The Red House on Rowan Street

'The Red House on Rowan Street' is an adventure novel written by Lily A. Long. The story begins by introducing us to Hugh Burton as he arrives in High Ridge, a small town on the western edge of civilization. He is on a «fool errand» to find and persuade Miss Leslie Underwood to reconsider her refusal to marry his friend Philip Overman. Burton has no desire to linger in this place, but as he is walking towards the Bureau of Information to find Leslie's address, he sees a Native American woman who is selling her beadwork and baskets. A man, who she seems to know, goes down the steps of the railway station, ignoring her and pushing her hand away violently. This causes her baskets to roll down the steps and over the platform, and Hugh intervenes, telling the man to pick them up. The man is angry and tells Hugh to mind his own business before flinging the baskets back at him. Hugh beckons a porter to help the woman, and the man storms off.