CHAPTER XXX.

THE CAPTURE OF BENSON.

When morning came a considerable force arrived from Blossom Range. It was composed of the most courageous men of the town, and they were well armed.

Buffalo Bill, taking command of this force, moved on the village of the Utes. But there was now no one in the village who sought to oppose him. The warriors who had howled and danced throughout the night lay in a stupor and were helpless; several warriors were dead. The woman and children, with the older men, and such of the braves as had not been able to get enough of the doctored whisky to hurt them, were alone able to meet the force of the scout and talk intelligibly.

They were dreadfully frightened by this array of fighting men from the town, and seemed ready to make any promises demanded. They were not to blame, they said, for what had happened. The white men who had brought the whisky should alone be blamed. One of the white men who did it was dead, the other had fled from the place.

But the body of Gorilla Jake could not be found. This, the Indians explained, was because it had been burnt on the bonfire the Utes had built and kept roaring through the greater part of the night.

Old Iron Bow was in a stupor, from which he was aroused with difficulty. Even then he could give no satisfactory account of what had happened. But he and some of the worst of the warriors were placed under arrest by Dugan, and were taken down to the Blossom Range jail.

Buffalo Bill and his friends searched the Ute village through and through, but were not able to find Tim Benson.

“He’s a feller yer cain’t never ketch,” said Nomad.

Buffalo Bill did not side with this view.

He sent orders everywhere, which blocked all the trails leading from Blossom Range and the country surrounding it, and sent messages again to all the surrounding towns and mining camps.

“I’ll get him yet,” he said in serene confidence. “You see, he is probably now in the hills, or else has come right back into Blossom Range. If he is in Blossom Range it must be our work to see that he don’t get out again. If he is out in the hills he will starve there, so will have to come in.”

But old Nomad had seen the hopes of the scout baffled so often by the clever road agent that he had become pessimistic on the subject of the capture of Tim Benson.

Nevertheless, the old trapper did not relax his efforts. Buffalo Bill never had better lieutenants than Nomad, Wild Bill, and the baron. They gave their strength and time night and day to watching and shadowing. Wild Bill kept a close watch on all the gaming places of the town, knowing that Benson was a notorious gamester, and would be found in such places if he felt that he could visit them safely.

Benson’s ability at disguising was not forgotten. So every man and woman leaving the town was subjected to an examination.

It was bad for the business of the town, but it brought results.

Benson had really fled into Blossom Range, stopping on the way only long enough to remove his Indian paint and feathers and assume his ordinary clothing, which he had kept with him in the Ute village and brought out of it.

For a day or two he hid with a friend, who fed him and kept him secluded.

But this friend was soon suspected and arrested. Benson had to leave his house.

The few friends left now in the town became afraid to harbor him.

At last a day came when Benson, grown desperate, hungry, wearied with hiding like a terrified wolf, came boldly out into the street. Yet he had taken the care to give himself a change of clothing, which he stole during the previous night, so that he was not now the dapper gambler and desperado, but appeared as a miner in rough clothing and clay-stained boots.

“There are miners going in and out of the town to their work every day, and I’ll try that trick,” he said to himself. “I can’t get away during the night, for no man is permitted to go out who is not known, so I’ve got to make the try in broad daylight. If I fail----”

He walked boldly down the street, passing dozens of men, who gave him not a second glance.

“They don’t know me! I guess I can work it. But I’ve got to get farther than just out in the hills. How will I do that? All the surrounding towns are guarded, with men looking there for me, so I can’t go into the towns. And if I stay in the hills I’ll starve; a coyote couldn’t live there. I think I’ll have to try the stage again.”

Yet he knew that no man whose identity was not clearly proven could leave now by the stage.

Benson had not proceeded half a mile when he saw the man whom he feared above all others--Buffalo Bill.

The great scout had been standing at a street corner, as if at ease with himself and the world, also apparently not watching any one or looking for any one.

But it was evident that he had seen and spotted Benson as soon as the latter appeared in sight.

When Buffalo Bill sauntered with seeming carelessness across the street to intercept Tim Benson old Nomad was in another street, which hid him from Benson’s sight, though he and the scout could see each other.

The scout put up his hand in a peculiar way, much as if he were settling a refractory cuff in place, a sign which Nomad saw at once and understood.

Benson was still under the impression that Buffalo Bill had not recognized him, when the scout, after brushing by him, turned quickly, with handcuffs ready for Benson’s wrists.

“Better surrender without trouble, Benson!” he said in a low tone. “I’ve got you, you see.”

Benson whitened to the lips; then in desperation he whipped out a revolver and fired at the scout. The scout ducked and seemed to reel. At the same instant the trapper came yelling upon the scene.

“Waugh!” old Nomad whooped. “Better drap et, Benson, fer ye’re shootin’ only blanks!”

The shouted words, telling him his revolver held only blanks, confused and balked Benson for a moment; it made him uncertain, and that caused him to hesitate. The scout had not been touched by Benson’s bullet, and it gave him the time and opportunity needed.

He sprang upon Benson. When the latter’s hand went up again with the revolver, Buffalo Bill turned the weapon aside and at the same time snapped the wrist in the handcuff; then, with a swing, he caught and brought the other wrist round.

“Click!” sounded the manacles.

The revolver fell to the ground, and Benson reeled back against the wall. That click and the touch of the cold steel on his wrists let him know that the great scout had him at last.

Not until the thing had been done and the handcuffs held his arms together did Benson come to a full realization that Nomad had shouted those words simply to confuse him and cause him to lose time.

He turned upon the old trapper furiously.

Nomad only laughed.

“Thet’s all right, ye reprobate,” said the trapper. “We wanted ter ketch yer, so I didn’t want ter drap ye with a bullet myself, or hev ye drap Buffler. Ye’re the star road agent o’ this section and the king o’ all the desperadoes that’s been workin’ round hyer; but now we has got ye. Et’s the final scoop.”

Tim Benson, a very few minutes later, was in the jail of Blossom Range, whither his pals had gone before him.

As for the Utes, old Iron Bow and the others who were jailed, they were released in a few days and permitted to return to the village. It was held that, being savages, they were not really responsible for deeds committed under the influence of desperate white men and strong drink.

The Betts brothers did not get that reward.

They could not produce the body of Gorilla Jake, dead or alive. Yet there was no doubt that he had suffered at the hands of the Utes a terrible punishment for his crime of furnishing them with drugged whisky.

THE END.

No. 102 of the BUFFALO BILL BORDER STORIES, entitled, “Buffalo Bill, Peacemaker,” is a rattler that any boy would sit up all night to read. The great scout’s hunt for peace gets him into all sorts of trouble, and every page has its thrills.

WESTERN STORIES ABOUT

BUFFALO BILL

Price, Fifteen Cents

Red-blooded Adventure Stories for Men

There is no more romantic character in American history than William F. Cody, or as he was internationally known, Buffalo Bill. He, with Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, Wild Bill Hickok, General Custer, and a few other adventurous spirits, laid the foundation of our great West.

There is no more brilliant page in American history than the winning of the West. Never did pioneers live more thrilling lives, so rife with adventure and brave deeds as the old scouts and plainsmen. Foremost among these stands the imposing figure of Buffalo Bill.

All of the books in this list are intensely interesting. They were written by the close friend and companion of Buffalo Bill--Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. They depict actual adventures which this pair of hard-hitting comrades experienced, while the story of these adventures is interwoven with fiction; historically the books are correct.

_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_

1--Buffalo Bill, the Border King By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 2--Buffalo Bill’s Raid By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 3--Buffalo Bill’s Bravery By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 4--Buffalo Bill’s Trump Card By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 5--Buffalo Bill’s Pledge By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 6--Buffalo Bill’s Vengeance By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 7--Buffalo Bill’s Iron Grip By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 8--Buffalo Bill’s Capture By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 9--Buffalo Bill’s Danger Line By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 10--Buffalo Bill’s Comrades By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 11--Buffalo Bill’s Reckoning By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 12--Buffalo Bill’s Warning By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 13--Buffalo Bill at Bay By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 14--Buffalo Bill’s Buckskin Pards By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 15--Buffalo Bill’s Brand By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 16--Buffalo Bill’s Honor By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 17--Buffalo Bill’s Phantom Hunt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 18--Buffalo Bill’s Fight With Fire By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 19--Buffalo Bill’s Danite Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 20--Buffalo Bill’s Ranch Riders By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 21--Buffalo Bill’s Death Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 22--Buffalo Bill’s Trackers By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 23--Buffalo Bill’s Mid-air Flight By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 24--Buffalo Bill, Ambassador By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 25--Buffalo Bill’s Air Voyage By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 26--Buffalo Bill’s Secret Mission By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 27--Buffalo Bill’s Long Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 28--Buffalo Bill Against Odds By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 29--Buffalo Bill’s Hot Chase By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 30--Buffalo Bill’s Redskin Ally By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 31--Buffalo Bill’s Treasure Trove By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 32--Buffalo Bill’s Hidden Foes By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 33--Buffalo Bill’s Crack Shot By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 34--Buffalo Bill’s Close Call By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 35--Buffalo Bill’s Double Surprise By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 36--Buffalo Bill’s Ambush By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 37--Buffalo Bill’s Outlaw Hunt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 38--Buffalo Bill’s Border Duel By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 39--Buffalo Bill’s Bid for Fame By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 40--Buffalo Bill’s Triumph By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 41--Buffalo Bill’s Spy Trailer By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 42--Buffalo Bill’s Death Call By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 43--Buffalo Bill’s Body Guard By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 44--Buffalo Bill’s Still Hunt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 45--Buffalo Bill and the Doomed Dozen By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 46--Buffalo Bill’s Prairie Scout By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 47--Buffalo Bill’s Traitor Guide By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 48--Buffalo Bill’s Bonanza By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 49--Buffalo Bill’s Swoop By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 50--Buffalo Bill and the Gold King By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 51--Buffalo Bill, Deadshot By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 52--Buffalo Bill’s Buckskin Bravos By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 53--Buffalo Bill’s Big Four By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 54--Buffalo Bill’s One-armed Pard By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 55--Buffalo Bill’s Race for Life By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 56--Buffalo Bill’s Return By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 57--Buffalo Bill’s Conquest By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 58--Buffalo Bill to the Rescue By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 59--Buffalo Bill’s Beautiful Foe By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 60--Buffalo Bill’s Perilous Task By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 61--Buffalo Bill’s Queer Find By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 62--Buffalo Bill’s Blind Lead By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 63--Buffalo Bill’s Resolution By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 64--Buffalo Bill, the Avenger By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 65--Buffalo Bill’s Pledged Pard By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 66--Buffalo Bill’s Weird Warning By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 67--Buffalo Bill’s Wild Ride By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 68--Buffalo Bill’s Redskin Stampede By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 69--Buffalo Bill’s Mine Mystery By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 70--Buffalo Bill’s Gold Hunt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 71--Buffalo Bill’s Daring Dash By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 72--Buffalo Bill on Hand By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 73--Buffalo Bill’s Alliance By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 74--Buffalo Bill’s Relentless Foe By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 75--Buffalo Bill’s Midnight Ride By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 76--Buffalo Bill’s Chivalry By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 77--Buffalo Bill’s Girl Pard By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 78--Buffalo Bill’s Private War By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 79--Buffalo Bill’s Diamond Mine By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 80--Buffalo Bill’s Big Contract By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 81--Buffalo Bill’s Woman Foe By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 82--Buffalo Bill’s Ruse By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 83--Buffalo Bill’s Pursuit By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 84--Buffalo Bill’s Hidden Gold By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 85--Buffalo Bill in Mid-air By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 86--Buffalo Bill’s Queer Mission By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 87--Buffalo Bill’s Verdict By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 88--Buffalo Bill’s Ordeal By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 89--Buffalo Bill’s Camp Fires By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 90--Buffalo Bill’s Iron Nerve By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 91--Buffalo Bill’s Rival By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 92--Buffalo Bill’s Lone Hand By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 93--Buffalo Bill’s Sacrifice By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 94--Buffalo Bill’s Thunderbolt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 95--Buffalo Bill’s Black Fortune By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 96--Buffalo Bill’s Wild Work By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 97--Buffalo Bill’s Yellow Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 98--Buffalo Bill’s Treasure Train By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 99--Buffalo Bill’s Bowie Duel By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 100--Buffalo Bill’s Mystery Man By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 101--Buffalo Bill’s Bold Play By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 102--Buffalo Bill: Peacemaker By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 103--Buffalo Bill’s Big Surprise By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 104--Buffalo Bill’s Barricade By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 105--Buffalo Bill’s Test By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 106--Buffalo Bill’s Powwow By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 107--Buffalo Bill’s Stern Justice By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 108--Buffalo Bill’s Mysterious Friend By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 109--Buffalo Bill and the Boomers By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 110--Buffalo Bill’s Panther Fight By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 111--Buffalo Bill and the Overland Mail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 112--Buffalo Bill on the Deadwood Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 113--Buffalo Bill in Apache Land By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 114--Buffalo Bill’s Blindfold Duel By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 115--Buffalo Bill and the Lone Camper By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 116--Buffalo Bill’s Merry War By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 117--Buffalo Bill’s Star Play By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 118--Buffalo Bill’s War Cry By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 119--Buffalo Bill on Black Panther’s Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 120--Buffalo Bill’s Slim Chance By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 121--Buffalo Bill Besieged By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 122--Buffalo Bill’s Bandit Round-up By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 123--Buffalo Bill’s Surprise Party By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 124--Buffalo Bill’s Lightning Raid By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 125--Buffalo Bill in Mexico By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 126--Buffalo Bill’s Traitor Foe By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 127--Buffalo Bill’s Tireless Chase By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 128--Buffalo Bill’s Boy Bugler By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 129--Buffalo Bill’s Sure Guess By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 130--Buffalo Bill’s Record Jump By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 131--Buffalo Bill in the Land of Dread By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 132--Buffalo Bill’s Tangled Clue By Col. Prentiss Ingraham 133--Buffalo Bill’s Wolf Skin By Col. Prentiss Ingraham

BOOKS THAT NEVER GROW OLD

ALGER SERIES

Clean Adventure Stories for Boys

Price, Fifteen Cents

_The Most Complete List Published_

The following list does not contain all the books that Horatio Alger wrote, but it contains most of them, and certainly the best.

Horatio Alger is to boys what Charles Dickens is to grown-ups. His work is just as popular to-day as it was years ago. The books have a quality, the value of which is beyond computation.

There are legions of boys of foreign parents who are being helped along the road to true Americanism by reading these books which are so peculiarly American in tone that the reader cannot fail to absorb some of the spirit of fair play and clean living which is so characteristically American.

In this list are included certain books by Edward Stratemeyer upon whose shoulders the cloak of Horatio Alger has fallen. They are books of the Alger type, and to a very large extent vie with Mr. Alger’s books in interest and wholesomeness.

_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_

1--Driven From Home By Horatio Alger, Jr. 2--A Cousin’s Conspiracy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 3--Ned Newton By Horatio Alger, Jr. 4--Andy Gordon By Horatio Alger, Jr. 5--Tony, the Tramp By Horatio Alger, Jr. 6--The Five Hundred Dollar Check By Horatio Alger, Jr. 7--Helping Himself By Horatio Alger, Jr. 8--Making His Way By Horatio Alger, Jr. 9--Try and Trust By Horatio Alger, Jr. 10--Only an Irish Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 11--Jed, the Poorhouse Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 12--Chester Rand By Horatio Alger, Jr. 13--Grit, the Young Boatman of Pine Point By Horatio Alger, Jr. 14--Joe’s Luck By Horatio Alger, Jr. 15--From Farm Boy to Senator By Horatio Alger, Jr. 16--The Young Outlaw By Horatio Alger, Jr. 17--Jack’s Ward By Horatio Alger, Jr. 18--Dean Dunham By Horatio Alger, Jr. 19--In a New World By Horatio Alger, Jr. 20--Both Sides of the Continent By Horatio Alger, Jr. 21--The Store Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 22--Brave and Bold By Horatio Alger, Jr. 23--A New York Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 24--Bob Burton By Horatio Alger, Jr. 25--The Young Adventurer By Horatio Alger, Jr. 26--Julius, the Street Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 27--Adrift in New York By Horatio Alger, Jr. 28--Tom Brace By Horatio Alger, Jr. 29--Struggling Upward By Horatio Alger, Jr. 30--The Adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 31--Tom Tracy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 32--The Young Acrobat By Horatio Alger, Jr. 33--Bound to Rise By Horatio Alger, Jr. 34--Hector’s Inheritance By Horatio Alger, Jr. 35--Do and Dare By Horatio Alger, Jr. 36--The Tin Box By Horatio Alger, Jr. 37--Tom, the Bootblack By Horatio Alger, Jr. 38--Risen from the Ranks By Horatio Alger, Jr. 39--Shifting for Himself By Horatio Alger, Jr. 40--Wait and Hope By Horatio Alger, Jr. 41--Sam’s Chance By Horatio Alger, Jr. 42--Striving for Fortune By Horatio Alger, Jr. 43--Phil, the Fiddler By Horatio Alger, Jr. 44--Slow and Sure By Horatio Alger, Jr. 45--Walter Sherwood’s Probation By Horatio Alger, Jr. 46--The Trials and Triumphs of Mark Mason By Horatio Alger, Jr. 47--The Young Salesman By Horatio Alger, Jr. 48--Andy Grant’s Pluck By Horatio Alger, Jr. 49--Facing the World By Horatio Alger, Jr. 50--Luke Walton By Horatio Alger, Jr. 51--Strive and Succeed By Horatio Alger, Jr. 52--From Canal Boy to President By Horatio Alger, Jr. 53--The Erie Train Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 54--Paul, the Peddler By Horatio Alger, Jr. 55--The Young Miner By Horatio Alger, Jr. 56--Charlie Codman’s Cruise By Horatio Alger, Jr. 57--A Debt of Honor By Horatio Alger, Jr. 58--The Young Explorer By Horatio Alger, Jr. 59--Ben’s Nugget By Horatio Alger, Jr. 60--The Errand Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 61--Frank and Fearless By Horatio Alger, Jr. 62--Frank Hunter’s Peril By Horatio Alger, Jr. 63--Adrift in the City By Horatio Alger, Jr. 64--Tom Thatcher’s Fortune By Horatio Alger, Jr. 65--Tom Turner’s Legacy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 66--Dan, the Newsboy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 67--Digging for Gold By Horatio Alger, Jr. 68--Lester’s Luck By Horatio Alger, Jr. 69--In Search of Treasure By Horatio Alger, Jr. 70--Frank’s Campaign By Horatio Alger, Jr. 71--Bernard Brook’s Adventures By Horatio Alger, Jr. 72--Robert Coverdale’s Struggles By Horatio Alger, Jr. 73--Paul Prescott’s Charge By Horatio Alger, Jr. 74--Mark Manning’s Mission By Horatio Alger, Jr. 75--Rupert’s Ambition By Horatio Alger, Jr. 76--Sink or Swim By Horatio Alger, Jr. 77--The Backwood’s Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 78--Tom Temple’s Career By Horatio Alger, Jr. 79--Ben Bruce By Horatio Alger, Jr. 80--The Young Musician By Horatio Alger, Jr. 81--The Telegraph Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 82--Work and Win By Horatio Alger, Jr. 83--The Train Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 84--The Cash Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 85--Herbert Carter’s Legacy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 86--Strong and Steady By Horatio Alger, Jr. 87--Lost at Sea By Horatio Alger, Jr. 88--From Farm to Fortune By Horatio Alger, Jr. 89--Young Captain Jack By Horatio Alger, Jr. 90--Joe, the Hotel Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 91--Out for Business By Horatio Alger, Jr. 92--Falling in With Fortune By Horatio Alger, Jr. 93--Nelson, the Newsboy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 94--Randy of the River By Horatio Alger, Jr. 95--Jerry, the Backwoods Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. 96--Ben Logan’s Triumph By Horatio Alger, Jr. 97--The Young Book Agent By Horatio Alger, Jr. 98--The Last Cruise of _The Spitfire_ By Edward Stratemeyer 99--Reuben Stone’s Discovery By Edward Stratemeyer 100--True to Himself By Edward Stratemeyer 101--Richard Dare’s Venture By Edward Stratemeyer 102--Oliver Bright’s Search By Edward Stratemeyer 103--To Alaska for Gold By Edward Stratemeyer 104--The Young Auctioneer By Edward Stratemeyer 105--Bound to Be an Electrician By Edward Stratemeyer 106--Shorthand Tom By Edward Stratemeyer 107--Fighting for His Own By Edward Stratemeyer 108--Joe, the Surveyor By Edward Stratemeyer 109--Larry, the Wanderer By Edward Stratemeyer 110--The Young Ranchman By Edward Stratemeyer 111--The Young Lumbermen By Edward Stratemeyer 112--The Young Explorers By Edward Stratemeyer 113--Boys of the Wilderness By Edward Stratemeyer 114--Boys of the Great Northwest By Edward Stratemeyer 115--Boys of the Gold Fields By Edward Stratemeyer 116--For His Country By Edward Stratemeyer 117--Comrades in Peril By Edward Stratemeyer 118--The Young Pearl Hunters By Edward Stratemeyer 119--The Young Bandmaster By Edward Stratemeyer 120--Boys of the Fort By Edward Stratemeyer 121--On Fortune’s Trail By Edward Stratemeyer 122--Lost in the Land of Ice By Edward Stratemeyer 123--Bob, the Photographer By Edward Stratemeyer

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Say, Boys! | | | | | | How’d you like to own your own bronc’? How’d you like to be an | | expert at lassoing and branding? How’d you like to ride the rolling| | prairies in search of lost stock, and perhaps have an adventure or | | two with certain bad men who did not like you because you were on | | the side of law and order? How would you like it? | | | | Well, we all cannot go west and be cowboys, but we sure can pay 15 | | cents for the stories in the _Western Story Library_, and find a | | good, comfortable spot, and immediately imagine ourselves riding | | with Ted Strong and his broncho boys, sharing their adventures, | | their hardships and pleasures. | | | | Ted Strong and his pals are lovable fellows--every one of them, | | and you will do well to make comrades of them. | | | | Ask your dealer to show you a copy of the _Western Story Library_. | | | | | | STREET & SMITH CORPORATION | | 79 Seventh Avenue New York City | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

RATTLING GOOD ADVENTURE

SPORT STORIES

Price, Fifteen Cents

_Stories of the Big Outdoors_

There has been a big demand for outdoor stories, and a very considerable portion of it has been for the Maxwell Stevens stories about Jack Lightfoot, the athlete.

These stories are of interest to old and young. They are not, strictly speaking, stories for boys, but boys everywhere will find a great deal in them to engage their interest.

The Jack Lightfoot stories deal with every branch of sport--baseball, football, rowing, swimming, racing, tennis, and every sort of occupation, both indoor and out, that the healthy-minded man turns to.

_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_

1--Jack Lightfoot, the Athlete By Maxwell Stevens 2--Jack Lightfoot’s Crack Nine By Maxwell Stevens 3--Jack Lightfoot Trapped By Maxwell Stevens 4--Jack Lightfoot’s Rival By Maxwell Stevens 5--Jack Lightfoot in Camp By Maxwell Stevens 6--Jack Lightfoot’s Canoe Trip By Maxwell Stevens 7--Jack Lightfoot’s Iron Arm By Maxwell Stevens 8--Jack Lightfoot’s Hoodoo By Maxwell Stevens 9--Jack Lightfoot’s Decision By Maxwell Stevens 10--Jack Lightfoot’s Gun Club By Maxwell Stevens 11--Jack Lightfoot’s Blind By Maxwell Stevens 12--Jack Lightfoot’s Capture By Maxwell Stevens 13--Jack Lightfoot’s Head Work By Maxwell Stevens 14--Jack Lightfoot’s Wisdom By Maxwell Stevens

_Adventure Stories_ _Detective Stories_ _Western Stories_ _Love Stories_ _Sea Stories_

All classes of fiction are to be found among the Street & Smith novels. Our line contains reading matter for every one, irrespective of age or preference.

The person who has only a moderate sum to spend on reading matter will find this line a veritable gold mine.

STREET & SMITH CORPORATION, 79 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y.

Transcriber’s Notes

The Table of Contents at the beginning of the book was created by the transcriber.

Minor punctuation errors have been silently corrected and, except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation such as “fang-like/fanglike” and “clean-shaven/clean shaven” have been maintained.

Extraneous commas in advertising pages deleted to properly align table columns in electronic versions.

Page 2: “Rough-riders” changed to “Rough Riders”.

Page 49: “yieded” changed to “yielded”.

Page 84: “reachel” changed to “reached”.

Page 98: “riples” changed to “ripples”.

Page 211: “Calamut” changed to “Calumet”.

Page 278: “neverthless” changed to “nevertheless”.

Page 311: “Hicock” changed to “Hickok”.