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Clifford Josephine. Overland Tales
Overland Tales
Table of Contents
PREFACE
LA GRACIOSA
JUANITA
HETTY'S HEROISM
A WOMAN'S TREACHERY
THE GENTLEMAN FROM SISKIYOU
SOMETHING ABOUT MY PETS
POKER-JIM
THE TRAGEDY AT MOHAWK STATION
LONE LINDEN
MANUELA
THE ROMANCE OF GILA BEND
A LADY IN CAMP
THE GOLDEN LAMB
IT OCCURRED AT TUCSON
A BIT OF "EARLY CALIFORNIA."
HER NAME WAS SYLVIA
CROSSING THE ARIZONA DESERTS
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD LETTERS
MARCHING WITH A COMMAND
TO TEXAS, AND BY THE WAY
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN NEW MEXICO
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Josephine Clifford
Published by Good Press, 2019
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They set out on their Southern trip, a grand cavalcade; Don Pedro on a charger a little taller, a little blacker than Nora's horse; in the light wagon Anna and her husband, and behind them a heavier wagon containing all that a leisurely journey through a thinly populated country made desirable. For attendance they had Domingi, the Don's favorite servant, two vaqueros, and an under-servant, all mounted on hardy mustangs. Never did picnic party, intent on a day's pleasuring, leave home in higher spirits. The fresh morning air brought the color to Nora's cheeks, and her musical laugh rang out through the Valley; and when they passed one of the little lakes, all placid and glistening in the bright sun, Nora turned to her companion with a smile: "I don't think those lakes were meant to drown one's self in, at all; they were made to cast reflections. See?" and she pointed to herself, graceful and erect, mirrored in the clear water.
"Oh, Graciosa," murmured the Spaniard.
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