He looked across the prairie towards the young man in the buggy.

"Sure, he is a builder. He has the Cortez eye. He sees far off, and
plans big things. But Felix Marchand there--"

He stopped short.

"Such men must be, perhaps," he added. Then, after a moment, as he gazed
round again upon the land of promise which he had loved so long, he
murmured as one murmurs a prayer:

"Thou suferedst men to ride over our heads: we went through fire and
water, and Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place."




BOOK I

I. "THE DRUSES ARE UP!"
II. THE WHISPER FROM BEYOND
III. CONCERNING INGOLBY AND THE TWO TOWNS
IV. THE COMING OF JETHRO FAWE
V. "BY THE RIVER STARZKE....IT WAS SO DONE"
VI. THE UNGUARDED FIRES
VII. IN WHICH THE PRISONER GOES FREE