Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Flight of Big Pete Ellis. [5]
IIA Bound Boy’s Story. [19]
IIIThe Beginning of a Perilous Journey. [32]
IVThe Man Under the Bed. [47]
VA Mysterious Shot in the Darkness. [62]
VIOn Lonely Mountain Roads. [76]
VIIOn Into the Wilderness. [91]
VIIIFriends or Foes? [105]
IXThe Scalp at Big Buffalo’s Belt. [121]
XA Night With the Indians. [134]
XIAgain a Hidden Enemy. [150]
XIIBuilding a Cabin. [164]
XIIIThe Strange Story of Arthur Bridges. [179]
XIVTreed by Wolves. [192]
XVA Maple Sugar Camp in the Wilderness. [206]
XVIThe Hatred of Big Buffalo. [219]
XVIIDanger. [232]

Far Past The Frontier.

CHAPTER I.

The Flight of Big Pete Ellis.

“Look out thar!”

A young, red-bearded man of herculean frame fiercely jerked the words between his teeth as he leaped between two boys who were about to enter the country store, from the door of which he sprang.