Jesse James' Desperate Game
OR
The Robbery of the Ste. Genevieve Bank.
Chapter I.
A THRILLING RESCUE.
The population of Monegaw Springs was transitory. Situated in the central part of St. Clair county, in Missouri, the town was famed far and wide for the medicinal qualities of its waters. And when the war of the rebellion came to an end and the countryfolk could once more live without fear of a raid by Federal troops or guerrillas, they flocked thither from far and near.