The Lone Ranche
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Reid Mayne. The Lone Ranche
Chapter One. A Tale of the Staked Plain “Hats Off!”
Chapter Two. A Friend in Need
Chapter Three. The Colonel Commandant
Chapter Four. A Pronunciamento
Chapter Five “Why comes he not?”
Chapter Six. Surrounded
Chapter Seven. Fiery Messengers
Chapter Eight. Knife, Pistol, and Hatchet
Chapter Nine. Quarrelling over Scalps
Chapter Ten. A Brave Steed Abandoned
Chapter Eleven. A Descent into Darkness
Chapter Twelve. A Storm of Stones
Chapter Thirteen. Buried Alive
Chapter Fourteen. A Savage Saturnal
Chapter Fifteen. A Living Tomb
Chapter Sixteen. Off at Last!
Chapter Seventeen. Into the Desert
Chapter Eighteen. A Lilliputian Forest
Chapter Nineteen. The Departure of the Plunderers
Chapter Twenty. A Transformation
Chapter Twenty One. Struggling among the Sages
Chapter Twenty Two. A Huntress
Chapter Twenty Three “Down, Dogs!”
Chapter Twenty Four. Foes or Friends?
Chapter Twenty Five “Saved by an Angel!”
Chapter Twenty Six. Fallen among Friends
Chapter Twenty Seven. The Lone Ranche
Chapter Twenty Eight. A Sweet Awakening
Chapter Twenty Nine. Don Valerian
Chapter Thirty. The Raiders Returning
Chapter Thirty One. Pursuers on the Path
Chapter Thirty Two. The Savages Surprised
Chapter Thirty Three. A Forced Confession
Chapter Thirty Four. A Proposal by Proxy
Chapter Thirty Five. A Dangerous Eavesdropper
Chapter Thirty Six. A Tale of Peril
Chapter Thirty Seven. The Intercepted Letter
Chapter Thirty Eight. The Land of the “Lex Talionis.”
Chapter Thirty Nine. Prosperous, but not Happy
Chapter Forty. A Confidence Well Rewarded
Chapter Forty One. An Earthly Paradise
Chapter Forty Two. A Dangerous Design
Chapter Forty Three. The Last Appeal
Chapter Forty Four. A Mysterious Message
Chapter Forty Five. The Staked Plain
Chapter Forty Six. A Brilliant Band
Chapter Forty Seven. A Coming Cloud
Chapter Forty Eight. Dread Conjectures
Chapter Forty Nine. A Cautious Commander
Chapter Fifty. Stalking the Stalker!
Chapter Fifty One. Approaching the Prey
Chapter Fifty Two. A Bloodless Capture
Chapter Fifty Three. A Sleepless Night
Chapter Fifty Four. A Man and a Mule
Chapter Fifty Five. A Lagger Lagged
Chapter Fifty Six “The Norte.”
Chapter Fifty Seven. A Cumbersome Captive
Chapter Fifty Eight. Old Acquaintances
Chapter Fifty Nine. Mutual Explanations
Chapter Sixty. Cross-Questioning
Chapter Sixty One. Into the Storm
Chapter Sixty Two. A Short Shrift
Chapter Sixty Three. A Split Trail
Chapter Sixty Four. A Sylvan Scene
Chapter Sixty Five. Two Scoundrels in Council
Chapter Sixty Six. A Brother Sorely Tempted
Chapter Sixty Seven. A Sister Sorely Tried
Chapter Sixty Eight. A Terrible Intention
Chapter Sixty Nine. An Intercepted Dispatch
Chapter Seventy. A Scheme of Atrocity
Chapter Seventy One. A Bootless Journey
Chapter Seventy Two. A Mock Court-Martial
Chapter Seventy Three. The Hand of God
Chapter Seventy Four “Sauve Qui Peut.”
Chapter Seventy Five. Divided by Duty
Chapter Seventy Six. The Chase
Chapter Seventy Seven. The Camp Transformed
Chapter Seventy Eight. A Living Scaffold
Chapter Seventy Nine. After the Execution
Chapter Eighty. Tranquil Scenes
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The young Kentuckian was half frenzied by the insult he had received. The proud blood of his republican citizenship was boiling within his veins. What was he to do?
In the agony of his dilemma he put the question to the gentleman who, beyond all doubt, had restrained him from committing manslaughter.
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“Because so long as you remain here you will be in danger of losing your life. You don’t know the character of the man with whom you have crossed swords. I do. Although wearing the uniform of an officer in our army, he is simply a salteador. A coward, as I told you, too. He would never have met you if he had thought I would have given him a chance to get out of it. Perhaps he might have been tempted by the hopes of an easy conquest from your supposed want of skill. It would have given him something to boast about among the dames of Chihuahua, for Captain Gil deems himself no little of a lady-killer. You have spoilt his physiognomy for life; and, depend upon it, as long as life lasts, he will neither forget nor forgive that. I shall also come in for a share of his spite, and it behoves both of us to beware of him.”
“But what can he do to us?”
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