Category: Adventure

The Lost Cabin Mine

I. Introduces "The Apache Kid" with whom Later I become Acquainted II. Mr. Laughlin Tells the Story up to Date III. Mr. Laughlin's Prophecy is Fulfilled IV. I Take my Life in my Hands V. I Agree to "Keep the Peace" in a New Sense VI. Farewell to Baker City VII. The Man with th...

Chapters

7. Part 7

The same thought must have been in Apache Kid's mind for I heard the quick patter of his pony as it came level with me. He passed me and he and I--I now a length behind him--cam...

15. Part 15

"To my mind," said Apache Kid, in a soft voice, "it is at once one of the saddest stories and one of which the daughter cannot think without a greater honouring of her father."

12. Part 12

I have told you that the next rib of rock broke off sheer and went down in a declivity. Thither Canlan's terror took him; and the last I saw of him was his legs straddled in the...

6. Part 6

The leader of these two lay with his back and his heels and the broad soles of his feet toward me; but the other, "the hog from Ontario," lay looking after us, with his dead eye...

8. Part 8

Apache Kid frowned on him and, "I give you my word of honour," said he; and so we came ploughing through the loose soil and sand into the sun-dried grass, and thence on to the l...

9. Part 9

"No," said Apache Kid. "I understand that. You will require some other method used upon you. I don't know if it was, as you suggested, the gentleman's religion that was to blame...

5. Part 5

Apache did not turn at the voice, but, "You hear that piece of advice?" said he. "Well, I 'm not going to take it. You can keep your little toy in your hip-pocket. Do you know w...

4. Part 4

"Well, I want to thank you. I bin keepin' my eyes open for you since that night. I want to thank you for that service you done me. Any time you want a----" but I did not catch h...

16. Part 16

As we passed the corner of the street in which "Blaine's joint" had stood, I noticed above the door and window a strip of wood less sun-scorched than the rest. That was where th...

10. Part 10

It was truly a weird sight there, for we could see so many valleys now, hollows, gulches, clefts in the chaos of the mountains; here, white masts of trees all lightening-struck...

2. Part 2

"They 're lookin' right lively and pleased with themselves," said the proprietor. "I reckon if Canlan comes along to-night it will be worth your while, now that you know the ins...

3. Part 3

When I got the length of Baker Street I was to see another sight such as only the West could show. The phonographs, as usual, it being now evening, were all grumbling forth thei...

14. Part 14

After three days of this plodding we sighted a soaring blue mountain ridge with snow in its high corries and this as I guessed was Baker Ridge; but it took us a good day's journ...

11. Part 11

Once or twice I thought of taking a brand from the fire to light me round to the camp across the lake, that I might discover whether, indeed, both my friends were dead. But, as...

1. Part 1

I. Introduces "The Apache Kid" with whom Later I become Acquainted II. Mr. Laughlin Tells the Story up to Date III. Mr. Laughlin's Prophecy is Fulfilled IV. I Take my Life in my...

13. Part 13

"This," he said, "seems to have fallen out your press-cuttin' book. I see in a paper the other day where they supply press-cuttin's to piano wallopers and barn-stormers and what...

17. Part 17

"I don't want the stuff, anyhow," said he. "Now--don't worry me. Don't ask me questions. What I like about you is that you take me for granted. Don't spoil the impression of you...