In Texas with Davy Crockett

THE RIFLE RANG OUT
By JOHN T. McINTYRE
Author of “In Kentucky with Daniel Boone,” “In the Rockies with Kit Carson”
Illustrations by JOHN A. HUYBERS
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1914
COPYRIGHT 1914 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
In Texas With Davy Crockett
The towering stacks of the steamboat “Mediterranean” sent their clouds of smoke, black and wind rent, across the sky; her sharp bow cut the yellow waters of the Mississippi and dashed the spray as high as her rails.
The cabins were thronged with passengers; the forward deck was tiered high with bales and barrels and boxes of merchandise.
Two boys sat by the rail upon the upper deck; their faces were earnest and they talked in low tones.
“Are you quite sure that Sam Davidge is on board, Walt?” asked one.
“I’d know him among a whole city-full, let alone a cabin-full,” answered Walter Jordan. “And I’ve seen him three times to-day.”