Halsey, Harlan Page, 1839?-1898 / 2008-07-03 00:00:00
EBOOK A DESPERATE CHANCE ***
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A DESPERATE CHANCE:
OR
THE WIZARD TRAMP'S REVELATION,
A Thrilling Narrative.
By OLD SLEUTH.
[Illustration: "He Placed the Ladder of Saplings Across the Abyss."]
1897
CHAPTER I.
THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY
FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL,
FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE
CHARACTER.
"Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be
losers."
The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were
weird and strange. A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire
that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky
Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and
unusual. Desmond Dare was the son of a widow who owned a small farm in
New York State. There had been a mortgage on this farm which was about
to be foreclosed when Desmond, a brave, vigorous lad, sold his only
possession, a valuable colt, and determined to enter a walking match for
the prize.
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