OLD RUFF, THE TRAPPER;
OR,
THE YOUNG FUR-HUNTERS.
A SEQUEL TO “LITTLE RIFLE.”
BY CAPT. “BRUIN” ADAMS,
AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING POCKET NOVELS:
No. 9. Lightning Jo.
No. 74. Little Rifle.
NEW YORK.
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
CONTENTS
- I “Give Us Your Hand on That” 9
- II Doubt and Perplexity 14
- III The Reds 20
- IV Between Two Fires 25
- V A Wonderful Animal 30
- VI What the Telescope Revealed 35
- VII Down the River 40
- VIII “Speckled Beauty” in Camp 45
- IX Through the Cascade Range 50
- X A Brute’s Sacrifice 55
- XI Unwelcome Visitors 60
- XII The Revelation of Maquesa 66
- XIII Counterplotting 71
- XIV Down the Columbia 76
- XV The Sea Trail 79
- XVI The Wind That Blew No Good 81
- XVII What of the Night? 85
- XVIII Waiting for the End 87
- XIX The Leap for Life 92
- XX Conclusion 95
OLD RUFF, THE TRAPPER;
OR,
THE YOUNG FUR-HUNTERS.
CHAPTER I.
“GIVE US YOUR HAND ON THAT.”
Young Harry Northend remained by his lonely camp-firein the wilderness, long after the dull, dismal day had dawned,in the hope that Little Rifle, his promised bride of the wilderness,as he loved to look upon her, would return.[1]
Now and then he ventured to call to her, although he wellknew the risk he incurred in