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Title: The Free Rangers
A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi

Author: Joseph A. Altsheler

Release Date: February 14, 2005 [EBook #15055]

Language: English

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THE
FREE RANGERS

[Illustration]

JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

_The_
FREE RANGERS

_The_
FREE RANGERS

A STORY OF EARLY DAYS
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI

BY

JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG TRAILERS," "THE FOREST RUNNERS," ETC.

[Illustration]

APPLETON-CENTURY-CROFTS, INC.

NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

_All rights reserved. This book, or parts
thereof, must not be reproduced in any
form without permission of the publishers._

Copyright, 1936, by Sallie B. Altsheler
Printed in the United States of America

"THE FREE RANGERS," WHILE AN INDEPENDENT
STORY IN ITSELF, CONTINUES THE FORTUNES OF THE
TWO BOYS AND THEIR COMRADES WHO WERE THE
CENTRAL CHARACTERS IN "THE YOUNG TRAILERS,"
"THE FOREST RUNNERS," "THE KEEPERS OF THE
TRAIL" AND "THE EYES of THE WOODS."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CALL 1

II. A FOREST ENVOY 17

III. AN INVISIBLE CHASE 39

IV. TAKING A "GALLEON" 54

V. ON THE GREAT RIVER 74

VI. BATTLE AND STORM 96

VII. THE LONE VOYAGER 115

VIII. THE CHATEAU OF BEAULIEU 133

IX. PAUL AND THE SPANIARD 153

X. A BARBARIC ORDEAL 171

XI. THE SPANIARD'S OFFER 181

XII. THE SHADOW IN THE FOREST 196

XIII. THE WHITE STALLION 214

XIV. NEW ORLEANS 230

XV. BEFORE BERNARDO GALVEZ 251

XVI. IN PRISON 271

XVII. THE FLAW IN THE ARMOR 285

XVIII. NORTHWARD WITH THE FLEET 302

XIX. THE BATT