That East and West may be bound together by love, as well as by national and commercial relations, and that this story may tend in its humble way to so happy a result, is the earnest wish of
THE AUTHOR.
Contents.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Pioneer Family.–A Spirited Chase. | [9] |
| II. | Shooting Double.–A Frontier Doctor. | [23] |
| III. | Where Can He Be?–A Heart Revelation. | [35] |
| IV. | A Brush With Indians.–A Black Heart. | [47] |
| V. | Brother Smith and Quarter Stakes. | [65] |
| VI. | Mrs. Jones’s Story.–The Gray Wolf. | [79] |
| VII. | A Sabbath on the Prairie. | [93] |
| VIII. | Tom’s Victory. | [105] |
| IX. | A Surprise. | [116] |
| X. | “No Whiskey at This Raising!” | [126] |
| XI. | Old Mrs. Skinflint in Trouble.–Lost in the Woods. | [142] |
| XII. | Fire and Flood. | [158] |
| XIII. | The Indian Lodge. | [170] |
| XIV. | The War-Song. | [187] |
| XV. | The Massacre at Spirit Lake. | [194] |
| XVI. | A Beleaguered Cabin. | [210] |
| XVII. | The Mysterious Fire. | [226] |
| XVIII. | The Boy in the Tree. | [237] |
| XIX. | Bub’s Broadside. | [250] |
| XX. | Long Hair. | [260] |
| XXI. | “Pull the String, Bub.” | [272] |
| XXII. | Tom and the Money-Lender. | [285] |
| XXIII. | An Enchanting Scene.–The Parting. | [295] |
THE CABIN ON THE PRAIRIE.