GUSTAVE AIMARD

AUTHOR OF "PRAIRIE FLOWER," "THE TREASURE OF PEARLS,"

"PIRATES OF THE PRAIRIES," &c., &c.

LONDON

JOHN and ROBERT MAXWELL

MILTON HOUSE, SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET

AND

35, ST. BRIDE STREET LUDGATE CIRCUS

(From the Collected Novels—1860-1885. Translation by Henry Llewellyn Williams - Edited by Percy B. St John)

CONTENTS

I.THE CREST OF THE CONTINENT

II.THE FALSE PILOT

III.THE MOUNTAINEER'S SNUG CABIN

IV.THE MAN WHO RAN RIGHT INTO TROUBLE

V.THE LONE MAN'S STORY

VI.IN HOSTILE HANDS

VII.CHEROKEE BILL RECRUITING

VIII.THE GOLD GRABBERS

IX.THE RED RIVER HALF-BREEDS

X.THE STORM KING

XI.THE IRRESISTIBLE BAIT

XII.UNDER THE MARK

XIII.THE BEAUTIFUL PRISONER'S FRIEND

XIV.THE COMPACT

XV.AN INGENIOUS INTRODUCTION

XVI.THE THORN OF ROSES

XVII.HOW "FRENCH PAUL" GOT HURT

XVIII.ROSARIO BEGINS TO HOPE

XIX.THE NEST OF TRAITORS

XX.THE UNDERMINER

XXI.THE BEST WAY TO LEARN IS TO LOOK AND LISTEN

XXII.THE LATE VISITOR TO THE LADIES

XXIII.A FOREST LETTER

XXIV.THE YAGER'S "TREATY TALK" WITH OUR HERO

XXV.WE HEAR FROM CHEROKEE BILL

XXVI.THE ALL-POWERFUL EMBLEM

XXVII.THE MOUNTAIN MAN IS REINFORCED

XXVIII.DRAWING TO A HEAD

XXIX.ON THE EVE OF THE ATTACK

XXX.THE HALF-BREED DIES GAME

XXXI.THE WOMEN'S CAMP