قراءة كتاب The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi
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The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi
THE
FREE RANGERS
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
The
FREE RANGERS
A STORY OF EARLY DAYS
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
BY
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG TRAILERS," "THE FOREST RUNNERS," ETC.
APPLETON-CENTURY-CROFTS, INC.
NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publishers.
Copyright, 1936, by Sallie B. Altsheler
Printed in the United States of America
"THE FREE RANGERS," WHILE AN INDEPENDENT STORY IN ITSELF, CONTINUES THE FORTUNES OF THE TWO BOYS AND THEIR COMRADES WHO WERE THE CENTRAL CHARACTERS IN "THE YOUNG TRAILERS," "THE FOREST RUNNERS," "THE KEEPERS OF THE TRAIL" AND "THE EYES of THE WOODS."
Contents
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE CALL | 1 |
| II. | A FOREST ENVOY | 17 |
| III. | AN INVISIBLE CHASE | 39 |
| IV. | TAKING A "GALLEON" | 54 |
| V. | ON THE GREAT RIVER | 74 |
| VI. | BATTLE AND STORM | 96 |
| VII. | THE LONE VOYAGER | 115 |
| VIII. | THE CHATEAU OF BEAULIEU | 133 |
| IX. | PAUL AND THE SPANIARD | 153 |
| X. | A BARBARIC ORDEAL | 171 |
| XI. | THE SPANIARD'S OFFER | 181 |
| XII. | THE SHADOW IN THE FOREST | 196 |
| XIII. | THE WHITE STALLION | 214 |
| XIV. | NEW ORLEANS | 230 |
| XV. | BEFORE BERNARDO GALVEZ | 251 |
| XVI. | IN PRISON | 271 |
| XVII. | THE FLAW IN THE ARMOR | 285 |
| XVIII. | NORTHWARD WITH THE FLEET | 302 |
| XIX. | THE BATTLE OF THE BANK | 322 |
| XX. | THE BATTLE OF THE BAYOU | 334 |
| XXI. | THE DEFENSE OF THE FIVE | 349 |
| XXII. | THE CHOSEN TASK | 361 |
THE FREE RANGERS
CHAPTER I
THE CALL
The wilderness rolled away to north and to south, and also it rolled away to east and to west, an unbroken sweep of dark, glossy green. Straight up stood the mighty trunks, but the leaves rippled and sang low when a gentle south wind breathed upon them. It was the forest as God made it, the magnificent valley of North America, upon whose edges the white man had just begun to nibble.
A young