20 Chapters
MUZZLE TO MUZZLE, AND WHO WILL WIN? It was now a very exciting, and yet, on the plains, a common scene, that the sun looked down upon. First came the four whites, the circus-rider going along as easy…
CHASED BY THE FLAMES. A loud, clear, singular yell sounded over the plain. It was given by Red Buffalo himself, and the hunter knew just what it meant. The Indians were about to attack them in force.…
FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE. Anxiously the four men watched the fire they had kindled, and as it grew larger and stronger, and rushed onward more rapidly, a loud cheer came from their lips, for they saw …
A BRILLIANT EXPLOIT WITH AN UMBRELLA. We will now follow the naturalist, and see what had befallen him. When he left his comrades, he wandered around in every direction, his keen little eyes peering …
WHY RALPH WAS CALLED THE “HUNTER HERCULES.” How the naturalist happened to think of this very extraordinary idea, none of the others knew. They saw, however, that it had proved a success, and that wa…
DONNA IOLA MEETS THE TRAILERS. We will now return to the Donna Iola, whom we have left altogether too long, to follow the fortunes of our hero. The young girl would have felt very glad had Chauncy bu…
A STERN CHASE IS GENERALLY A LONG ONE. After Ralph had finished his yarn, the whites sat for some time talking around the fire. The afternoon began to rapidly draw to a close, and darkness was soon a…
RED BUFFALO MEETS HIS FATE. The fugitives were slowly but surely losing ground, and so they urged their horses to the utmost. For the next mile they managed to keep up the distance between them and t…
HILT TO HILT AND FACE TO FACE. As the Comanches saw their leader fall, they uttered a thundering yell of rage, and came like a thunderbolt against the little band of whites. This was echoed by a chor…
WINDING UP THE TALE. The band of horsemen and the Comanches had long since disappeared in the distance. The moon continued to look down from the clear sky as though smiling with joy at the escape of …