CONTENTS. CHAPTER I Moonlight on the Rio Gila CHAPTER II Tom Hardynge's Ruse CHAPTER III Pursued by the Apaches CHAPTER IV Outwitted CHAPTER V An Alarming Message CHAPTER VI The Two Scouts CHAPTER VII The Cavalry Escort CHAPTER VIII In Devil's Pass CHAPTER IX Among the Apaches CHAPTER X Lone Wolf CHAPTER XI Surrounded by Danger CHAPTER XII "The Hour has Come" CHAPTER XIII The Flight CHAPTER XIV Pursued CHAPTER XV In the Solitude CHAPTER XVI Among the Mountains CHAPTER XVII A Mysterious Camp Fire CHAPTER XVIII The Indian Fight CHAPTER XIX A Terrible Meeting CHAPTER XX White vs. Red CHAPTER XXI Friends Together CHAPTER XXII Anxious Waiting CHAPTER XXIII The Death Shot CHAPTER XXIV The Buffaloes CHAPTER XXV Alone Again CHAPTER XXVI Capturing a Mustang CHAPTER XXVII A Run for Life CHAPTER XXVIII A Great Misfortune CHAPTER XXIX The Lone Camp Fire CHAPTER XXX Fighting a Grizzly CHAPTER XXXI Sleep CHAPTER XXXII Reunited CHAPTER XXXIII Closing in CHAPTER XXXIV Hurricane Hill CHAPTER XXXV The Sentinel CHAPTER XXXVI A Desperate Scheme CHAPTER XXXVII The Two Defenders CHAPTER XXXVIII Hand to Hand CHAPTER XXXIX Conclusion LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE WARRIOR HAD NOT TIME TO RECOVER * * * WHEN TOM GRASPED HIM BY THE THROAT. NED TRIED THE SCARE GAME AGAIN, FLINGING UP HIS ARMS AND SHOUTING "THIS 'ERE IS A LITTLE ROW YOU KIN SETTLE WITH ME, INSTEAD OF THAT BOY THAR." STILL NEARER, UNTIL IT APPEARED AS IF HE HAD TO MAKE BUT A SINGLE LEAP FORWARD. THE FRONTIER ANGEL A Romance Of Kentucky Rangers' Life By Edward S. Ellis CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. The Night before the Departure 9 II. The Fate of the Flat-Boat 21 III. The Two Scouts 46 IV. The Faint Hope 59 V. The Mysterious Warning 70 VI. The Frontier Angel—The Shawnees 83 VII. The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties 90 VIII. A Man in Trouble 105 IX. Peter Jenkins—A Couple of Speeches 127 X. In which there is a Future Account of the Shawnees, the Speakers, and Jenkins 139 XI. A Prize Gained and Lost 151 XII. A Mingling of Fear, Doubt, and Hope 174 XIII. Dark 189 XIV. The Attack in the Wood 201 XV. "All's Well that Ends Well." 225 ILLUSTRATIONS Jim Peterson Questioning the Frontier Angel Frontispiece PAGE "For God's sake come and take me off, for they are after me." 33 The Frontier Angel 39 "Onward they poured, shouting like madmen." 45 "Whosomever is on that flat-boat ain't living, that's sartin." 51 "'O Lord, I'm shot,' suddenly exclaimed Jenkins." 81 "Before he could rise the Indians were upon him." 108 "The Frontier Angel gazed calmly on him a moment." 126 "'Mr. Thomas McGable, Esq., I believe,' said Peterson with much gravity, without removing the aim of his rifle." 156 "'Quick! water; she has fainted,' exclaimed Mansfield." 229 "Then die—!" 244 THE LAUNCH BOYS' CRUISE IN THE DEERFOOT By Edward S. Ellis Author of "The Flying Boys Series," "Deerfoot Series," etc., etc. Illustrated By Burton Donnel Hughes