BY ROBERT AMES BENNET AUTHOR OF "FOR THE WHITE CHRIST," "INTO THE PRIMITIVE," ETC. With four Illustrations in color by CHARLOTTE WEBER-DITZLER CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG and CO. 1909 Copyright By A. C. McCLURG and Co. 1909 Published October 2, 1909 Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All rights reserved THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. TO ONE WHO FOLLOWED AFTER PIKE TO THE GRAND PEAK HALF A CENTURY LATER MY FATHER "'We go in now, senorita,' I said, offering her my arm"