Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team [Illustration: "The outlaws entered Cade's Canyon amid the mountains and finally reached an old hut." (See page 63)] FRANK MERRIWELL'S BRAVERY BY BURT L. STANDISH Author of "Frank Merriwell's School Days," "Frank Merriwell's Chums," etc. [Illustration: logo for Boys' Own Library] PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER 610 SOUTH WASHINGTON SQUARE Copyright, 1903 By STREET & SMITH Frank Merriwell's Bravery CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I--Two Travelers 9 II--"Hands up!" 16 III--A Thrilling Accusation 21 IV--For Life and Honor 29 V--Hurried to Jail 35 VI--Solomon Shows His Nerve 43 VII--In Jail 50 VIII--The Lynchers 55 IX--The Assault on the Jail 62 X--In Cade's Canyon 68 XI--Black Harry Appears 73 XII--A Chance in a Thousand 77 XIII--A Thrilling Rescue 84 XIV--Walter Clyde's Story 90 XV--Professor Septemas Scudmore 96 XVI--The Mad Inventor 102 XVII--Gone 109 XVIII--Miskel 114 XIX--Old Solitary 122 XX--Mouth of the Cave 130 XXI--Human Beasts 137 XXII--Professor Scudmore Returns 145 XXIII--Last of the Danites 152 XXIV--Yellowstone Park 159 XXV--Fay 164 XXVI--Old Rocks 170 XXVII--The Hermit 176 XXVIII--Vanishing of Little Fay 181 XXIX--Face to Face 188 XXX--Search for the Trail 195 XXXI--A Fight with Grizzlies 201 XXXII--Trailed Down 207 XXXIII--The Rescue 214 XXXIV--In Sand Cave 219 XXXV--A Peculiar Girl 231 XXXVI--Friends and Foes 237 XXXVII--Boy Shadowers 243 XXXVIII--"Queer" Money 249 XXXIX--Pursued 255 XL--Eluded 261 XLI--Big Gabe 267 XLII--Over the Precipice 273 XLIII--A Frightful Peril 280 XLIV--A Girl's Mad Leap 285 XLV--Queen of the Counterfeiters 292 XLVI--After the Fight 298 [Transcriber's Note: The following list of illustrations has been created for this electronic edition. Some illustrations have been moved to positions closer to their appearance in the text.] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS