Produced by Patrick Hopkins, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) Transcriber's Note - The position of some illustrations has been changed to improve readability. - Words surrounded by =equal signs= should be interpreted as being in bold type. - In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization have been retained as in the original publication. - Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. - Significant typographical errors have been corrected. A full list of these corrections is available in the Transcriber's Corrections section at the end of the book. * * * * * THE FRONTIER ANGEL [Illustration] EDWARD S. ELLIS [Illustration: JIM PETERSON QUESTIONING THE FRONTIER ANGEL.] THE FRONTIER ANGEL A ROMANCE OF KENTUCKY RANGERS' LIFE BY EDWARD S. ELLIS AUTHOR OF "BILL BIDDON, TRAPPER," "FAMOUS AMERICAN NAVAL COMMANDERS," "GOLDEN ROCK," ETC. NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY HURST & COMPANY. 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 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Jim Peterson Questioning the Frontier Angel FRONTISPIECE PAGE "For God's sake come and take me off, for they are after me." 33