E-text prepared by Al Haines [Frontispiece: Side by side, they rode off into the desert sunset.] THE HEART OF THE DESERT (KUT-LE OF THE DESERT) By HONORÉ WILLSIE Author of "Still Jim" With Frontispiece In Colors By V. HERBERT DUNTON A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 114-120 East Twenty-third Street —— New York PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY