“I don’t see that you can be of any help, but you may come if you wish. You owe the risk of your own life for the wrong you have done that noble fellow.” “Dat’s what I thinks, Al, and I’m wid you till de last horn blows.” * * * * * Now suppose we join hands in the hunt for Ross Brandley, and leave all the adventures and experiences to be told in ALDEN AMONG THE INDIANS OR THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING PONY EXPRESS RIDER. * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: ――Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). ――Printer’s, punctuation, and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected. ――Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved. ――Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.