres And The Butterflies
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Chapter 19 The Three Gifts And Their Meanings
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Chapter 20 Myra's Prayer And The Ranger's Warning
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Chapter 21 The Last Climb
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Chapter 22 Shadows Of Coming Events
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Chapter 23 Outside The Canyon Gates Again
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Chapter 24 James Rutlidge Makes A Mistake
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Chapter 25 On The Pipe-Line Trail
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Chapter 26 I Want You Just As You Are
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Chapter 27 The Answer
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Chapter 28 You're Ruined, My Boy
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Chapter 29 The Hand Writing On The Wall
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Chapter 30 In The Same Hour
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Chapter 31 As The World Sees
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Chapter 32 The Mysterious Disappearance
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Chapter 33 Beginning The Search
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Chapter 34 The Tracks On Granite Peak
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Chapter 35 A Hard Way
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Chapter 36 What Should He Do
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Chapter 37 The Man Was Insane
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Chapter 38 An Inevitable Conflict
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Chapter 39 The Better Way
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