- Delafield Affair
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Florence Finch Kelly
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New Mexico's hot, dry winds are taking their toll: cattle suffer long treks to get food and water. But it is not just a hard time for them. Lucy Bancroft has sought a milder climate so she can recover from typhoid fever. She and her father stop to see Curt Conrad, a rancher, on their way to their new home. The two men discuss politics (some of it crooked) at the state level. they also talk about an easterner, a man named Delafield, who years earlier cheated Conrad's father out of his considerable wealth. Curt has vowed to seek revenge on Delafield if he can ever find the crook. thus begins a harrowing tale of determined search and blossoming love in the hot, dry climate of New Mexico.
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- Chapters
- Chapter 1, Part A - Vengeance Avowed
- Chapter 1, Part B - Vengeance Avowed
- Chapters 2 (The Evil That Men Do) and 3 (Mistake, or Blunder?)
- Chapter 4 - The Powers Confer
- Chapter 5 - Chastisement Condign
- Chapter 6 - A Stern Chase
- Chapter 7, Part A - Talk of Many Things
- Chapter 7, Part B - Talk of Many Things
- Chapter 8, Part A - Spectres of the Past
- Chapter 8, Part B - Spectres of the Past
- Chapter 9 - Perils in the Night
- Chapter 10 - By a Hair's Breadth
- Chapter 11 - Battling the Elements
- Chapter 12 - The First Shot
- Chapter 13 - The Second Shot
- Chapter 14 - Three Letters
- Chapter 15 - Villainy Unmasked
- Chapter 16 - Double Bluff
- Chapter 17, Part A - Sentence of Death
- Chapter 17, Part B - Sentence of Death
- Chapter 18, Part A - Plots and Counterplots
- Chapter 18, Part B - Plots and Counterplots
- Chapter 19, Part A - The Word Unspoken
- Chapter 19, Part B - The Word Unspoken
- Chapter 20, Part A - Narrowing the Quest
- Chapter 20, Part B - Narrowing the Quest
- Chapter 21 - The Silent Duel
- Chapter 22, Part A - Reflection and Reaction
- Chapter 22, Part B - Reflection and Reaction
- Chapter 23 - Love to the Rescue
- Chapter 24 - The Heavens Open
- Chapter 25 - Fulfilment of the Law
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