Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE HEART OF
CANYON PASS

By THOMAS K. HOLMES

Author of
_"The Man From Tall Timber" etc._

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with George Sully & Company
Printed in U. S. A.

Copyrighted, 1921 (as a serial).

Copyright, 1921, by
GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY

_All rights reserved_
_Printed in U. S. A._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Discontent at Canyon Pass 1
II. Discontent at Ditson Corners 18
III. A Shadow Thrown Before 30
IV. Philosophy Bound in Homespun 38
V. How the Passonians Took It 46
VI. The Approach 58
VII. The First Trick 69
VIII. A Flower in the Mire 78
IX. A Beginning 91
X. Mutterings of a Storm 99
XI. The Storm About To Burst 111
XII. Tolley's Tale 122
XIII. Plans Are Made 130
XIV. The Great Day Arrives 141
XV. Pep and a Little Pepper 152
XVI. Love and Longing 161
XVII. A Battle in a Girl's Heart 169
XVIII. The Shadow on Betty's Path 177
XIX. A Good Deal of a Man 189
XX. Murder Will Out 197
XXI. The Drama of a Lie 211
XXII. A Face in the Storm 219
XXIII. A Great Light Dawns 229
XXIV. The Barrier Down--for a Moment 237
XXV. Understanding 246
XXVI. Threatening Weather 256
XXVII. Several Conclusions 265
XXVIII. Catastrophe 273
XXIX. His Last Card 286
XXX. Clearing Skies 297

THE HEART OF CANYON PASS