



Produced by Al Haines.




[Illustration: Cover]



[Illustration: "The man spoke in a sharp whisper: 'You are John
Bedford?'"  Page 303]




                                 _The_
                           QUEST OF THE FOUR

                     _A STORY OF THE COMANCHES AND
                              BUENA VISTA_


                                   BY

                          JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER



                  AUTHOR OF "THE LAST OF THE CHIEFS,"
                       "THE YOUNG TRAILERS," ETC.



                              ILLUSTRATED




                        D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
                       NEW YORK AND LONDON: MCMXX




                          COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY
                        D. APPLETON AND COMPANY



                Printed in the United States of America



                                CONTENTS


CHAPTER

I.--The Meeting of the Four
II.--The March of the Train
III.--At the Ford
IV.--On Watch
V.--The Comanche Village
VI.--The Medicine Lodge
VII.--The Great Sleep
VIII.--New Enemies
IX.--The Fiery Circle
X.--Phil's Letter
XI.--With the Army
XII.--The Pass of Angostura
XIII.--A Wind of the Desert
XIV.--Buena Vista
XV.--The Woman at the Well
XVI.--The Castle of Montevideo
XVII.--The Thread, the Key, and the Dagger
XVIII.--The Hut in the Cove
XIX.--Arenberg's Quest
XX.--The Silver Cup
XXI.--The Note of a Melody
XXII.--Breakstone's Quest




                         LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


"The man spoke in a sharp whisper: 'You are John Bedford?'"...
_Frontispiece_

"Putting his blanket beneath him, he lay before one of the fires"

"A black, snak