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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A MIDNIGHT ATTACK.
CHAPTER II. A PRAIRIE ENCOUNTER.
CHAPTER III. A SERIOUS REVERSE.
CHAPTER IV. ASTONISHING THE BLACKFEET.
CHAPTER V. THE TEST OF FRIENDSHIP.
CHAPTER VI. A CROW VICTORY.
CHAPTER VII. THE PASS.
CHAPTER VIII. MARTIN LAURIE’S LITTLE SCHEME.
CHAPTER IX. A DOG IN THE WAY.
CHAPTER X. CROSS-PURPOSES.
CHAPTER XI. DOVE-EYE.
CHAPTER XII. A BLIND TRAIL.
CHAPTER XIII. LIGHT AHEAD.
CHAPTER XIV. THE AMBUSCADE.
CHAPTER XV. CONCLUSION.
Semi-Monthly Novels Series.
No. 205.
BEADLE’S
Dime Novels
THE GRAY SCALP.
BEADLE AND COMPANY, 98 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK.
Am. News Co., 119 & 121 Nassau St., N. Y.
A FOREST HEROINE!
Beadle’s Dime Novels, No. 206,
TO ISSUE TUESDAY, JUNE 21st,
Will present a richly racy romance of the woods, viz:
BUCKSKIN BILL;
OR,
The White Demon of the Woods.
A ROMANCE OF THE BLACKFOOT COUNTRY.
BY GUY GREENWOOD,
Author of “The Phantom Foe; or, the Maid of Montmorenci,” etc.
Buckskin Bill is a character. The Far West produces many odd specimensof men, but none whose claim to oddity is stronger than Bill’s.Rough as a bear, he is gentle as a fawn. Brave as a lion, he is afraid of ayoung girl’s frown. Untutored as a savage, he is yet as wise and shrewdas a minister of war.
In his daughter we have his perfect contrast. The beautiful child-womanis not only grace itself, but is bravery itself; and though apparentlyas wild as the mustang which she rides, is as true to a pure woman’s instinctsas if raised as a petted child of the par