XVI. AFTER A MISSING MUSTANG 137 XVII. THE GRASS FIGHT, AND WHAT FOLLOWED 145 XVIII. DAN COMES TO GRIEF 154 XIX. THE CAVE IN THE RAVINE 161 XX. FLIGHT AND PURSUIT 169 XXI. WHAT HAPPENED TO RALPH 177 XXII. THE ATTACK ON SAN ANTONIO 185 XXIII. THE SURRENDER OF THE CITY 194 XXIV. A MIDNIGHT DISCOVERY 204 XXV. MARCH OF SANTA ANNA INTO TEXAS 212 XXVI. WILD TURKEYS AND ANOTHER TRAIL 223 XXVII. THE MEXICAN ARMY AT SAN ANTONIO 233 XXVIII. WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MISSION 242 XXIX. THE FALL OF THE ALAMO 250 XXX. ESCAPING TO THE RIVER 257 XXXI. SOMETHING ABOUT GENERAL SAM HOUSTON 265 XXXII. IN WHICH THE TEXAN ARMY FALLS BACK 274 XXXIII. THE VICTORY OF SAN JACINTO 283 XXXIV. BACK TO THE RANCH--CONCLUSION 293 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE "'REMEMBER THE ALAMO! DOWN WITH SANTA ANNA!'" _FRONTISPIECE_ "'YOU SHA'N'T LEAVE THIS SPOT UNTIL YOU GIVE UP THAT DEER, AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT!'" 27 "FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE COMANCHES" 70 "'HOLD ON,' HE CRIED TO HENRY PARKER. 'SOMETHING IS IN THAT BUSH!'" 98 "'HOLD BACK!' YELLED DAN" 157 "'YOU RASCAL! GET BACK, OR I'LL SHOOT!'" 212 "'THAT'S WHAT I CALL A PRETTY GOOD HAUL,' CRIED DAN, ENTHUSIASTICALLY" 229 "HE BEGAN TO LOWER HIMSELF INTO THE HOLE" 258 FOR THE LIBERTY OF TEXAS. CHAPTER I. THE HOME ON THE FRONTIER. "Dan! Dan! Come quick and see what I brought down with the gun!" "Why, Ralph, was that you I heard shooting? I thought it was father." "No; I was out, down by the river bank, and I brought down the finest deer you ever set eyes on. He was under the bunch of pecan-trees, and I let him have it straight in the neck and brought him down the first crack. Now what do you think of that?" Ralph Radbury's rather delicate face was all aglow with excitement and pardonable pride, as he spoke, leaning on his father's gun, a long, old-fashioned affair that had been in the family's possession for many years. Ralph was but a boy of eight, although years of life in the open air had given him the appearance of being older.