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Title: Far Past the Frontier

Author: James A. Braden

Illustrator: W. H. Fry

Release Date: August 9, 2008 [EBook #26234]

Language: English

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[Illustration: He met the hot-mouthed, vicious brute, his rude spear
clasped in both hands]

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FAR PAST THE FRONTIER

By
JAMES A. BRADEN

Illustrated by
W. H. FRY

C

Akron, Ohio
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO.
New York--Chicago

MADE IN U. S. A.

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Copyright, 1902
By
The Saalfield Publishing Company

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I The Flight of Big Pete Ellis. 5
II A Bound Boy's Story. 19
III The Beginning of a Perilous Journey. 32
IV The Man Under the Bed. 47
V A Mysterious Shot in the Darkness. 62
VI On Lonely Mountain Roads. 76
VII On Into the Wilderness. 91
VIII Friends or Foes? 105
IX The Scalp at Big Buffalo's Belt. 121
X A Night With the Indians. 134
XI Again a Hidden Enemy. 150
XII Building a Cabin. 164
XIII The Strange Story of Arthur Bridges. 179
XIV Treed by Wolves. 192
XV A Maple Sugar Camp in the Wilderness. 206
XVI The Hatred of Big Buffalo. 219
XVII Danger. 232

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FAR PAST THE FRONTIER.

CHAPTER I.

The Flight of Big Pete Ellis.

"Look out thar!"

A young, red-bearded man of herculean frame fiercely jerked the words
between his teeth as he lea