THE HUNTER HERCULES,
OR,
THE CHAMPION RIDER OF THE PLAINS.
A ROMANCE OF THE PRAIRIES.
BY HARRY ST. GEORGE.
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 The Young Hunter’s First Prize] 9 [II The Knight and the “Ladie Fair.”] 11 [III The Comanches’ Prize] 14 [IV The Two Wizards] 18 [V Two Queer Men] 22 [VI The Circus-Rider Magician] 27 [VII A Trial of Speed for Scalps] 31 [VIII The Manitou Must be Obeyed] 35 [IX The White Wizard Drugs the Guard] 39 [X A Wild Race for Life] 44 [XI Muzzle to Muzzle, and Who Will Win?] 48 [XII Chased by the Flames] 52 [XIII Fighting Fire with Fire] 57 [XIV A Brilliant Exploit With an Umbrella] 61 [XV Why Ralph Was Called the “Hunter Hercules.”] 66 [XVI Donna Iola Meets the Trailers] 70 [XVII A Stern Chase is Generally a Long One] 74 [XVIII Red Buffalo Meets His Fate] 77 [XIX Hilt to Hilt and Face to Face] 82 [XX Winding up the Tale] 86
THE HUNTER HERCULES;
OR,
THE CHAMPION RIDER OF THE PLAINS.
CHAPTER I.
THE YOUNG HUNTER’S FIRST PRIZE.
It was a beautiful scene. Not a cloud marred the vast blue dome of heaven. Autumn reigned supreme in the Lone Star State, where brave Houston fought, and valiant Bowie fell at the Alamo. Near the Comanche ground on the far north-western border of the State we would bring the reader on this bright, cheerful morning in October.