



Produced by Al Haines









[Illustration: Cover art]





[Frontispiece: 'THEN BEGAN A TERRIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN THE MAN AND THE
HORSE.'  _Page_ 124.





LEFT ON THE PRAIRIE



BY

M. B. COX (NOEL WEST).




_ILLUSTRATED BY A. PEARCE_




LONDON:

WELLS GARDNER, BARTON & CO.,

3, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, & 44, VICTORIA STREET, S.W.

1899.




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER

    I.  AT LONGVIEW
   II.  JACK IN TROUBLE
  III.  JACK'S RESOLUTION
   IV.  JACK STARTS ON HIS JOURNEY
    V.  JACK GOES IN SEARCH OF <DW65>
   VI.  JACK IS DESERTED
  VII.  JACK IS RESCUED
 VIII.  WHAT JACK LEARNED FROM PEDRO
   IX.  JACK ARRIVES AT SWIFT CREEK RANCH
    X.  JACK'S VISIT AT SWIFT CREEK RANCH
   XI.  JACK CROSSES THE RANGE WITH CHAMPION JOE
  XII.  AT LAST!




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


'THEN BEGAN A TERRIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN THE MAN AND THE HORSE'......
... _Frontispiece_

'JACK COULD HELP HIS FATHER, TOO, WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME'

'HE RUSHED OFF TO THE WOODSHED, AND WEPT AS IF HIS HEART WOULD BREAK'

'HE GOT OUT OF HIS WINDOW'

'JACK STRUCK UP "FOR EVER WITH THE LORD"'

'"YOU'D BETTER NOT COME BACK WITHOUT THE HORSE