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- HEART OF THE SUNSET
- By Rex Beach
- CONTENTS
- I. THE WATER-HOLE
- II. THE AMBUSH
- III. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WATER-HOLE
- IV. AN EVENING AT LAS PALMAS
- V. SOMETHING ABOUT HEREDITY
- VI. A JOURNEY, AND A DARK MAN
- VII. LUIS LONGORIO
- VIII. BLAZE JONES'S NEMESIS
- IX. A SCOUTING TRIP
- X. A RANGER'S HORSE
- XI. JUDGE ELLSWORTH EXACTS A PROMISE
- XII. LONGORIO MAKES BOLD
- XIII. DAVE LAW BECOMES JEALOUS
- XIV. JOSE SANCHEZ SWEARS AN OATH
- XV. THE TRUTH ABOUT PANFILO
- XVI. THE RODEO
- XVII. THE GUZMAN INCIDENT
- XVIII. ED AUSTIN TURNS AT BAY
- XIX. RANGERS
- XX. SUPERSTITIONS AND CERTAINTIES
- XXI. AN AWAKENING
- XXII. WHAT ELLSWORTH HAD TO SAY
- XXIII. THE CRASH
- XXIV. DAVE LAW COMES HOME
- XXV. A WARNING AND A SURPRISE
- XXVI. THE WATER-CURE
- XXVII. LA FERIA
- XXVIII. THE DOORS OF PARADISE
- XXIX. THE PRIEST FROM MONCLOVA
- XXX. THE MAN OF DESTINY
- XXXI. A SPANISH WILL
- XXXII. THE DAWN
- HEART OF THE SUNSET
- THE WATER-HOLE
- But he refused. "I ain't hungry," he affirmed. "Honest!"
- Mr. Law stared into his plate. "Well, miss, I'm afraid--"
- II
- THE AMBUSH
- III
- WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WATER-HOLE
- Both Mexicans cried, as if at a cue, "Who speaks?"
- Alaire wet her lips. "Then you--shot him?"
- IV
- AN EVENING AT LAS PALMAS
- Ed shrugged carelessly. "Suit yourself; they're your cows."
- Ed started. "That's strange! They must have met accidentally."
- Austin subsided sullenly. "Other men have got full in Brownsville."
- SOMETHING ABOUT HEREDITY
- Ellsworth started. "Longorio! That's bad."
- Ellsworth nodded. "Tell me something about him."
- VI
- A JOURNEY, AND A DARK MAN
- VII
- LUIS LONGORIO
- Longorio scrutinized the horse-breaker critically. "Your name is--?"
- VIII
- BLAZE JONES'S NEMESIS
- Blaze looked up quickly. "What d'you want to know?"
- IX
- A SCOUTING TRIP
- Father and son answered, "Si, señor."
- A RANGER'S HORSE
- Ed wheeled quickly. "How do you know I did?"
- XI
- JUDGE ELLSWORTH EXACTS A PROMISE
- Ellsworth started. "What do you mean?"
- XII
- LONGORIO MAKES BOLD
- XIII
- DAVE LAW BECOMES JEALOUS
- There was a murmur from the onlookers; some one cried: "VIVA LONGORIO!"
- XIV
- JOSE SANCHEZ SWEARS AN OATH
- Adolfo shrugged. "I thought you were my friend."
- XV
- THE TRUTH ABOUT PANFILO
- Ricardo shrugged. "Nobody. There is no danger."
- Dave nodded. "You're a good man, Ricardo. We're going to be friends."
- XVI
- THE RODEO
- XVII
- THE GUZMAN INCIDENT
- Jones started. "What makes you think that?"
- Alaire nodded. "I--suspected."
- Miss Jones shook her head. "Is it very important?"
- XVIII
- ED AUSTIN TURNS AT BAY
- XIX
- RANGERS
- The answer floated promptly back: "Hello, Cap! Sure it's us."
- It was Blaze Jones's voice which answered this time: "You bet!"
- XX
- SUPERSTITIONS AND CERTAINTIES
- XXI
- AN AWAKENING
- XXII
- WHAT ELLSWORTH HAD TO SAY
- Dave raised shocked and curious eyes. "You think he was crazy?"
- In a voice hardly his own, Dave articulated: "God! This is--hideous."
- XXIII
- THE CRASH
- Alaire eyed him scornfully. "What right have you to object?"
- XXIV
- DAVE LAW COMES HOME
- Ellsworth tried to laugh. "That in itself is enough to unbalance you."
- Paloma snickered. "The idea! She doesn't--"
- XXV
- A WARNING AND A SURPRISE
- Strange shrugged. "Maybe I didn't. Suppose you try. You sabe the lingo."
- Benito shrugged. "There has been no time, it all happened so quickly--"
- The range boss shrugged. "I sent him to the east pasture this morning."
- XXVI
- THE WATER-CURE
- José's face became blank. "I don't know."
- XXVII
- LA FERIA
- But Longorio insisted. "Wait! It is impossible for you to leave here."
- XXVIII
- THE DOORS OF PARADISE
- Alaire managed to gasp, "Surely you are not in earnest."
- Longorio demanded, irritably: "Yes. Why are you yelling like this:"'
- XXIX
- THE PRIEST FROM MONCLOVA
- She interrupted, crying his name loudly, "Dave!"
- She stilled him with a gesture. "Quick! Will you?"
- XXX
- THE MAN OF DESTINY
- Alaire trusted herself to ask, "Then we are free to go?"
- XXXI
- A SPANISH WILL
- Juan courtesied respectfully to the priest. "My house is yours, Father."
- FRANCISCO RAMIREZ.
- XXXII
- THE DAWN
- THE END