Children of the Desert

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Louis Dodge. Children of the Desert

Children of the Desert

Table of Contents

PART I

HARBORO AND SYLVIA

PART II

THE TIME OF FLAME

PART III

FECTNOR, THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE

PART IV

THE HORSE WITH THE GOLDEN DAPPLES

PART V

A WIND FROM THE NORTH

PART VI

THE GUEST-CHAMBER

PART VII

SYLVIA

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Louis Dodge

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Dunwoodie shook his head. “I figure it out differently. I think he’s really a big chap. He won all the fellows over in the railroad offices—and he was pushed over the heads of some of them when he was given that chief clerkship. And then the way he’s got of standing up to the General Manager and the other magnates. And you’ll notice that if you ever ask him a question he’ll give you an answer that sets you to thinking. He seems to work things out for himself. His mind doesn’t just run along the channel of traditions. I like him all the better because he’s not given to small talk. If there was anything worth while to talk about, I’ll bet you’d always find him saying something worth while.”

“You’re right about his not being strong about traditions. There’s the matter of his marriage. Maybe he knows all about Sylvia—and doesn’t care. He must know about her.”

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