Through Apache Land
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Ellis Edward Sylvester. Through Apache Land
CHAPTER I. MOONLIGHT ON THE RIO GILA
CHAPTER II. TOM HARDYNGE'S RUSE
CHAPTER III. PURSUED BY THE APACHES
CHAPTER IV. OUTWITTED
CHAPTER V. AN ALARMING MESSAGE
CHAPTER VI. THE TWO SCOUTS
CHAPTER VII. THE CAVALRY ESCORT
CHAPTER VIII. IN DEVIL'S PASS
CHAPTER IX. AMONG THE APACHES
CHAPTER X. LONE WOLF
CHAPTER XI. SURROUNDED BY DANGER
CHAPTER XII "THE HOUR HAS COME."
CHAPTER XIII. THE FLIGHT
CHAPTER XIV. PURSUED
CHAPTER XV. IN THE SOLITUDE
CHAPTER XVI. AMONG THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XVII. A MYSTERIOUS CAMP FIRE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE INDIAN FIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. A TERRIBLE MEETING
CHAPTER XX. WHITE VS. RED
CHAPTER XXI. FRIENDS TOGETHER
CHAPTER XXII. ANXIOUS WAITING
CHAPTER XXIII. THE DEATH SHOT
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BUFFALOES
CHAPTER XXV. ALONE AGAIN
CHAPTER XXVI. CAPTURING A MUSTANG
CHAPTER XXVII. A RUN FOR LIFE
CHAPTER XXVIII. A GREAT MISFORTUNE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE LONE CAMP FIRE
CHAPTER XXX. FIGHTING A GRIZZLY
CHAPTER XXXI. SLEEP
CHAPTER XXXII. REUNITED
CHAPTER XXXIII. CLOSING IN
CHAPTER XXXIV. HURRICANE HILL
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SENTINEL
CHAPTER XXXVI. A DESPERATE SCHEME
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TWO DEFENDERS
CHAPTER XXXVIII. HAND TO HAND
CHAPTER XXXIX. CONCLUSION
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Hardynge was too skillful a hunter to place himself directly in the way of the Apache whom he knew to be the most treacherous kind of an enemy. His purpose was to indulge in a little strategy and to seek to outwit the redskin, as he had done on many an occasion before. It required but a second for him to slide his rifle over upon his back, the stock being hastily wrapped with a leathern sheath, which he always carried for such an emergency, when he gently let himself over the stern of the canoe, taking care to make no splash or noise in doing so. He then permitted his body with the exception of his head to sink entirely beneath the surface, while he floated with the boat, lying in such a position that he made it effectually screen him from the view of any one who might be upon the bank above. It was hardly to be expected, however, that if the Indian saw the boat, he would permit it to pass unquestioned. Tom did not anticipate it, and he was prepared for that which followed. For several minutes the most perfect silence prevailed. At the end of that time, the scout knew that he was exactly beneath the spot whereon he had seen the answering signal, and scarcely stirred a muscle, keeping his head as close as possible to the boat, and so nearly submerged, that he could scarcely breathe.
"Hooh! hooh!"
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Without the least hesitation, he fired directly into the group, and the wild cry that instantly followed told with what a fatal result also. All diplomacy was ended by this act, and without pausing to reload his piece, he dropped his gun and bent to the task. The long ashen paddle was dipped deep into the water, and the light vessel shot like an arrow down stream. It seemed, indeed, to be imbued with life, and fairly skimmed over the surface. The unexpected and defiant response to the summons of the Apaches threw them into temporary bewilderment, and the minutes thus lost to them were golden ones gained to the fugitive, who shot the canoe as close to the opposite shore as was prudent, and wielded the paddle with the skill of a veteran.
Having now no need of the dummy that had stood him so well for the time, Tom did not hesitate to throw him overboard as a useless incumbrance, and, thus relieved of the dead weight, he sped forward with wonderful speed. In a short time after that the redskins had vanished from view, and almost any one would have supposed that the danger was passed; but Tom was well aware that it was only a temporary lull in the storm. The Apaches were like bloodhounds, who, having once taken the trail of their prey, would relax no effort so long as there was a chance of capturing him, and so he abated not a jot of his tremendous exertions.
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