"The Slight Figure that Swayed to the Stride of a Galloping Horse"—Chapter XXIX Thurston of Orchard Valley By Harold Bindloss Author of "By Right of Purchase," "Lorimer of the Northwest," "Alton of Somasco," etc. with Frontispiece By W. HERBERT DUNTON A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers ——— New York COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY All rights reserved February, 1910 CONTENTS Thurston of Orchard Valley CHAPTER I