Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE
FRONTIER ANGEL

EDWARD S. ELLIS

THE
FRONTIER ANGEL

A ROMANCE OF

KENTUCKY RANGERS' LIFE

BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS
AUTHOR OF "BILL BIDDON, TRAPPER," "FAMOUS AMERICAN
NAVAL COMMANDERS," "GOLDEN ROCK," ETC.

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY HURST & COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Night before the Departure 9

II. The Fate of the Flat-Boat 21

III. The Two Scouts 46

IV. The Faint Hope 59

V. The Mysterious Warning 70

VI. The Frontier Angel--The Shawnees 83

VII. The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties 90

VIII. A Man in Trouble 105

IX. Peter Jenkins--A Couple of Speeches 127

X. In which there is a Future Account of the Shawnees,
the Speakers, and Jenkins 139

XI. A Prize Gained and Lost 151

XII. A Mingling of Fear, Doubt, and Hope 174

XIII. Dark 189

XIV. The Attack in the Wood 201

XV. "All's Well that Ends Well." 225

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Jim Peterson Questioning the Frontier Angel FRONTISPIECE

PAGE

"For God's sake come and take me off, for they are after
me." 33

The Frontier Angel 39

"Onward they poured, shouting like madmen." 45

"Whosomever is on that flat-boat ain't living, that's
sartin." 51

"'O Lord, I'm shot,' suddenly exclaimed Jenkins." 81

"Before he could rise the Indians were upon him." 108

"The Frontier Angel gazed calmly on him a moment." 126

"'Mr. Thomas McGable, Esq., I believe,' said Peterson with
much gravity, without removing the aim of his rifle." 156

"'Quick! water; she has fainted,' exclaimed Mansfield." 229

"Then die--!" 244

THE FRONTIER ANGEL:

A ROMANCE OF

KENTUCKY RANGERS' LIFE.