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.) Little Wolf. A TALE OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER. BY MRS. M. A. CORNELIUS. CINCINNATI: JOURNAL AND MESSENGER, No. 178 ELM STREET. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by MRS. M. A. CORNELIUS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. CONTENTS: CHAPTER I. A sad breakfast--The Sherman Family--The Language of Flowers--What a Young Man was sure of--The Parting 5 CHAPTER II. Pendleton--The Revelation at the Saloon--Euphonious names--The Encounter--Our Heroine Appears and Highwaymen Disappear 19 CHAPTER III. A Reign of Confusion--Bloody Jim--Little Wolf's Allies Prepare for Defence--Family Trouble 30 CHAPTER IV. More Troubles--Who was Bloody Jim--His Attempt at Kidnapping Little Wolf--The Cause of His Hatred and the Terror he Inspired 41 CHAPTER V. Dr. Goodrich leaves with Daddy as Guide--Daddy's War-like Preparations--His Testimony to the Curse of Strong Drink--What they Discovered on their way to the Village 53 CHAPTER VI. The Saloon Keeper--Comforting Reflections--The Unwelcome Call--Diabolical Plotting 70 CHAPTER VII. Music--The Warning--Preparations for Winter Interrupted--The Welcome Boat 77 CHAPTER VIII. The Love-letter--Discussion--A Quick Ride--Too Late--Violence and Death 89 CHAPTER IX. Bloody Jim's Advantages--The Fainting Captive--The Tragic Quarrel--Outwitted at Last--The Refuge 100 CHAPTER X. The Kidnapper's Surprise--On the Wrong Track--Bloody Jim's Capture--The Rotten Plank 108 CHAPTER XI. Harmless Conspiracy--The Ghost--The Wife Murderer--Tippling and Tattling--Misrepresentations 119 CHAPTER XII. The Cottage in the Grove--The Disguise--Back to Health--Impatience--Searching the Box--Antoinette La Clair's Story 129 CHAPTER XIII. Twofold Agony--Dr. Goodrich's Promise--Home Again--Lilly Foot--The Convalescent--The Neighborhood Wedding--News from Chimney Rock--The Sherman Family at the West 146