THE RANGER
OR
THE FUGITIVES OF THE BORDER
BY EDWARD S. ELLIS
AUTHOR OF "OONOMOO," "SET JONES," "IRONA," ETC.
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1911,
BY
HURST & COMPANY.
"Hold! You strike the white man's friend!"
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. Zeb and his Master
CHAPTER II. The Night of Terror
CHAPTER III. Kent and Leslie
CHAPTER IV. The Captives
CHAPTER V. The Meeting on the River
CHAPTER VI. The Raft
CHAPTER VII. Lost and Found
CHAPTER VIII. The Companion in Captivity
CHAPTER IX. Zeb's Revenge
CHAPTER X. The Brief Reprieve
CHAPTER XI. A Friend
CHAPTER XII. Escape
CHAPTER XIII. The Captive
CHAPTER XIV. The Rescue
CHAPTER XV. The Fugitives Flying no Longer
BOY INVENTORS SERIES
BUNGALOW BOYS SERIES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
"Hold! You strike the white man's friend!"
"Them varmints," said he, "are playing particular devil in these parts"
There were two horses in the party, and upon one of these Rosalind hadbeen placed
"Ready," whispered Leslie, "you take the nearest one."
"You shoot Indian, eh?" said one, brandishing his knife at the same time
"Does the maiden remember Pequanon?"
Two savages were left on shore
"Yonder is something approaching."
KENT, THE RANGER.
CHAPTER I.
ZEB AND HIS MASTER.
At the southern part of Ohio, where the river of that name swerves fromits south-western course, and makes a sweeping bend toward thenorth-west, many years ago stood a large and imposing dwelling. Itscharacter, so different and superior to others found here and therealong the Ohio, showed that its owner must have been a man both ofsuperior taste and abundant means. It had been built by Sir William