The Mystery of Lost River Canyon

Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE.
HARRY CASTLEMON
AUTHOR OF “ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,” “GUNBOAT SERIES,” “BOY TRAPPER SERIES,” ETC., ETC.
PHILADELPHIA
HENRY T. COATES & CO.
Copyright, 1896,
HENRY T. COATES & CO.
THE
Mystery of Lost River Canyon.
One hot, sultry August afternoon, a weary horse, whose heaving sides and foam-flecked breast bore evidence to the fact that he had been driven long and rapidly, was reined up in front of a little station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. His rider—a tall, broad-shouldered, full-bearded man—was dressed in clothing which seems to have been chosen by the ranchmen of the country of which we write, as a badge distinctive of their calling—a red shirt, wide-brimmed hat, corduroy trousers and heavy top boots.