DELAWARE TOM;
OR,
THE TRAITOR GUIDE.
BY HARRY HAZARD,
AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING POCKET NOVELS:
No. 38. The Heart Eater,
No. 43. The White Outlaw,
No. 54. Arkansas Jack,
No. 66. Rattling Dick.
NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS
[I An Altercation] 9 [II The Storm-Cloud Breaks] 19 [III A Wild Race] 30 [IV The Forlorn Hope] 34 [V Delaware Tom] 43 [VI Tom Maxwell Turns Indian] 50 [VII A Tangled Trail] 59 [VIII Savage Tactics] 68 [IX Bound to the Stake] 77 [X The Winding Trail] 83 [XI Reunited] 88 [XII Dog Eat Dog] 96
DELAWARE TOM;
OR,
THE TRAITOR GUIDE
CHAPTER I.
AN ALTERCATION.
Mid-afternoon of an oppressively hot and sultry day, in the year ’54.
We call the reader’s attention to a scene, that, if not romantic, is at least attractive and interesting; a wagon-train of emigrants, as is attested by the quantity of driven stock—horses, cattle and sheep. The presence of women and children is still further evidence.