Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
CAMP IN THE FOOT-HILLS
OR
_OSCAR ON HORSEBACK_

BY

HARRY CASTLEMON

AUTHOR OF “GUNBOAT SERIES,” “ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,” “WAR SERIES,” ETC.,
ETC.

PHILADELPHIA

PORTER & COATES

COPYRIGHT, 1893,

BY

PORTER & COATES.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. AT THE COLONEL’S HEAD-QUARTERS, 1

II. OSCAR’S OUTFIT, 10

III. BIG THOMPSON, 20

IV. PICKING OUT A PONY, 27

V. LARAMIE PLAINS, 36

VI. A RIDE THROUGH THE SAGE-BRUSH, 48

VII. ANOTHER UNEXPECTED MEETING, 54

VIII. TOM PRESTON, 63

IX. TOM’S STORY, 71

X. TOM LEARNS SOMETHING, 79

XI. TOM BECOMES DESPERATE, 88

XII. OSCAR TALKS TO THE COLONEL, 97

XIII. OSCAR WRITES A NOTE, 107

XIV. LEFT IN THE SAGE-BRUSH, 116

XV. THE HUNTING PARTY, 126

XVI. A CHASE AND A CAPTIVE, 137

XVII. COURSING AND STILL-HUNTING, 149

XVIII. “CLIMB DOWN, PARD!” 160

XIX. THE STOLEN MULE, 173

XX. INSIDE THE DUG-OUT, 183

XXI. THE RANCHMAN SAYS SOMETHING, 193

XXII. THE CAMP IN THE FOOT-HILLS, 202

XXIII. HUNTING THE BIG HORN, 212

XXIV. A FREE FIGHT, 222

XXV. OSCAR DISCOVERS SOMETHING, 232

XXVI. THE RIVAL HUNTERS, 244

XXVII. BIG THOMPSON FOLLOWS A TRAIL, 256

XXVIII. “OLD EPHRAIM,” 269

XXIX. A LUCKY SHOT, 280

XXX. OSCAR HAS A VISITOR, 292

XXXI. TOM AND HIS PARTNER, 307

XXXII. THE WOLFER’S PLAN, 318

XXXIII. LISH DECIDES TO MOVE, 329

XXXIV. A CLIMAX, 340

XXXV. WHAT OSCAR’S VISITOR DID, 354

XXXVI. THE TABLES TURNED, 365

XXXVII. BIG THOMPSON’S HUNTING DOG, 378

XXXVIII. FAREWELL TO THE HILLS, 389

THE

CAMP IN THE FOOT-HILLS;

OR,

OSCAR ON HORSEBACK.