
THROUGH APACHE LAND - BY LIEUT. R. H. JAYNE - AUTHOR OF "LOST IN THE WILDERNESS," "IN THE PECOS COUNTRY," "THE CAVE IN THE MOUNTAIN," ETC. - NEW YORK THE MERSHON COMPANY PUBLISHERS - Copyrighted, 1893, BY THE PRICE-MCGILL CO.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THROUGH APACHE LAND.
CHAPTER I. - MOONLIGHT ON THE RIO GILA.
CHAPTER II. - TOM HARDYNGE'S RUSE.
CHAPTER III. - PURSUED BY THE APACHES.
CHAPTER IV. - OUTWITTED.
CHAPTER V. - AN ALARMING MESSAGE.
CHAPTER VI. - THE TWO SCOUTS.
CHAPTER VII. - THE CAVALRY ESCORT.
A lone scout drifts through moonlit waters on the Rio Gila, his disguise as an Indian barely hiding the urgent message he carries back to Fort Havens. Tom Hardynge is a seasoned hunter and courier, familiar with the rugged bluffs and restless whispers of an impending Apache uprising. As the night deepens, a mysterious light on a distant bluff signals that his careful ruse may have been spotted, and the river’s calm soon gives way to a tense chase.
The narrative follows Tom’s desperate race against time, weaving vivid descriptions of the harsh frontier landscape with the tense interplay of cultures on the edge of conflict. Listeners will feel the weight of his secret, the crackle of hidden dangers, and the relentless push of a man determined to warn the outposts before the storm breaks. The early chapters set a striking tone of danger and endurance that pulls you straight into the heart of the American Southwest.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (345K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-02-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1840–1916
Best known for fast-moving frontier adventures, this prolific 19th-century writer also built a career in education and journalism. His stories helped shape the early American dime novel and introduced generations of young readers to action, history, and invention.
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