The 9th Continent Eyes of Horus

To Benjamin H. Pearson``Student, Artist, Gentlemanin appreciation of the friendship that began on the "Pipe-Line Trail," at the camp in the sycamores back of the old orchard, and among the higher peaks of the San Bernardinos; and because this story will always mean more to him than to any one else,--this book, with all good wishes, isDedicated.H. B. W."Tecolote Rancho,"April 13, 1914."I have learnedTo look on Nature not as in the hourOf thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimesThe sad, still music of humanity,Not harsh or grating, though of ample powerTo chasten and subdue.