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The Frontier Angel: A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life
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Transcriber's Note
- The position of some illustrations has been changed to improve readability.
- In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization have been retained as in the original publication.
- Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
- Significant typographical errors have been corrected and are marked with dotted underlines. Place your mouse over the highlighted word and the original text will appear. A full list of these same corrections is also available in the Transcriber's Corrections section at the end of the book.
JIM PETERSON QUESTIONING THE FRONTIER ANGEL.THE
FRONTIER ANGEL
A ROMANCE OF
KENTUCKY RANGERS' LIFE
BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS
AUTHOR OF "BILL BIDDON, TRAPPER," "FAMOUS AMERICAN
NAVAL COMMANDERS," "GOLDEN ROCK," ETC.
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1910,
BY
HURST & COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Night before the Departure | 9 |
| II. | The Fate of the Flat-Boat | 21 |
| III. | The Two Scouts | 46 |
| IV. | The Faint Hope | 59 |
| V. | The Mysterious Warning | 70 |
| VI. | The Frontier Angel—The Shawnees | 83 |
| VII. | The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties | 90 |
| VIII. | A Man in Trouble | 105 |
| IX. | Peter Jenkins—A Couple of Speeches | 127 |
| X. | In which there is a Future Account of the Shawnees, the Speakers, and Jenkins | 139 |
| XI. | A Prize Gained and Lost | 151 |
| XII. | A Mingling of Fear, Doubt, and Hope | 174 |
| XIII. | Dark | 189 |
| XIV. | The Attack in the Wood | 201 |
| XV. | "All's Well that Ends Well." | 225 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Jim Peterson Questioning the Frontier Angel | Frontispiece |
| PAGE | |
| "For God's sake come and take me off, for they are after me." | 33 |
| The Frontier Angel | 39 |
| "Onward they poured, shouting like madmen." | 45 |
| "Whosomever is on that flat-boat ain't living, that's sartin." | 51 |
| "'O Lord, I'm shot,' suddenly exclaimed Jenkins." | 81 |
| "Before he could rise the Indians were upon him." | 108 |
| "The Frontier Angel gazed calmly on him a moment." | 126 |
| "'Mr. Thomas McGable, Esq., I believe,' said Peterson with much gravity, without removing the aim of his rifle." | |