{"product_id":"2940013221536","title":"THROUGH APACHE LAND","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI--Moonlight on the Rio Gila\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII--Tom Hardynge's Ruse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII--Pursued by the Apaches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV--Outwitted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV--An Alarming Message\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI--The Two Scouts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII--The Cavalry Escort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII--In Devil's Pass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX--Among the Apaches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX--Lone Wolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI--Surrounded by Danger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII--\"The Hour has Come\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII--The Flight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV--Pursued\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV--In the Solitude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI--Among the Mountains\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII--A Mysterious Camp Fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII--The Indian Fight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX--A Terrible Meeting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX--White vs. Red\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI--Friends Together\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII--Anxious Waiting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII--The Death Shot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIV--The Buffaloes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXV--Alone Again\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVI--Capturing a Mustang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVII--A Run for Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII--A Great Misfortune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIX--The Lone Camp Fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXX--Fighting a Grizzly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXI--Sleep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXII--Reunited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII--Closing in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV--Hurricane Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXV--The Sentinel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXVI--A Desperate Scheme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXVII--The Two Defenders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXVIII--Hand to Hand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIX--Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHROUGH APACHE LAND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOONLIGHT ON THE RIO GILA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the eastern bank a small Indian canoe, containing a single\u003cbr\u003eindividual, was stealing its way--\"hugging\" the shore so as to take\u003cbr\u003eadvantage of the narrow band of shadow that followed the winding of the\u003cbr\u003estream. There were no trees on either side of the river, but this\u003cbr\u003eportion was walled in by bluffs, rising from three or four to fully\u003cbr\u003etwenty feet in height. The current was sluggish and not a breath of air\u003cbr\u003ewrinkled the surface on this mild summer night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in the wildest part of the Indian country, and Tom Hardynge, the\u003cbr\u003ehunter, runner and bearer of all dispatches between the frontier posts\u003cbr\u003ein the extreme southwest, knew very well that for three days past it had\u003cbr\u003ebeen his proverbial good fortune, or rather a special Providence, that\u003cbr\u003ehad kept his scalp from ornamenting the lodge of some marauding Comanche\u003cbr\u003eor Apache. Tom was one of the bravest and most skillful of borderers in\u003cbr\u003ethose days, and had been up in the Indian country to learn the truth of\u003cbr\u003enumerous rumors which had come to the stations, reports of a general\u003cbr\u003euprising among the redskins, with whom the peace commissioners had\u003cbr\u003esucceeded in negotiating treaties after months of diplomacy. After\u003cbr\u003espending more than a week in dodging back and forth, in the disguise of\u003cbr\u003ean Indian he had learned enough to feel that there was good foundation\u003cbr\u003efor these rumors, and that the exposed stations and settlements were in\u003cbr\u003eimminent peril. As soon as he was assured of this fact he started on his\u003cbr\u003ereturn to Fort Havens, which still lay a good three days' travel to the\u003cbr\u003esouthwest. It was Tom's purpose to continue his descent until the\u003cbr\u003efollowing night, when, if nothing unexpected should intervene, he hoped\u003cbr\u003eto reach the point where he had left his mustang, and thence it would be\u003cbr\u003eplain sailing for the rest of the way. He knew the country thoroughly,\u003cbr\u003eand was confident that it was safer to perform a part of the journey by\u003cbr\u003ewater than by land, which explains how it was that he was still in the\u003cbr\u003epaint and garb of an Indian, and still stealing his way down toward the\u003cbr\u003eGulf of California.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171909058800,"sku":"2940013221536","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013221536_p0.jpg?v=1763578469","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013221536","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}