223

XXVII. THE MEXICAN ARMY AT SAN ANTONIO 233

XXVIII. WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MISSION 242

XXIX. THE FALL OF THE ALAMO 250

XXX. ESCAPING TO THE RIVER 257

XXXI. SOMETHING ABOUT GENERAL SAM HOUSTON 265

XXXII. IN WHICH THE TEXAN ARMY FALLS BACK 274

XXXIII. THE VICTORY OF SAN JACINTO 283

XXXIV. BACK TO THE RANCH--CONCLUSION 293

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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"'REMEMBER THE ALAMO! DOWN WITH SANTA ANNA!'" _FRONTISPIECE_

"'YOU SHA'N'T LEAVE THIS SPOT UNTIL YOU GIVE UP THAT DEER,
AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT!'" 27

"FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE COMANCHES" 70

"'HOLD ON,' HE CRIED TO HENRY PARKER. 'SOMETHING IS IN
THAT BUSH!'" 98

"'HOLD BACK!' YELLED DAN" 157

"'YOU RASCAL! GET BACK, OR I'LL SHOOT!'" 212

"'THAT'S WHAT I CALL A PRETTY GOOD HAUL,' CRIED DAN,
ENTHUSIASTICALLY" 229

"HE BEGAN TO LOWER HIMSELF INTO THE HOLE" 258

FOR THE LIBERTY OF TEXAS.

CHAPTER I.

THE HOME ON THE FRONTIER.

"Dan! Dan! Come quick and see what I brought down with the gun!"

"Why, Ralph, was that you I heard shooting? I thought it was father."

"No; I was out, down by the river bank, and I brought down the finest
deer you ever set eyes on. He was under the bunch of pecan-trees, and I
let him have it straight in the neck and brought him down the first
crack. Now what do you think of that?"

Ralph Radbury's rather delicate face was all aglow with excitement and
pardonable pride, as he spoke, leaning on his father's gun, a long,
old-fashioned affair that had been in the family's possession for many
years. Ralph was but a boy of eight, although years of life in the open
air had given him the appearance of being older.

"What do I think?" cried Dan, who was Ralph's senior by six years. "I
think you'll become a second Davy Crockett or Dan'l Boone if you keep
on. It's a wonder the deer let you come so close. The wind is blowing
toward the stream."

"I trailed around to the rocks where w