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Title: The Great Cattle Trail

Author: Edward S. Ellis

Release Date: October 8, 2009 [EBook #30212]

Language: English

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[Illustration: A RACE FOR LIFE.]

_FOREST AND PRAIRIE SERIES--No. 1_

THE GREAT CATTLE TRAIL
BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS

AUTHOR OF THE "WYOMING SERIES," "LOG CABIN SERIES,"
"DEERFOOT SERIES," ETC.

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.,
PHILADELPHIA,
CHICAGO, TORONTO.

COPYRIGHT, 1894,
BY
PORTER & COATES.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. AT THE RANCH. 1
II. AN ALARMING INTERRUPTION. 10
III. JUST IN TIME. 19
IV. A DESPERATE VENTURE. 28
V. UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS. 36
VI. DINAH'S DISCOVERY. 44
VII. DINAH'S EXPLOIT. 52
VIII. IN THE MESQUITE BUSH. 61
IX. AT FAULT. 69
X. A SURPRISE. 77
XI. CHANGING PLACES. 85
XII. ON THE ROOF. 94
XIII. A DEAD RACE. 102
XIV. THE FRIEND IN NEED. 111
XV. VANISHED. 119
XVI. CLEVERLY DONE. 127
XVII. AT FAULT. 135
XVIII. AN UNEXPECTED QUERY. 143
XIX. DOWN THE LADDER. 151
XX. "THE BOYS HAVE ARRIVED!" 159
XXI. THROUGH THE BUSH. 167
XXII. THUNDERBOLT. 180
XXIII. "GOOD-BY!" 191
XXIV. A STRANGE DELAY. 203
XXV. HEADING NORTHWARD. 2