THE DESERTER
BY
CAPT. CHARLES KING, U.S.A.,
AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER," "MARION'S FAITH," "KITTY'SCONQUEST," ETC., ETC.
        Transcriber's Note: This e-book of The Deserter is based upon the edition found in The Deserter,
        and From the Ranks. Two Novels, by Capt. Charles King. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890.
        From the Ranks is also available as a Project Gutenberg e-book.    
PHILADELPHIA:
J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
1890
Copyright, 1887, by  J.B. Lippincott Company.
 
CONTENTS
PRELUDE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
THE DESERTER
PRELUDE.
Far up in the Northwest, along the banks of the broad, winding streamthe Sioux call the Elk, a train of white-topped army-wagons is slowlycrawling eastward. The October sun is hot at noon-day, and the dust fromthe loose soil rises like heavy smoke and powders every face and form inthe guarding battalion so that features are wellnigh indistinguishable.Four companies of stalwart, sinewy infantry, with their brown riflesslung over the shoulder, are striding along in dispersed order, coveringthe exposed southern flank from sudden attack, while farther out alongthe ridge-line, and far to the front and rear, cavalry skirmishers andscouts are riding to and fro, searching every hollow and ravine, peeringcautiously over every "divide," and signalling "halt" or "forward" asthe indications warrant.
                        
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