A STORY OF THE ALAMO
BY
WILLIAM O. STODDARD
AUTHOR OF "CHUMLEY'S POST," "CROWDED OUT O' CROFIELD,"
"THE TALKING LEAVES," ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHARLES H. STEPHENS
PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1898
COPYRIGHT, 1897,
BY
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
The Gods of the Montezumas
The Alamo Fort
The Dream of the New Empire
The Race for the Chaparral
Among the Bushes
The Old Cash-Box
The Escape of the Rangers
The Camp at the Spring
The Skirmish in the Night
A Baffled Pursuit
The Charge of the Lancers
The Horse-Thieves and the Stampede
The Last of Tetzcatl
The Perilous Path
The Return of the Gold Hunters
The Army of Santa Anna
The First Shot
Crockett's Alarm Gun
The Reinforcement
Nearing the End
ILLUSTRATIONS
[ "This is a terrible piece of work" . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece. ]
[ "Good! Tetzcatl go to the Alamo" ]
[ "Heap dollar," remarked Red Wolf ]
[ "Ugh!" screeched the Comanche at the end of a terrific minute, and he sank into the grass ]
[ In rode the very airy captain of lancers ]