Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) EDWARD STRATEMEYER'S BOOKS Old Glory Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. UNDER DEWEY AT MANILA. UNDER OTIS IN THE PHILIPPINES. A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA. THE CAMPAIGN OF THE JUNGLE. FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS. UNDER MacARTHUR IN LUZON. Soldiers of Fortune Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. ON TO PEKIN. AT THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR. UNDER THE MIKADO'S FLAG. WITH TOGO FOR JAPAN. Colonial Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST. ON THE TRAIL OF PONTIAC. MARCHING ON NIAGARA. THE FORT IN THE WILDERNESS. AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL. TRAIL AND TRADING POST. Mexican War Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. FOR THE LIBERTY OF TEXAS. UNDER SCOTT IN MEXICO. WITH TAYLOR ON THE RIO GRANDE. Pan-American Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. LOST ON THE ORINOCO. YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZON. THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS. TREASURE SEEKERS OF THE ANDES. YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS. CHASED ACROSS THE PAMPAS. Dave Porter Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. DAVE PORTER AT OAK HALL. DAVE PORTER IN THE FAR NORTH. DAVE PORTER IN THE SOUTH SEAS. DAVE PORTER AND HIS CLASSMATES. DAVE PORTER'S RETURN TO SCHOOL. DAVE PORTER AT STAR RANCH. DAVE PORTER AND HIS RIVALS. Lakeport Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. THE GUN CLUB BOYS OF LAKEPORT. THE FOOT BALL BOYS OF LAKEPORT. THE BASEBALL BOYS OF LAKEPORT. THE AUTOMOBILE BOYS OF LAKEPORT. THE BOAT CLUB BOYS OF LAKEPORT. American Boys' Biographical Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $1.25. AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY. AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Stratemeyer Popular Series _Fifteen Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume_ $0.75. * * * * * DEFENDING HIS FLAG. _Price_ $1.50. [Illustration: "'REMEMBER THE ALAMO! DOWN WITH SANTA ANNA!'"] Mexican War Series FOR THE LIBERTY OF TEXAS BY EDWARD STRATEMEYER Author of "With Taylor on the Rio Grande," "Under Scott in Mexico," "Dave Porter Series," "Old Glory Series," "Pan-American Series," "Lakeport Series," etc. _ILLUSTRATED BY LOUIS MEYNELLE_ BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Copyright, 1900, by Dana Estes & Company Copyright, 1909, by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. _All Rights Reserved_ For the Liberty of Texas SET UP AND ELECTROTYPED BY COLONIAL PRESS, BOSTON Printed by BERWICK & SMITH CO., NORWOOD PREFACE. "For the Liberty of Texas" is a tale complete in itself, but it forms the first of a line of three volumes to be known under the general title of the "Mexican War Series."