Hints about Trailing.--The Mexican.--Old Jerry's Observation.

CHAPTER VII.

The San Pedro.--An Antelope Hunt.--We strike a Fresh Trail.--An Attack of
"Buck Fever."--Hal a Victim.--I endeavor to comfort him.--A Promise.--The
Black-tailed Deer.--The Call and the Snake.--Another Attempt.--Defeated
by a Panther.--The Rio Pecos.--The Country through which it runs.--Old
Acquaintances in the Distance.--On a Bender.--Ned to the Rescue.--Old
Jerry's Bear Story.

CHAPTER VIII.

The Comanche War Trail.--A Visitor in Camp.--Hal loses his Pony.--An
Adventure with a Horse-thief.--Creeping Serpent.--Hints on Horse-stealing.
--Dust in the Distance. Hal recognizes his Pony.--A Good Shot.--
Its Effect.--The Prairie on Fire.--Imminent Peril.--Hard Work.--Comanche
Springs.--Fort Davis.--A Pretty Girl,--Patsey McQuirk.--Ned kills an
Antelope.--Don Ramon.--The Camp attacked.

CHAPTER IX.

Juanita captured.--A Brutal Murder.--Once more on the Trail.--We lose
it.--The Hide for Life.--Return to Camp.--The Messenger to the Fort.--
Terrible News.--The Dragoons in the Saddle.--Hal taken Prisoner.--Off for
El Paso.--We start for the Silver Mines.--The Cave.--Adventure with a
Bear.--The Mine.--What we saw.--We start for Fillmore.--Good News.

CHAPTER X.