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THE YOUNG HUNTER’S FIRST PRIZE. It was a beautiful scene. Not a cloud marred the vast blue dome of heaven. Autumn reigned supreme in the Lone Star State, where brave Houston fought, and valiant Bowie…
THE KNIGHT AND THE “LADIE FAIR.” A panther and its prey! A panther and its foe! Quickly raising his rifle the young man, with nerves as steady as steel and lips compressed with a fierce courage, took…
THE COMANCHES’ PRIZE. Chauncy could not help wondering why he had not seen the Indians before. The truth of it, however, was, that he had not been on the look-out for them and hence did not see them.…
THE TWO WIZARDS. Chauncy swept the prairie with his eyes in the direction the Donna had gone, but she was not in sight. A feeling of joy went through him, for he knew that she had escaped. The Indian…
TWO QUEER MEN. Chauncy heard a commotion in the village shortly after daybreak. Soon the door of the lodge was opened and a couple of men who had their hands tied behind them just as he did, were thr…
THE CIRCUS-RIDER MAGICIAN. The large council-lodge was filled with Comanche chiefs. Red Buffalo being at the head of the tribe, and the most renowned Indian present, was given the post of honor. The …
A TRIAL OF SPEED FOR SCALPS. Barry got a score of Indians, and soon a complete circus-ring was made, all but the sawdust. The lassoes were stretched around the ring, and then Barry walked his horse i…
THE MANITOU MUST BE OBEYED. The circus-rider was not yet done. He wished to show what his horse could do in the way of tricks, and for half an hour he kept up the performance. The white steed was a c…
THE WHITE WIZARD DRUGS THE GUARD. Chauncy was thrust back into the prison-lodge and two guards posted around it. The Comanches did not mean to let him escape if they could possibly help it. There was…
A WILD RACE FOR LIFE. The trapper was right in thinking that the Comanches would pursue the four whites when they found out their escape. Early in the morning, the chief, Red Buffalo, emerged from hi…
