The Riflemen of the Ohio Part 49

"Did you overtake him?"

"I did, and we had a fight in the dark. Luck was with me, and at the end of the struggle I held him at the muzzle of my rifle."

"Did you shoot?"

"No, I could not. He had saved my life, and I had to pay the debt."

The s.h.i.+ftless one reached out his hand and touched Henry's lightly.

"I'm glad you didn't shoot," he said. "I'd have done the same that you did."

An hour later they were all asleep but Tom Ross, who watched at the edge of the glade, and Henry, who lay on his back in the gra.s.s, gazing at the stars that flashed and danced in the blue sky.

Sleep came to the boy slowly, but his eyelids drooped at last, and a wonderful peace came over him. The wind rose, and out of the forest floated a song, soothing and peaceful. It told him that success, the reward of the brave, had come, and, as his eyelids drooped lower, he slept without dreams.

THE END

_The Young Trailers Series_

_Two boys, Henry Ware and Paul Cotter, and three scouts are the chief characters in these books dealing with frontier life and adventures with the Indians about the time of the Revolutionary War. Each story is complete in itself, full of excitement, and historically accurate._

The Young Trailers

Two boys and their families arrive in Kentucky and build a settlement.

The settlers begin to have trouble with the Indians.

The Forest Runners

The two boys set out to carry powder from one settlement to another. The Indians get word of it.

The Eyes of the Woods

The Indians at length determine to destroy the boys and their friends.

In the struggle the boys call into play all their lore of the woods.

The Keepers of the Trail

In this book the boys and their comrades defeat a great Indian army and save Kentucky from invasion.

The Free Rangers

Five of the settlers journey down the Mississippi to urge the Spanish Governor-General not to join the Indians in fighting.

The Riflemen of the Ohio

The band of five settlers act as scouts for a great fleet coming up the Mississippi with supplies for the Revolutionists at Pittsburg.

The Scouts of the Valley

The two boys go into Pennsylvania to help the settlers there fight the Iroquois. They are active in several battles.

The Border Watch

Learning that another expedition against the settlers in Kentucky is being prepared, the boys join the famous fighters under George Rogers Clark.

_The French and Indian War Series_

_In this series Mr. Altsheler has endeavored to describe the events of the French and Indian War, the period in American History from 1754 to 1763. The central characters in the story are Robert Lennox, an American boy; Tayoga, an Onondaga Indian; and David Willet, a hunter. The books are all historically correct._

The Hunters of the Hills

This book begins the adventures of Robert Lennox and Tayoga, the Indian, and tells of what they do at Quebec.

The Shadow of the North

Robert, Tayoga and David Willet are scouting in the wilderness, when they learn that war is declared. They fearlessly push on.

The Rulers of the Lakes

After Braddock's defeat, the young heroes start north and finally take part in the Battle of Lake George.

The Masters of the Peaks

Robert and his friends spoil the plans of a spy and take part in a big battle before the ma.s.sacre at Fort William Henry.