{"product_id":"2940013265608","title":"The Border Watch","description":"TABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                           PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I PASSING FLEET                  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II THE SILVER BULLET             16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III THE HOT SPRING                30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV THE SEVEN HERALDS             39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V THE WYANDOT COUNCIL           51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI THE RUINED VILLAGE            63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII THE TAKING OF HENRY           79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII THE NORTHWARD MARCH           96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX AT DETROIT                   109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X THE LETTER OF THE FOUR       126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI THE CRY FROM THE FOREST      143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII THE CANOE ON THE RIVER       157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII ON THE GREAT LAKE            173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV A TIMELY RESCUE              188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV THE PAGES OF A BOOK          205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI THE RIVER FIGHT              226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII THE ROAD TO WAREVILLE        241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII THE SHADOWY FIGURE           265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX A HERALD BY WATER            282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XX THE COUNTER-STROKE           316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXI THE BATTLE OF PIQUA          336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXII THE LAST STAND               359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BORDER WATCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PASSING FLEET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA late sun, red and vivid, cast beams of light over a dark river,\u003cbr\u003eflowing slowly. The stream was a full half mile from shore to shore, and\u003cbr\u003ethe great weight of water moved on in silent majesty. Both banks were\u003cbr\u003elined with heavy forest, dark green by day, but fused now into solid\u003cbr\u003eblackness by the approach of night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scene was wild and primordial. To an eye looking down it would have\u003cbr\u003eseemed that man had never come there, and that this was the dawn of\u003cbr\u003etime. The deep waters lapped the silent shore until a gentle sighing\u003cbr\u003esound arose, a sound that may have gone on unheard for ages. Close to\u003cbr\u003ethe water a file of wild ducks flew like an arrow to the north, and, in\u003cbr\u003ea little cove where the current came in shallow waves, a stag bent his\u003cbr\u003ehead to drink.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sun lingered in the west and then sank behind the vast wall of\u003cbr\u003eforest. The beams of red and gold lasted for a little space on the\u003cbr\u003esurface of the river, and then faded into the universal night. Under the\u003cbr\u003egreat cloak of the dark, the surface of the river showed but dimly, and\u003cbr\u003ethe rising wind blew through the forest with a chill and uncanny sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ordinary soul would have been appalled by the mighty isolation of\u003cbr\u003ethe wilderness, yet the river itself was not without the presence of\u003cbr\u003ehuman life. Close to the northern shore, where the shadow of the tall\u003cbr\u003eforest lay deepest, floated a long boat, containing five figures that\u003cbr\u003erested easily. Two of the crew were boys, but as tall and strong as men.\u003cbr\u003eThe other three were somewhat older. The boat carried four pairs of\u003cbr\u003eoars, but only one man rowed, and he merely pulled on an oar from time\u003cbr\u003eto time to give direction, while the current did the work. His comrades\u003cbr\u003eleaned comfortably against the sides of the boat, and with keen eyes,\u003cbr\u003etrained to the darkness, watched for a break in the black battlement of\u003cbr\u003ethe trees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was Henry Ware who first saw the opening. It was nearly always he who\u003cbr\u003ewas the first to see, and he pointed to the place where the dark line\u003cbr\u003emade a loop towards the north.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a wide break,\" he said a moment or two later. \"It must be the\u003cbr\u003emouth of the river.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You're shorely right, Henry,\" said Shif'less Sol, who sat just behind\u003cbr\u003ehim, \"an' from the looks o' the break thar, it's a good, big river, too.\u003cbr\u003eS'pose we pull up in it a spell afore we make a landin'.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It seems a good idea to me,\" replied Henry. \"What say you, Paul?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm for it,\" replied Paul Cotter. \"I'd like to see this new river\u003cbr\u003ecoming down from the north, and it's pretty sure, too, that we'd be\u003cbr\u003esafer camping on it for the night than on the Ohio.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082469064944,"sku":"2940013265608","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013265608_p0.jpg?v=1763579134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013265608","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}