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CONTENTS.I. DANGER AHEADII. THE VOICELESS FRIENDIII. COMPANIONS IN PERILIV. TIM BROPHY'S DISCOVERYV. LEAVING THE RANCHVI. TIMOTHY BROPHY, ESQ., AT YOUR SERVICEVII. STIRRING TIMESVIII. STARCUSIX. ON THE BANK OF A STREAMX. BENT ARM AND HIS BANDXI. AT BAYXII. FACING WESTWARDXIII. IN THE FRINGE OF THE WOODSXIV. TURNED BACKXV. MISSINGXVI. A THIEF OF THE NIGHTXVII. THROUGH THE WOODXVIII. NIGHT AND MORNINGXIX. A STARTLING SURPRISEXX. A RUN FOR LIFEXXI. AWAY WE GO!XXII. ON FOOTXXIII. DOWN!XXIV. THE FRIEND IN NEEDXXV. THE PRAIRIE DUELXXVI. ON THE GROUNDXXVII. A GOOD SAMARITANXXVIII. THE LONE HORSEMANXXIX. A BREAK FOR FREEDOMXXX. COMRADES AGAINXXXI. THE LAST HOPEXXXII. AWAY! AWAY!XXXIII. BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERSCHAPTER I.DANGER AHEAD.There was snow in the air. Warren Starr had felt it ever since meridian,though not a flake had fallen, and the storm might be delayed for hoursyet to come. There was no mistaking the dull leaden sky, the chill inthe atmosphere, and that dark, increasing gloom which overspreads theheavens at such times.Young Warren was a fine specimen of the young hunter, though he had notyet passed his nineteenth year. His home was in South Dakota, and he wasnow on his return from Fort Meade, at the eastern foot of the BlackHills, and had fully twenty miles to travel, though the sun was low inthe horizon, as he well knew, even if it was veiled by the snow vapor.His father's ranch lay to the north of the Big Cheyenne, and the son wasfamiliar with every foot of the ground, having traversed it many a time,not only on his visits to the fort, but in the numerous huntingexcursions of which he was so fond. He could have made the journey bynight, when no moon was in the sky, had there been need of doing so, buthe decided that it was better to give his pony the rest he required, andto push on at an early hour the next morning. He had eaten nothing sincethe noon halt, and his youth and vigor gave him a powerful appetite, buthe had learned long before that one of the first requisites of thehunter is to learn to endure cold, heat, hunger, and hardshipunmurmuringly.
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