The Deserter, and Other StoriesFront matterReading editionChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE DESERTER AND OTHER STORIESILLUSTRATIONS.Chapter I · DISCOVERIES IN THE BARN.Chapter II · A SUDDEN DEPARTURE.Chapter III · FATHER AND SON.Chapter IV · THE "MEANEST WORD."Chapter V · THE DEPUTY MARSHAL.Chapter VI · A HOME IN THE WOODS.Chapter VII · ANOTHER CHASE AFTER MOSE.Chapter I · THE VALLEY OF DEATH.Chapter II · LAFE RECONNOITRES THE VALLEY.Chapter III · THE BOUNTY-JUMPER.Chapter IV · RED PETE IN CAPTIVITY.Chapter V · LAFE RESCUES AN OFFICER, AND FINDS HIS COUSIN.Chapter I · THE MAKING OF A SOLDIER.Chapter II · A BURST FOR FREEDOM.Chapter III · A STRANGE CHRISTMAS EVE.Chapter IV · UP IN THE WORLD.Chapter I · HUGH THE WRITER.Chapter II · SIR HEREWARD'S RING.Chapter III · HOW HUGH MET THE PRINCE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE DESERTER AND OTHER STORIESAll chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE DESERTER AND OTHER STORIESILLUSTRATIONS.Chapters1234567123451234123Frontispiece"I'll unlock it bimeby—maybe." (See page 91.)◇THE DESERTER AND OTHER STORIES →