Frank Merriwells Bravery

Frank Merriwell's Bravery, by
Burt L. Standish

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Title: Frank Merriwell's Bravery
Author: Burt L. Standish
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[Illustration: "The outlaws entered Cade's Canyon amid the mountains
and finally reached an old hut." (See page 63)]
FRANK MERRIWELL'S BRAVERY

BY BURT L. STANDISH
Author of "Frank Merriwell's School Days," "Frank Merriwell's
Chums," etc.
[Illustration: logo for Boys' Own Library]
PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER 610 SOUTH
WASHINGTON SQUARE
Copyright, 1903 By STREET & SMITH
Frank Merriwell's Bravery

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I--Two Travelers 9 II--"Hands up!" 16 III--A Thrilling Accusation 21
IV--For Life and Honor 29 V--Hurried to Jail 35 VI--Solomon Shows
His Nerve 43 VII--In Jail 50 VIII--The Lynchers 55 IX--The Assault on
the Jail 62 X--In Cade's Canyon 68 XI--Black Harry Appears 73
XII--A Chance in a Thousand 77 XIII--A Thrilling Rescue 84
XIV--Walter Clyde's Story 90 XV--Professor Septemas Scudmore 96
XVI--The Mad Inventor 102 XVII--Gone 109 XVIII--Miskel 114
XIX--Old Solitary 122 XX--Mouth of the Cave 130 XXI--Human
Beasts 137 XXII--Professor Scudmore Returns 145 XXIII--Last of the
Danites 152 XXIV--Yellowstone Park 159 XXV--Fay 164 XXVI--Old
Rocks 170 XXVII--The Hermit 176 XXVIII--Vanishing of Little Fay
181 XXIX--Face to Face 188 XXX--Search for the Trail 195 XXXI--A
Fight with Grizzlies 201 XXXII--Trailed Down 207 XXXIII--The
Rescue 214 XXXIV--In Sand Cave 219 XXXV--A Peculiar Girl 231
XXXVI--Friends and Foes 237 XXXVII--Boy Shadowers 243
XXXVIII--"Queer" Money 249 XXXIX--Pursued 255 XL--Eluded 261
XLI--Big Gabe 267 XLII--Over the Precipice 273 XLIII--A Frightful
Peril 280 XLIV--A Girl's Mad Leap 285 XLV--Queen of the

Counterfeiters 292 XLVI--After the Fight 298
[Transcriber's Note: The following list of illustrations has been created
for this electronic edition. Some illustrations have been moved to
positions closer to their appearance in the text.]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"The outlaws entered Cade's Canyon amid the mountains and finally
reached an old hut." (See page 63)
"You must not linger here. * * * Even now the Destroying Ones may
be moving to fall upon you." (See page 124)
"The grizzly folded Frank in his embrace, crushing the lad against his
shaggy breast." (See page 205)
"Frank brought the butt of his Winchester to his shoulder, and began to
work the weapon." (See page 296)

Frank Merriwell's Bravery.
CHAPTER I.
TWO TRAVELERS.
"Well, that's a pretty nervy piece of business!"
It was Frank Merriwell who spoke the words, more to himself than to
any one else.
Frank was westbound, from Oklahoma City at the time, continuing the
extensive tour mapped out after his Uncle Asher had died and left him
so much money.
As readers of former books in this series know, Frank was not making
the tour alone. Professor Scotch, his guardian, was with him as was

also Barney Mulloy, his old schoolmate from Fardale. But, as the
professor and Barney had not wanted to stop at Oklahoma, they had
gone on ahead, leaving Frank to catch up with them later.
The "nervy piece of business" to which Frank referred was the
following account of a hold-up published in a leading Oklahoma
newspaper:
"BLACK HARRY'S LATEST STROKE.
"HE HOLDS UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN, AND SHOOTS AN
EASTERN BANKER.
"As we go to press, an imperfect account of Black Harry's latest
outrage reaches us from Elreno. Ten days ago this youthful desperado
was unknown to fame, but within that number of days he has left a red
trail from the Texas Panhandle to the Canadian River. He began by
raiding Moore's ranch, and killing a cowboy, and he and his band of
desperadoes, which he calls his 'Braves,' have robbed and plundered
and burned and murdered at their own sweet will, till the climax was
capped last night by the holding up of the northbound express on the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, shortly after leaving Chickasha and
crossing the Washita. Between Chickasha and Minco is a twenty-mile
stretch of desolate track, and a better place for a train hold-up could not
be found.
"Just how the express was stopped we do not know at present, but the
trick was accomplished, and Black Harry and his Braves boarded the
cars. Strangely enough, they did not attempt to enter the express car,
but were satisfied to go through the train hastily and relieve the
passengers of their valuables. In this work, Black Harry took the lead;
but Mr.