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Cyrus Townsend Brady. The Chalice Of Courage
The Chalice Of Courage
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"Leave me to myself, I would not take the finest, noblest man on earth—"
PREFACE
BOOK I. THE HIGHER LAW
BOOK II. THE EAST AND THE WEST
BOOK III. FORGETTING AND FORGOT
BOOK IV. OH YE ICE AND SNOW, PRAISE YE THE LORD
BOOK V. THE CUP IS DRAINED
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE CHALICE OF COURAGE
(Courtesy of The Outlook)
BOOK I
THE HIGHER LAW
CHAPTER I
THE CUP THAT WOULD NOT PASS
CHAPTER II
ALONE UPON THE TRAIL
BOOK II
THE EAST AND THE WEST
CHAPTER III
THE YOUNG LADY FROM PHILADELPHIA
CHAPTER IV
THE GAME PLAYED IN THE USUAL WAY
CHAPTER V
THE STORY AND THE LETTERS
"Read the letters," he said. "They'll tell the story. Good night."
CHAPTER VI
THE POOL AND THE WATER SPRITE
CHAPTER VII
THE BEAR, THE MAN AND THE FLOOD
CHAPTER VIII
DEATH, LIFE AND THE RESURRECTION
BOOK III
FORGETTING AND FORGOT
CHAPTER IX
A WILD DASH FOR THE HILLS
CHAPTER X
A TELEGRAM AND A CALLER
CHAPTER XI
"OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY"
"Wait! I am a woman, absolutely alone, entirely at your mercy"
CHAPTER XII
ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE DOOR
CHAPTER XIII
THE LOG HUT IN THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XIV
A TOUR OF INSPECTION
CHAPTER XV
THE CASTAWAYS OF THE MOUNTAINS
BOOK IV
OH YE ICE AND SNOW, PRAISE YE THE LORD
CHAPTER XVI
THE WOMAN'S HEART
CHAPTER XVII
THE MAN'S HEART
CHAPTER XVIII
THE KISS ON THE HAND
CHAPTER XIX
THE FACE IN THE LOCKET
CHAPTER XX
THE STRENGTH OF THE WEAK
BOOK V
THE CUP IS DRAINED
CHAPTER XXI
THE CHALLENGE OF THE RANGE
CHAPTER XXII
THE CONVERGING TRAILS
CHAPTER XXIII
THE ODDS AGAINST HIM
CHAPTER XXIV
THE LAST RESORT OF KINGS AND MEN
It was all up with Armstrong
CHAPTER XXV
THE BECOMING END
CHAPTER XXVI
THE DRAUGHT OF JOY
THE END
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
A Romance of Colorado
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They had started from their last camp early in the morning. It had been mid-day when she fell and long after noon when he killed her and lapsed into merciful oblivion. It was dusk in the cañon when he came to life again. The sun was still some distance above the horizon, but the jutting walls of the great pass cut off the light, the butte top was in ever deepening shadow.
I have often wondered what were the feelings of Lazarus when he was called back to life by the great cry of his Lord. "Hither—Out!" Could that transition from the newer way of death to the older habit of living have been accomplished without exquisite anguish and pain, brief, sudden, but too sacred, like his other experiences, to dwell upon in mortal hours?
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