SCIENCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _This being the Story of a Cow Puncher, an Osteopath, and a Cross-eyed Horse_ CHAPTER XVI THE PARTITION OF HEART'S DESIRE _Concerning Real Estate, Love, Friendship, and Other Good and Valuable Considerations_ CHAPTER XVII TREASON AT HEART'S DESIRE _Showing the Dilemma of Dan Anderson, the Doubt of Leading Citizens, and the Artless Performance of a Pastoral Prevaricator_ CHAPTER XVIII THE MEETING AT HEART'S DESIRE _How Benevolent Assimilation was checked by Unexpected Events_ CHAPTER XIX COMMERCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _Showing Wonders of the Thirst of McGinnis, and the Faith of Whiteman the Jew_ CHAPTER XX MEDICINE AT HEART'S DESIRE _How the Girl from the States kept the Set of Twins from being broken_ CHAPTER XXI JUSTICE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Story of a Sheriff and Some Bad Men; showing also a Day's Work, and a Man's Medicine_ CHAPTER XXII ADVENTURE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Strange Story of the King of Gee-Whiz, and his Unusual Experience in Foreign Parts_ CHAPTER XXIII PHILOSOPHY AT HEART'S DESIRE _Showing further the Uncertainty of Human Events, and the Exceeding Resourcefulness of Mr. Thomas Osby_ CHAPTER XXIV THE CONSPIRACY AT HEART'S DESIRE _This being the Story of a Sheepherder, Two Warm Personal Friends, and their Love-letter to a Beautiful Queen_ CHAPTER XXV ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ CHAPTER XXVI THE GIRL AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Story of a Surprise, a Success, and Something Else Very Much Better_ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece: "He looked up--to see _her_ standing at his door!" "'The umpire decides that you've got to check your guns during the game.'" "A voice which sang of a face that was the fairest, and of a dark blue eye." "'Something has got to be did, and did mighty blame quick.'" HEART'S DESIRE CHAPTER I THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_