THE VOYAGE OF THE RATTLETRAP

BY

HAYDEN CARRUTH

AUTHOR OF "THE ADENTURES OF JONES" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

BY H. M. WILDER

NEW YORK

NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1897

TO

JOHN BRIAR

A POOR COOK BUT A GOOD FELLOW

CONTENTS:

	CHAPTER
	I.	Getting Ready
	II.	Outward Bound
	III.	From Lookout Lake To The Missouri River
	IV.	Into Nebraska
	V.	Across The Niobrara
	VI.	By Cañons To Valentine
	VII.	Through The Sand Hills
	VIII	On The Antelope Flats
	IX.	Off For The Black Hills
	X.	Among The Mountains
	XI.	Deadwood
	XII.	Homeward Bound

	ILLUSTRATIONS
	Map
	The Voyage First Suggested
	Preparations
	Grandpa Oldberry Presages Disaster
	Snoozer
	Mutiny Of The Pony
	Effect Of A Strange Noise
	Plan For Rousing A Sound Sleeper