Chapter I: Front Matter

Little Wolf.

A TALE
OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

BY
MRS. M. A. CORNELIUS.

CINCINNATI:
JOURNAL AND MESSENGER,
No. 178 ELM STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
MRS. M. A. CORNELIUS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I.
A sad breakfast--The Sherman Family--The Language of
Flowers--What a Young Man was sure of--The Parting 5

CHAPTER II.
Pendleton--The Revelation at the Saloon--Euphonious
names--The Encounter--Our Heroine Appears and Highwaymen
Disappear 19

CHAPTER III.
A Reign of Confusion--Bloody Jim--Little Wolf's Allies
Prepare for Defence--Family Trouble 30

CHAPTER IV.
More Troubles--Who was Bloody Jim--His Attempt at Kidnapping
Little Wolf--The Cause of His Hatred and the Terror he
Inspired 41

CHAPTER V.
Dr. Goodrich leaves with Daddy as Guide--Daddy's War-like
Preparations--His Testimony to the Curse of Strong
Drink--What they Discovered on their way to the Village 53

CHAPTER VI.
The Saloon Keeper--Comforting Reflections--The Unwelcome
Call--Diabolical Plotting 70

CHAPTER VII.
Music--The Warning--Preparations for Winter Interrupted--The
Welcome Boat 77

CHAPTER VIII.
The Love-letter--Discussion--A Quick Ride--Too Late--Violence
and Death 89

CHAPTER IX.
Bloody Jim's Advantages--The Fainting Captive--The Tragic
Quarrel--Outwitted at Last--The Refuge 100

CHAPTER X.
The Kidnapper's Surprise--On the Wrong Track--Bloody Jim's
Capture--The Rotten Plank 108

CHAPTER XI.
Harmless Conspiracy--The Ghost--The Wife Murderer--Tippling
and Tattling--Misrepresentations 119

CHAPTER XII.
The Cottage in the Grove--The Disguise--Back to
Health--Impatience--Searching the Box--Antoinette
La Clair's Story 129

CHAPTER XIII.
Twofold Agony--Dr. Goodrich's Promise--Home Again--Lilly
Foot--The Convalescent--The Neighborhood Wedding--News from
Chimney Rock--The Sherman Family at the West 146

CHAPTER XIV.
Rough Roads--The Happy Bridegroom--Jacob Mentor's
Experience--Fairy Knoll--A Joyful Meeting 160

CHAPTER XV.
Busy Preparations and the Climax--The Lovers--Tom Tinknor's
Discovery--General Rejoicings--The Idol Defaced 170

CHAPTER XVI.
Painful Recollections--The Last Boat of the Season--Ruffled
Plumes--Reconciliation 181

CHAPTER XVII.
Winter Sports--The Doctor's Visits--Preparations for New
Year's Day--A Discussion 189

CHAPTER XVIII.
The New Year's Ball--A Check to Festivity--The Midnight
Ride--Death in the Old Brown House 201

CHAPTER XIX.
Neighborly Sympathy--Little Wolf's Bosom Friend A
Disappointed Lover 215

CHAPTER XX.
A Weight of Sorrow--Marrying a Drunkard--Suspense 227

CHAPTER XXI.
Daddy's Diplomacy--A Passage at Arms--Fannie Green--A
Catastrophe 235

CHAPTER XXII.
The Rescue 248

CHAPTER XXIII.
An Indian Messenger--Frozen to Death 260

CHAPTER XXIV.
A Crisis--Pride and Folly 271

CHAPTER XXV.
The Sleighing Party--Clara Hastings--Mother and Son 280

CHAPTER XXVI.
Letter Writing--Daddy's Nocturnal Labors and early Walk 294

CHAPTER XXVII.
Doing and Getting Good--Wycoff's Reform 308

CHAPTER XXVIII.
Daddy's Soliloqy--A Beer-Soaker--A Knock-Down Argument--A
Present for Little Wolf 323

CHAPTER XXIX.
A Chapter of Accidents and Deliverances 333

CHAPTER XXX.
Another Saloon Scene--The Bridal Trousseau--The Lovely Nurse 341

CHAPTER XXXI.
Threats--Little Wolf and Black Hawk--Tragic Death of Hank
Glutter 354

CHAPTER XXXII.
The May Day Weddings--Miss Orrecta Lippincott's
Surprise--How Old Lovers Behave 367

CHAPTER XXXIII.
The Old Brown House Deserted--The Pearl and Diamond
Ring--Mr. and Mrs. Marsden's Conjectures 380

CHAPTER XXXIV.
A Trip to California--Jumping Overboard--The Grand Supper
and what Came of it--The Captain's Little Daughter 393

CHAPTER XXXV.
A Visit to Mrs. Sherman's Room--Daddy and his New
Spouse--Ominous Signs 408

CHAPTER XXXVI.
More News from Little Wolf--Tom Tinknor's Testimony 415

CHAPTER XXXVII.
Another Death in the Old Brown House 423

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Daddy's Temperance Lecture 430

CHAPTER XXXIX.
Death in Mid Ocean--Love Making and a Double Wedding 448

LITTLE WOLF.