The Watchers of the Plains: A Tale of the Western Prairies
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Cullum Ridgwell. The Watchers of the Plains: A Tale of the Western Prairies
CHAPTER I. A LETTER
CHAPTER II. ON THE PLAINS
CHAPTER III. AN ALARM IN BEACON CROSSING
CHAPTER IV. ROSEBUD
CHAPTER V. A BIRTHDAY GIFT
CHAPTER VI. A NEWSPAPER
CHAPTER VII. AN INDIAN POW-WOW
CHAPTER VIII. SETH WASHES A HANDKERCHIEF
CHAPTER IX. THE ADVENTURES OF RED RIDING HOOD
CHAPTER X. SETH ATTEMPTS TO WRITE A LETTER
CHAPTER XI. THE LETTER WRITTEN
CHAPTER XII. CROSS PURPOSES
CHAPTER XIII. THE DEVOTION OF WANAHA
CHAPTER XIV. THE WARNING
CHAPTER XV. THE MOVEMENTS OF LITTLE BLACK FOX
CHAPTER XVI. GENERAL DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XVII. THE LETTER FROM ENGLAND
CHAPTER XVIII. SETH’S DUTY ACCOMPLISHED
CHAPTER XIX. SETH PLAYS A STRONG HAND
CHAPTER XX. SETH PAYS
CHAPTER XXI. TWO HEADS IN CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER XXII. ROSEBUD’S ANSWER
CHAPTER XXIII. LOVE’S PROGRESS
CHAPTER XXIV. ROSEBUD’S FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH THE UNDERCURRENT BELIES THE SUPERFICIAL CALM
CHAPTER XXVI. THE SUN-DANCE
CHAPTER XXVII. IN DESPERATE PLIGHT
CHAPTER XXVIII. A LAST ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XXIX. HARD PRESSED
CHAPTER XXX. THE LAST STAND
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SENTENCE
CHAPTER XXXII. WANAHA THE INDIAN
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CAPITULATION
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There is no place in the world which affords more cheerful solitude than the prairie. One may be miles and miles away from human habitation and yet there is an exhilaration in the very sunlight, in the long nodding grass, in the dusty eddies of the breeze which is never actually still on the plains. It is the suggestion of freedom in a great boundless space. It grips the heart, and one thanks God for life. This effect is not only with the prairie novice. It lasts for all time with those who once sniff the scent of its delicious breath.
Dakota and the more southern Nebraska are not the finest examples of the American plains, but they will do. What is better they will make one ask for more, and that is an excellent sign.
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Two men were lying upon their stomachs conning the northwestern sky-line.
The scout at last spoke in his slow drawling way.
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