THE
SCARLET SHOULDERS;
OR,
THE MINER RANGERS.
BY HARRY HAZARD.
AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING POCKET NOVELS:
38. The Heart Eater. 43. The White Outlaw. 54. Arkansas Jack. 66. Rattling Dick. 71. Delaware Tom. 79. Outlaw Jack.
NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS
[I The Tragedy] 9 [II A Story Told and a Surprise] 17 [III Marcos Sayosa, the Young Miner] 25 [IV The Miner’s Riot] 33 [V The Rescue] 39 [VI Carlita] 47 [VII Felipe’s Visitor] 54 [VIII A Fearful Peril] 60 [IX The Jarocho’s Prisoner] 69 [X Felipe’s Confession] 77 [XI In the Cave and Out of It] 86 [XII Explanations] 95
THE SCARLET SHOULDERS;
OR,
THE MINER RANGERS.
CHAPTER I.
THE TRAGEDY.
“Indios—Indios bravos!” yelled Manuel Navaja, as he discharged his escopette full at the glowing disk of old Sol; then dropping it, he rushed through the outer gates, sounding the terrible words at every step, his affright being shared by all the peons who heard him, and, leaving their posts, one and all swarmed to the main building.