Front matter

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OUR HOME IN THE SILVER WEST

A Story of Struggle and Adventure

BY

GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N.

AUTHOR OF 'THE CRUISE OF THE SNOWBIRD,' 'WILD ADVENTURES ROUND THE POLE,'

ETC., ETC.

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY

56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard

and 164 Piccadilly

Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,

london and bungay.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Highland Feud. 11

II. Our Boyhood's Life. 23

III. A Terrible Ride. 30

IV. The Ring and the Book. 44

V. A New Home in the West. 54

VI. The Promised Land at Last. 64

VII. On Shore at Rio. 77

VIII. Moncrieff Relates His Experiences. 86

IX. Shopping and Shooting. 96

X. A Journey That Seems Like a Dream. 106

XI. The Tragedy at the Fonda. 115

XII. Attack by Pampa Indians. 125

XIII. The Flight and the Chase. 134

XIV. Life on an Argentine Estancia. 146

XV. We Build our House and Lay Out Gardens. 155

XVI. Summer in the Silver West. 165

XVII. The Earthquake. 175

XVIII. Our Hunting Expedition. 185

XIX. In the Wilderness. 197

XX. The Mountain Crusoe. 209

XXI. Wild Adventures on Prairie and Pampas. 221

XXII. Adventure With a Tiger. 231

XXIII. A Ride for Life. 244

XXIV. The Attack on the Estancia. 255

XXV. The Last Assault. 266

XXV Farewell to the Silver West. 279

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

The Figure Springs into the Air Frontispiece

Orla thrusts his Muzzle into my Hand 10

Ray lay Stark and Stiff 18

'Look! He is Over!' 33

He pointed his Gun at me 41

'I'll teach ye!' 74

Fairly Noosed 99

'Ye can Claw the Pat' 138

Comical in the Extreme 195

Tries to steady himself to catch the Lasso 203

Interview with the Orang-outang 214

On the same Limb of the Tree 236

The Indians advanced with a Wild Shout 268

OUR HOME IN THE SILVER WEST