E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 59548-h.htm or 59548-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/59548/59548-h/59548-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/59548/59548-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/tappansburroothe00grey Transcriber’s note: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. TAPPAN’S BURRO [Illustration] * * * * * * BOOKS BY ZANE GREY _Tappan’s Burro_ _Tales of Lonely Trails_ _To the Last Man_ _Wanderer of the Wasteland_ _The Mysterious Rider_ _The Man of the Forest_ _Tales of Fishes_ _The Desert of Wheat_ _The U. P. Trail_ _Wildfire_ _The Border Legion_ _The Rainbow Trail_ _The Lone Star Ranger_ _The Light of Western Stars_ _Desert Gold_ _The Heritage of the Desert_ _Riders of the Purple Sage_ _The Young Forester_ _The Young Pitcher_ _The Young Lion-Hunter_ _Ken Ward in the Jungle_ HARPER & BROTHERS _Established 1817_ * * * * * * [Illustration: SWAYING BACKWARD, HE FELL INTO THE UPBANKED WALL OF SNOW, AND WENT OUT OF SIGHT, EXCEPT FOR HIS BOOTS, ONE OF WHICH STILL HELD THE CRUDE SNOWSHOE.] TAPPAN’S BURRO AND OTHER STORIES by ZANE GREY Author of “Wanderer of the Wasteland,” “The Mysterious Rider,” “The U. P. Trail,” “Wildfire,” Etc. With Illustrations in Color by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street [Illustration] Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London TAPPAN’S BURRO Copyright, 1923 By Zane Grey Printed in the U. S. A. First Edition [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE I. TAPPAN’S BURRO 1 II. THE GREAT SLAVE 81 III. YAQUI 113 IV. TIGRE 171 V. THE RUBBER HUNTER 203 [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SWAYING BACKWARD, HE FELL INTO THE UPBANKED WALL OF SNOW, AND WENT OUT OF SIGHT, EXCEPT FOR HIS BOOTS, ONE OF WHICH STILL HELD THE CRUDE SNOWSHOE _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE THIS WAS THE SUPREME TEST FOR HIS NEVER PROVEN ENDURANCE. AND HE WAS ALL BUT VANQUISHED 22 ON ALL THE FOUR WINDS BREATHED VOICES WHISPERING OF HIS FUTURE 82 OUT OF THE GRAY FOG BURNED DUSKY EYES HALF VEILED BY DUSKY HAIR--“EMIHIYAH COMES,” SHE SAID. “SIENA WAITS,” HE REPLIED 108