Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THROUGH APACHE LAND BY LIEUT. R. H. JAYNE AUTHOR OF "LOST IN THE WILDERNESS," "IN THE PECOS COUNTRY," "THE CAVE IN THE MOUNTAIN," ETC. NEW YORK THE MERSHON COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyrighted, 1893, BY THE PRICE-MCGILL CO. [Illustration: THE WARRIOR HAD NOT TIME TO RECOVER * * * WHEN TOM GRASPED HIM BY THE THROAT.] CONTENTS. I--Moonlight on the Rio Gila II--Tom Hardynge's Ruse III--Pursued by the Apaches IV--Outwitted V--An Alarming Message VI--The Two Scouts VII--The Cavalry Escort VIII--In Devil's Pass IX--Among the Apaches X--Lone Wolf XI--Surrounded by Danger XII--"The Hour has Come" XIII--The Flight XIV--Pursued XV--In the Solitude XVI--Among the Mountains XVII--A Mysterious Camp Fire XVIII--The Indian Fight XIX--A Terrible Meeting XX--White vs. Red XXI--Friends Together XXII--Anxious Waiting XXIII--The Death Shot XXIV--The Buffaloes XXV--Alone Again XXVI--Capturing a Mustang XXVII--A Run for Life XXVIII--A Great Misfortune XXIX--The Lone Camp Fire XXX--Fighting a Grizzly XXXI--Sleep XXXII--Reunited XXXIII--Closing in XXXIV--Hurricane Hill XXXV--The Sentinel XXXVI--A Desperate Scheme XXXVII--The Two Defenders XXXVIII--Hand to Hand XXXIX--Conclusion THROUGH APACHE LAND. CHAPTER I. MOONLIGHT ON THE RIO GILA. Along the eastern bank a small Indian canoe, containing a single individual, was stealing its way--"hugging" the shore so as to take advantage of the narrow band of shadow that followed the winding of the stream. There were no trees on either side of the river, but this portion was walled in by bluffs, rising from three or four to fully twenty feet in height. The current was sluggish and not a breath of air wrinkled the surface on this mild summer night.