Corrections by: Rick Fane
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THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT

A NOVEL

BY

ZANE GREY




I
THE SIGN OF THE SUNSET


"BUT the man's almost dead."

The words stung John Hare's fainting spirit into life. He opened his
eyes. The desert still stretched before him, the appalling thing that
had overpowered him with its deceiving purple distance. Near by stood a
sombre group of men.

"Leave him here," said one, addressing a gray-bearded giant. "He's the
fellow sent into southern Utah to spy out the cattle thieves. He's all