VANGUARDS
OF THE PLAINS

[Illustration: I COULD NOT SPEAK THEN, FOR ONE SENTENCE WAS RINGING IN
MY EARS--"I WAS ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU"]

VANGUARDS OF
THE PLAINS

A ROMANCE OF THE OLD SANTA FÉ TRAIL

BY
MARGARET HILL McCARTER

AUTHOR OF
_The Price of the Prairie_

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

[Illustration]

VANGUARDS OF THE PLAINS

1917, Harper & Brothers
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