[“‘Here I am, Kit! Don’t shoot!’”]
[“Several Indians seated themselves before the mouth of the cave”]
[“The trembling boy was able to see the scout as he drew his knife”]
[“Instantly Kit Carson struck the treacherous redskin a blow between his eyes with his fist”]
SCOUTING WITH KIT CARSON
[CHAPTER I—THE CAMP ON THE PLAINS]
“I am glad we are going to stop here.”
“It ees so. The boy ees mooch tired?”
“Yes, I am tired,” responded Reuben Benton. “I have been in the saddle since before sun-up. Sometimes it seems to me as if I had been riding forever and a day.”