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Sunset Pass; or, Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land

Sunset Pass; or, Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land

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SUNSET PASS

OR

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET THROUGH APACHE LAND

BY CAPTAIN CHARLES KING

AUTHOR OF "THE DESERTER", "A WAR-TIME WOOING", ETC

COPYRIGHTED, 1890
BY
JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY

NEW YORK
JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY
150 WORTH ST., COR. MISSION PLACE


CAPT. CHAS. KING


CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A RASH RESOLVE.
CHAPTER II. MANUELITO'S TREACHERY.
CHAPTER III. ON THE ALERT.
CHAPTER IV. ON THE WATCH.
CHAPTER V. THE PRISONER.
CHAPTER VI. MANUELITO'S FATE.
CHAPTER VII. PIKE'S STRANGE DREAM.
CHAPTER VIII. THE CAPTAIN'S RIDE.
CHAPTER IX. THE ATTACK.
CHAPTER X. LITTLE NED'S SHOT.


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Capt. Chas. King

He Drew Little Nell close to Him

Manuelito Was shuffling about the Fire Apparently doing Nothing

"Where's Manuelito?"

His First Duty seemed to be to get the Provisions from the Wagon

"Jim, Old Boy, We've got to pull Together To-night"

"My God! There's not a Living Soul in Sight"

Bending Down He raised Her in His Strong Arms

Away He Flew at Full Speed

The Two Men set to Work to build Their Breastwork

Nellie, Clinging to Her Nurse, was terrified by the Sounds

The Poor Devil was now seated, Bound and Helpless, on a Rock by the Roadside

"That's what Jim took for an Apache"

One Vehement Kick and Curse He Gave Him

With One Backward Look He staggered Wearily on

"My God! What can have Happened? It's Captain Gwynne?"

Evidently the One Who was shot was a Man of Some Prominence among Them—Possibly a Chief

All of a Sudden a Black Shadow rushed through the Air

"Down With these Stones, Now!"

The Bullet of the Little Ballard had taken Him just under the Eye


SUNSET PASS.


CHAPTER I.

A RASH RESOLVE.

"Better take my advice, sir. The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."

"But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go? I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona. Surely I ought to know how to take care of myself."

"I don't doubt that, captain. It's the kids I'm thinking of. The renegades from the reservation are out in great numbers now and they are supposed to be all down in the Tonto Basin, but I've seen their moccasin tracks everywhere from the Colorado Chiquito across the 'Mogeyone,' and I'm hurrying in to Verde now to give warning and turn the troops this way."

"Well,

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