A BREATH OF PRAIRIE
AND OTHER STORIES
By WILL LILLIBRIDGE |
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She wheeled swiftly round, confronting him. [See “Journey’s End.”]
A
BREATH of PRAIRIE
AND OTHER STORIES
BY
WILL LILLIBRIDGE
AUTHOR OF “BEN BLAIR,” “THE DOMINANT DOLLAR,” ETC.
WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY J. N. MARCHAND
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1911
Copyright
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1911
Published April, 1911
W. J. Hall Printing Company
Chicago
A TRIBUTE
It is an accepted truth, I believe, that every novelistembodies in the personalities of his heroes some ofhis own traits of character. Those who were intimatelyacquainted with William Otis Lillibridge could not fail torecognize this in a marked degree. To a casual reader,the heroes of his five novels might perhaps suggest fivetotally different personalities, but one who knows themwell will inevitably recognize beneath the various disguisesthe same dominant characteristics in them all.Whether it be Ben Blair the sturdy plainsman, Bob McLeodthe cripple, Dr. Watson, Darley Roberts, or evenHow Landor the Indian, one finds the same foundationstones of character,––repression, virility, firmness of purpose,an abhorrence of artificiality or affectation,––loveof Nature and of Nature’s works rather than things man-made.And these were unquestionably the pronouncedtraits of Will Lillibridge’s personality. Markedly reserved,silent, forceful, he was seldom found in the placeswhere men congregate, but loved rather the company ofbooks and of the great out-doors. Living practically hisentire life on the prairies it is undoubtedly true that hewa