THE BOY RANGER: OR, THE HEIRESS OF THE GOLDEN HORN. BY OLL COOMES, AUTHOR OF “HAWKEYE HARRY, THE YOUNG TRAPPER RANGER.” NEW YORK: BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS, 98 WILLIAM STREET. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by BEADLE AND ADAMS, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. (P. N. No. 11.) CONTENTS PAGE I. ROLLO, THE RANGER. 9 II. THE “HALTER” OF JUSTICE. 13 III. A PROPOSED MEETING. 19 IV. THE ATTACK. 21 V. OLD TUMULT TO THE RESCUE. 28 VI. OUTWITTED. 35 VII. IN THE HORN OF A DILEMMA. 40 VIII. THE BETROTHAL. 44 IX. A STARTLING SURPRISE. 49 X. A DESPERATE CONFLICT. 55 XI. THE RESULT OF THE FIGHT. 59 XII. THE PIPE OF PEACE. 61 XIII. THE TRAGEDY AT THE LAKE. 69 XIV. A VILLAIN DEFEATED. 72 XV. A STARTLING DISCOVERY. 76 XVI. A SURPRISE. 80 XVII. A REVELATION. 83 THE BOY RANGER; OR, THE HEIRESS OF THE GOLDEN HORN. CHAPTER I. ROLLO, THE RANGER. Over the great plain at a breakneck speed, and down toward the little settlement of Clontarf’s Post, rode a youthful horseman whose fair young face was aglow with health, and whose dark, bright eyes roamed restlessly over the green expanse before him. From beneath a small plumed cap of scarlet velvet, masses of dark-brown hair floated on the wind. He was a mere youth in appearance--of seventeen perhaps, and though he was light of form and lithe of limb, his physical and muscular development was that of perfect manhood. He wore a tunic of dark-blue cloth, ornamented with bright yellow trimmings, and confined at the slender waist with a handsome belt with silver fastenings. Buckskin leggings and buckskin moccasins were upon his tapering limbs and shapely feet.