TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.THE TARANTULA.Page52.“Forest and Fire” Series of Books for Boys————————Across TexasBYEDWARD S. ELLISAuthor of “The Cabin in the Clearing,”&c. &c.T. NELSON AND SONSLondon, Edinburgh, and New York————1894CONTENTS.I.A LETTER AND A TELEGRAM,1II.THROUGH TO TEXAS,10III.IN SAN ANTONIO,20IV.A STARTLING INTERRUPTION,29V.A TEST OF ONE’S NERVES,38VI.TWO GOOD SHOTS,49VII.AN INTRUDER IN CAMP,59VIII.BELL RICKARD,69IX.DEPARTURE OF THE GUEST,78X.DANGER IN THE EAST,87XI.STRANGE PROCEEDINGS,96XII.WHAT DOES IT MEAN?105XIII.AN UNEXPECTED SIGNAL,114XIV.A STRANGE ABSENCE,123XV.CAUGHT FOUL,132XVI.AN ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY,141XVII.THE SOLITARY PURSUER,150XVIII.THE SECOND RANGE OF HILLS,159XIX.IN THE RAVINE,168XX.REINFORCEMENTS,176XXI.THE PURSUIT,186XXII.ACROSS THE BORDER,195XXIII.A RELIC OF OTHER DAYS,204XXIV.A RACE WITH AN AVALANCHE,213XXV.THE RANCH,222XXVI.BELL RICKARD’S SCHEME,230XXVII.WATCHING AND WAITING,239XXVIII.THE SOUND OF A PISTOL,248XXIX.THROUGH THE NIGHT,257XXX.A FIGURE IN THE DARKNESS,266XXXI.THE RETURN,275XXXII.THE ENCOUNTER,284XXXIII.IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS,291XXXIV.A STRANGE DISCOVERY,302XXXV.THROUGH THE LINES AGAIN,311XXXVI.THE DECISION,320XXXVII.THE FINAL CHARGE,329XXXVIII.CONCLUSION,337
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
THE TARANTULA.Page52.“Forest and Fire” Series of Books for Boys————————Across TexasBYEDWARD S. ELLISAuthor of “The Cabin in the Clearing,”&c. &c.T. NELSON AND SONSLondon, Edinburgh, and New York————1894
THE TARANTULA.Page52.
THE TARANTULA.Page52.
THE TARANTULA.
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“Forest and Fire” Series of Books for Boys
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BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS
Author of “The Cabin in the Clearing,”&c. &c.
T. NELSON AND SONSLondon, Edinburgh, and New York————1894
CONTENTS.I.A LETTER AND A TELEGRAM,1II.THROUGH TO TEXAS,10III.IN SAN ANTONIO,20IV.A STARTLING INTERRUPTION,29V.A TEST OF ONE’S NERVES,38VI.TWO GOOD SHOTS,49VII.AN INTRUDER IN CAMP,59VIII.BELL RICKARD,69IX.DEPARTURE OF THE GUEST,78X.DANGER IN THE EAST,87XI.STRANGE PROCEEDINGS,96XII.WHAT DOES IT MEAN?105XIII.AN UNEXPECTED SIGNAL,114XIV.A STRANGE ABSENCE,123XV.CAUGHT FOUL,132XVI.AN ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY,141XVII.THE SOLITARY PURSUER,150XVIII.THE SECOND RANGE OF HILLS,159XIX.IN THE RAVINE,168XX.REINFORCEMENTS,176XXI.THE PURSUIT,186XXII.ACROSS THE BORDER,195XXIII.A RELIC OF OTHER DAYS,204XXIV.A RACE WITH AN AVALANCHE,213XXV.THE RANCH,222XXVI.BELL RICKARD’S SCHEME,230XXVII.WATCHING AND WAITING,239XXVIII.THE SOUND OF A PISTOL,248XXIX.THROUGH THE NIGHT,257XXX.A FIGURE IN THE DARKNESS,266XXXI.THE RETURN,275XXXII.THE ENCOUNTER,284XXXIII.IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS,291XXXIV.A STRANGE DISCOVERY,302XXXV.THROUGH THE LINES AGAIN,311XXXVI.THE DECISION,320XXXVII.THE FINAL CHARGE,329XXXVIII.CONCLUSION,337