[Illustration: "He pushed out beyond the shadows of the trees."] JESSE JAMES' BOLD STROKE OR The Double Bank Robbery BY WILLIAM WARD Jesse and his band while passing through Colorado on their way east have many exciting adventures. The great desperado is captured by the Indians, after a battle with United States Cavalry and is rescued by an Indian maiden. He blows up an Indian village with dynamite and performs other of the daring feats for which he was so noted during his career. In a mining city in Colorado, he saves the life of a sheriff and robs two banks, from which he and his men carry away more than a hundred thousand dollars. ADVENTURE SERIES No. 31 Copyright, 1909, by The Arthur Westbrook Company Published by THE ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY, CLEVELAND, U.S.A. CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. Indians 7 II. Tied to the Stake 13 III. The Flight from the Cliff 29 IV. The Strange Battle in the Witch's Cave 39 V. A Desperate Charge 51 VI. The Race for Life 59 VII. Dew Drop Again to the Rescue 68 VIII. In the Fatal Circle 76 IX. When the Earth Fell Apart 85 X. In a Living Tomb 94 XI. Jesse James' Desperate Leap 103 XII. In the Hands of the Redskins 111 XIII. Under the Branding Iron 124 XIV. Jesse Takes a Terrible Revenge 142 XV. The Battle of the Blades 156 XVI. The Fight in the Golden Arrow 175 XVII. The Double Bank Robbery 181 XVIII. Conclusion 188 Jesse James' Bold Stroke OR The Double Bank Robbery. CHAPTER I. INDIANS! "Look! Look!" The cry was uttered by the foremost of a little band of horsemen riding slowly in single file over the rocky bed of what had once been a raging torrent. Darkness was descending over the canyon-traversed wilds of Southern Colorado and the air was hot and still. Towering high above them, sinister and awesome in the half light rose solid walls of rock. And as the leader of the little band had rounded a jutting crag, he beheld a sight that had brought the startled cry to his lips. Far down the canyon, two fires glowed, seeming, in the darkness, like the luminous eyes of some wild monster. Roused by the exclamation of their companion, the others drew rein, peering intently ahead of them.