The Branding Iron

The Branding Iron

BY

KATHARINE NEWLIN BURT



GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS                   NEW YORK

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY


COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE RIDGWAY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY KATHARINE N. BURT

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CL

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.


CONTENTS

 

Book One
THE TWO-BAR BRAND

I.   Joan Reads by Firelight   3
II.   Pierre Lays his Hand on a Heart   12
III.   Two Pictures in the Fire   21
IV.   The Sin-Buster   25
V.   Pierre Becomes Alarmed about his Property   32
VI.   Pierre Takes Steps to Preserve his Property   42
VII.   The Judgment of God   51
VIII.   Delirium   56
IX.   Dried Rose-Leaves   61
X.   Prosper Comes to a Decision   72
XI.   The Whole Duty of Woman   80
XII.   A Matter of Taste   91
XIII.   The Training of a Leopardess   100
XIV.   Joan Runs Away   105
XV.   Nerves and Intuition   116
XVI.   The Tall Child   124
XVII.   Concerning Marriage   133

Book Two
THE ESTRAY

I.   A Wild Cat   151
II.   Morena’s Wife   161
III.   Jane   170
IV.   Flight   182
V.   Luck’s Play   191
VI.   Joan and Prosper   205
VII.   Aftermath   215
VIII.   Against the Bars   227
IX.   Gray Envelopes   236
X.   The Spider   255
XI.   The Clean Wild Thing   266
XII.   The Leopardess   284
XIII.   The End of the Trail   300

The Branding Iron

Book One

THE TWO-BAR BRAND


The Branding Iron

Book One: The Two-Bar Brand


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