SILVER RIFLE,
THE GIRL TRAILER;
OR,
THE WHITE TIGERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES HOWARD.
AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING POCKET NOVELS:
- No. 45. The Elk King.
- No. 50. The Wolf Queen.
- No. 52. The Mad Chief.
- No. 60. Merciless Mat.
- No. 64. The Island Trapper.
- No. 69. Yellow Hunter.
NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS
- I Ahdeek, the Half-Breed 9
- II The Figure in the Chapel 13
- III The Cave 21
- IV Fighting for a Prize 27
- V Silver Rifle Among Her Foes 33
- VI Demanding the Dead 40
- VIII An Unexpected Death-Shot 47
- VIII Escaping 52
- IX The Indian Dogs 60
- X Danger and Deliverance 66
- XI Hondurah’s Last Trail 73
- XII The Dead Hand 77
- XIII A Blow for a Blow 82
- XIV Two Scenes in a Tree Top 88
- XV The Mystery Dissolved 94
SILVER RIFLE,
THE GIRL TRAILER.
CHAPTER I.
AHDEEK, THE HALF-BREED.
In the center of a thickly-wooded dell, situated about threemiles from the southern shore of Lake Superior, a half-breedyouth, clad in the habiliments of a Chippewa Indian, discusseda frugal meal. The sun was sinking behind the wonderfulChapel Rocks, and his last beams, stretching through the festoonedforests, fell upon and clothed the half-breed in goldenlight.
His features were clear-cut and regular, his body lithe butwell-knit, and a tender expression beamed from the blackest ofeyes. A long-barreled rifle rested