Library
Search
22 Chapters
THE SURVEYORS’ CAMP. The surveying party were camped upon the banks of the Columbia River, a short distance from the mouth of its confluent, the Yakima. This party consisted of the two surveyors—Owen…
THE ARROW MESSAGE. Percy Vere explained this mission to the old hunter. His father had been missing for years. He was an eccentric character, and professed spiritualism, astrology, ventriloquism, and…
SMOHOLLER’S FIEND. “What does this mean?” added Lieutenant Gardiner, having read this singular scroll aloud. “A game of bluff!” answered the irrepressible Percy Cute. “Let’s see him, and go two bette…
SMOHOLLER’S ANGEL. When the smoke of the rifles cleared away the fiend had vanished from the cliff, and the crimson light had died away. The silvery beams of the moon played hide and seek among the p…
THE SCOUTING PARTY. In the morning, after partaking of breakfast, Gummery Glyndon prepared for his scout. During this, he was urged by Percy Vere to allow him and his cousin to accompany him. 29 The …
FINDING THE TRAIL. The rapid strides of the old guide carried him half-way across the little valley between the cliffs: then he paused suddenly, and resting the butt of his long rifle upon the ground…
A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. “After us?” repeated Percy Vere, in some consternation. “Just so,” replied Glyndon, calmly. “Then we had better git up and ’git,” suggested Percy Cute. “Let’s get back to camp.…
THE PROPHET-CHIEF. The savages were loth to be cheated of their prey. “Six of our braves have fallen,” replied the warrior who had before spoken, “and the gray hunter has escaped. The blood of our br…
CONJURATION. “Speak!” repeated the Prophet, and the shrill tones of his voice arose in a menacing manner. “Why don’t you go to our camp, and find out?” suggested Cute, in a sarcastical manner. “Hush!…
ONEOTAH. To say that the boys were surprised by these words would inadequately describe the emotion that seized upon them as they listened to them—they were literally dumbfounded. “Great heavens! thi…
