Chapter I: Front Matter

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FRONTISPIECE. _See page 265._]

YELLOW STAR

A STORY OF EAST AND WEST

BY
ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN

Author of “Wigwam Evenings,” “Little
Brother o’ Dreams,” Etc.

_With Illustrations by_
ANGEL DE CORA
AND
WILLIAM LONE STAR

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1911

_Copyright, 1911_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

Published, September, 1911

_Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._

TO WINONA.

(MOUNT HOLYOKE, 1914.)

Dark eyes, that drew their mingled fires
From native kings, and Pilgrim sires,
And fused within one glowing breast
The ardors of the East and West,—

Child of the prairie’s generous sweep,
Your tryst with grave Minerva keep,
Yet first on Wisdom’s roll you’ll find
The sacred love of humankind!

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LAUREL FOLKS 3

II. THE GIRL FROM DAKOTA 20

III. A LESSON IN HISTORY 33

IV. THE-ONE-WHO-WAS-LEFT-ALIVE 46

V. IN WOLCOTT’S WOODS 63

VI. A WILD WEST PERFORMANCE 76

VII. BEHIND THE SCENES 88

VIII. THE RIGHT STUFF 99

IX. GLIMPSES OF OLD AMERICA 112

X. NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL 130

XI. JUST FRIENDS 146

XII. HERBS AND SIMPLES 159

XIII. INDIAN HOSPITALITY 176

XIV. AN END AND A BEGINNING 193

XV. THE SCENE SHIFTS 207

XVI. BY RETURN OF POST 222

XVII. “PRAY FOR MY PEOPLE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN” 238

XVIII. FACING THE SUNRISE 255

ILLUSTRATIONS

“I SEEM TO BE JUST IN TIME, AGAIN, STELLA,”
WAS ALL HE SAID _Frontispiece_

A GIRLISH FIGURE SWUNG DOWN OUT OF THE OLD
APPLE-TREE AND DROPPED LIGHTLY UPON ITS FEET PAGE 16

HE WAS QUIET, EVEN FOR AN INDIAN BABY;
UNNATURALLY QUIET, SHE THOUGHT ” 88

“I WAS ONLY DIGGING MEDICINE,” THE ELF
SOBERLY ANNOUNCED ” 209

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