{"product_id":"2940013220867","title":"THE GREAT CATTLE TRAIL","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER                                     PAGE\u003cbr\u003e       I. AT THE RANCH.                          1\u003cbr\u003e      II. AN ALARMING INTERRUPTION.             10\u003cbr\u003e     III. JUST IN TIME.                         19\u003cbr\u003e      IV. A DESPERATE VENTURE.                  28\u003cbr\u003e       V. UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS.              36\u003cbr\u003e      VI. DINAH'S DISCOVERY.                    44\u003cbr\u003e     VII. DINAH'S EXPLOIT.                      52\u003cbr\u003e    VIII. IN THE MESQUITE BUSH.                 61\u003cbr\u003e      IX. AT FAULT.                             69\u003cbr\u003e       X. A SURPRISE.                           77\u003cbr\u003e      XI. CHANGING PLACES.                      85\u003cbr\u003e     XII. ON THE ROOF.                          94\u003cbr\u003e    XIII. A DEAD RACE.                         102\u003cbr\u003e     XIV. THE FRIEND IN NEED.                  111\u003cbr\u003e      XV. VANISHED.                            119\u003cbr\u003e     XVI. CLEVERLY DONE.                       127\u003cbr\u003e    XVII. AT FAULT.                            135\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII. AN UNEXPECTED QUERY.                 143\u003cbr\u003e     XIX. DOWN THE LADDER.                     151\u003cbr\u003e      XX. \"THE BOYS HAVE ARRIVED!\"             159\u003cbr\u003e     XXI. THROUGH THE BUSH.                    167\u003cbr\u003e    XXII. THUNDERBOLT.                         180\u003cbr\u003e   XXIII. \"GOOD-BY!\"                           191\u003cbr\u003e    XXIV. A STRANGE DELAY.                     203\u003cbr\u003e     XXV. HEADING NORTHWARD.                   216\u003cbr\u003e    XXVI. A SHOT FROM THE DARKNESS.            228\u003cbr\u003e   XXVII. SHACKAYE, THE COMANCHE.              238\u003cbr\u003e  XXVIII. A MISHAP.                            247\u003cbr\u003e    XXIX. OLD ACQUAINTANCES.                   258\u003cbr\u003e     XXX. AT BAY.                              264\u003cbr\u003e    XXXI. THE FLAG OF TRUCE.                   276\u003cbr\u003e   XXXII. DIPLOMACY.                           288\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIII. DRIVEN TO THE WALL.                  295\u003cbr\u003e   XXXIV. THE FLANK MOVEMENT.                  301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAT THE RANCH.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvon Burnet, at the age of eighteen, was one of the finest horsemen that\u003cbr\u003eever scurried over the plains of Western Texas, on his matchless mustang\u003cbr\u003eThunderbolt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was a native of the Lone Star State, where, until he was thirteen\u003cbr\u003eyears old, he attended the common school, held in a log cabin within\u003cbr\u003ethree miles of his home, after which he went to live with his uncle,\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Dohm Shirril, with whom the orphan son of his sister had been a\u003cbr\u003efavorite from infancy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvon was bright, alert, unusually active, and exceedingly fond of horses\u003cbr\u003efrom the time he was able to walk. His uncle had served through the\u003cbr\u003eCivil War in the Confederate army, returning to Texas at the close of\u003cbr\u003ehostilities, thoroughly \"reconstructed,\" and only anxious to recover his\u003cbr\u003efortunes, which had been scattered to the four winds of heaven during\u003cbr\u003ethe long, bitter struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe captain had no children of his own, and it was natural, therefore,\u003cbr\u003ethat he and his wife should feel the strongest attachment for the boy\u003cbr\u003ewho was placed in their care, and who, should his life be spared, would\u003cbr\u003einherit whatever his new parents might be able to leave behind them when\u003cbr\u003ecalled to depart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvon had reached the age named, when to his delight he was told that he\u003cbr\u003ewas to accompany the large herd of cattle which was to be driven\u003cbr\u003enorthward, through upper Texas, the Indian Nation, and Kansas over the\u003cbr\u003eGreat Cattle Trail, along which hundreds of thousands of hoofs have\u003cbr\u003etramped during the years preceding and following the War for the Union.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152591667440,"sku":"2940013220867","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013220867","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}