Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .50 The Three Weavers .50 Keeping Tryst .50 The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .50 The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .50 The Jester's Sword .50 Asa Holmes 1.00 L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass. * * * * * [Illustration: It would have been joy to her soul could she have seen herself---- MARY WARE IN TEXAS Chap XIII] MARY WARE IN TEXAS by ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother," "Ole Mammy's Torment," "Joel: A Boy of Galilee," "Asa Holmes," etc. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill [Illustration] Boston * L. C. Page & Company * MDCCCCX Copyright, 1910, By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated) Entered at Stationer's Hall, London All rights reserved First Impression, October, 1910 Electrotyped and Printed by The Colonial Press C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A. TO F. V. P. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. IN SAN ANTONIO 1 II. IN SEARCH OF A HOME 25 III. THE LITTLE TOWN OF BAUER 51 IV. MARY FINDS GAY 71 V. AT FORT SAM HOUSTON 93 VI. ON THE CREEK-BANK 116 VII. CHRISTMAS 139 VIII. "DIE KLEINEN TEUFEL" 171 IX. AT THE BARNABY RANCH 198 X. IN JOYCE'S STUDIO 230 XI. PHIL GOES TO WARWICK HALL 259 XII. IN "BLUE-BONNET" TIME 284 XIII. JACK 308 XIV. SAN JACINTO DAY 329 XV. NEW TRAILS 353 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JOY TO HER SOUL COULD SHE HAVE SEEN HERSELF" (_See page 308_) _Frontispiece_ "'WHAT AN ADORABLE LITTLE CURL!'" 7 "A DASHING GIRL IN KHAKI AND A COWBOY HAT, ASTRIDE A FIERY LITTLE MUSTANG" 59 "HE . . . SEATED HIMSELF BESIDE HER, COFFEE-CUP IN HAND" 113 "SHE SENT THE BOAT DOWN STREAM WITH LONG, SWIFT STROKES" 134 "THREE ALERT AND EXPECTANT LITTLE FIGURES SAT IN A ROW ON THE STEPS" 198 "LEANING AGAINST THE MANTEL, LOOKED DOWN AT HER, THOUGHTFULLY" 263 "'WELL, I'M GOING AWAY AND I MAY NOT SEE YOU AGAIN'" 375 MARY WARE IN TEXAS CHAPTER I IN SAN ANTONIO