The Courier of the Ozarks By: Byron A. (Byron Archibald) Dunn (1842-1926)
First Page: THE COURIER OF THE OZARKS THE YOUNG MISSOURIANS SERIES BY BYRON A. DUNN AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG KENTUCKIANS" SERIES WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. S. DeLAY CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912 Copyright A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912 Published September, 1912 W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO To the Loyal Men of Missouri, who as members of the militia did so much to save the State to the Union, this book is dedicated. History gives them scant notice, and the Federal government has failed to reward them as they deserve. [Illustration: "Follow the colors," he shouted.] PREFACE During the year 1862, after the capture of Island No. 10 and New Madrid, no large armies operated in Missouri; but the State was the theater of a desperate guerrilla warfare, in which nearly or quite a hundred thousand men took part. It was a warfare the magnitude of which, at the present time, is very little known; and its cruelty and barbarity make a bloody page in the history of those times. This book is a story of this warfare. It is a story of adventure, of hair breadth escapes, and of daring deeds. In it the same characters figure as those in With Lyon in Missouri and The Scout of Pea Ridge . It tells how our young heroes were instrumental in thwarting the great conspiracy by which the Confederate government, by sending officers into the State, and organizing the different guerrilla bands into companies and regiments, was in hopes of wresting the State from Federal control. As in former books, history is closely followed. BYRON A. DUNN. Waukegan, Illinois. August, 1912. CONTENTS I BRUNO CARRIES A MESSAGE II AN INTERNECINE WAR III A MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION IV MOORE'S MILL V A FIGHT IN THE NIGHT VI KIRKSVILLE VII POINDEXTER CAPTURED VIII LONE JACK IX CAPTURED BY GUERRILLAS X THE GUERRILLA'S BRIDE XI THE STORY OF CARL MEYER XII THE NEWS FROM CORINTH XIII PORTER CAPTURES PALMYRA XIV TEN LIVES FOR ONE XV A GIRL OF THE OZARKS XVI A WOUNDED CONFEDERATE XVII TRAILING RED JERSEY XVIII LIVE I CANNOT SHOOT YOU XIX MARK HAS A RIVAL XX CAPTURING A TRAIN XXI THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS XXII MARK CONFESSES HIS LOVE XXIII INTO THE LION'S MOUTH XXIV PRAIRIE GROVE XXV CALLED TO OTHER FIELDS ILLUSTRATIONS "Follow the colors," he shouted. "Halt the advance. Ambuscade!" gasped Harry. Down the street they rode at full speed. "You pretend to be men and call this war?" To catch the rider as he reeled from the saddle. Her revolver was pointed at his breast. He was looking into the muzzle of a revolver. An old man leaning on a staff. THE COURIER OF THE OZARKS CHAPTER I BRUNO CARRIES A MESSAGE "Down! Bruno, down!" These words were uttered in a guarded whisper by a boy about seventeen years of age, to a great dog that stood by his side. At the word of command, the dog crouched down, his whole body quivering with excitement. His master gently patted him on the head, and whispered, "There, there, old fellow, don't get nervous. Our lives would not be worth much, if we were discovered." The boy was lying full length on the ground, concealed in a dense thicket, but from his point of vantage he had a full view of the road which ran a few yards in front of him. This road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west. The cause of the dog's excitement was apparent, for coming up the road from the west was a large body of horsemen, and a motley troop they were. They were mostly dressed in homespun, and armed with all sorts of weapons, from cavalry sabers to heavy knives fashioned out of files by some rude blacksmith; the army musket, the squirrel rifle, and the shotgun were much in evidence... Continue reading book >>

The Courier of the Ozarks By: Byron A. (Byron Archibald) Dunn (1842-1926)

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THE COURIER OF THE OZARKS

THE YOUNG MISSOURIANS SERIES

BY BYRON A. DUNN

AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG KENTUCKIANS" SERIES

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. S. DeLAY

CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912

Published September, 1912

W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO

To the Loyal Men of Missouri, who as members of the militia did so much to save the State to the Union, this book is dedicated. History gives them scant notice, and the Federal government has failed to reward them as they deserve.

[Illustration: "Follow the colors," he shouted.]

PREFACE

During the year 1862, after the capture of Island No. 10 and New Madrid, no large armies operated in Missouri; but the State was the theater of a desperate guerrilla warfare, in which nearly or quite a hundred thousand men took part. It was a warfare the magnitude of which, at the present time, is very little known; and its cruelty and barbarity make a bloody page in the history of those times.

This book is a story of this warfare. It is a story of adventure, of hair breadth escapes, and of daring deeds. In it the same characters figure as those in With Lyon in Missouri and The Scout of Pea Ridge . It tells how our young heroes were instrumental in thwarting the great conspiracy by which the Confederate government, by sending officers into the State, and organizing the different guerrilla bands into companies and regiments, was in hopes of wresting the State from Federal control.

As in former books, history is closely followed.

BYRON A. DUNN. Waukegan, Illinois. August, 1912.

CONTENTS

I BRUNO CARRIES A MESSAGE

II AN INTERNECINE WAR

III A MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION

IV MOORE'S MILL

V A FIGHT IN THE NIGHT

VI KIRKSVILLE

VII POINDEXTER CAPTURED

VIII LONE JACK

IX CAPTURED BY GUERRILLAS

X THE GUERRILLA'S BRIDE

XI THE STORY OF CARL MEYER

XII THE NEWS FROM CORINTH

XIII PORTER CAPTURES PALMYRA

XIV TEN LIVES FOR ONE

XV A GIRL OF THE OZARKS

XVI A WOUNDED CONFEDERATE

XVII TRAILING RED JERSEY

XVIII LIVE I CANNOT SHOOT YOU

XIX MARK HAS A RIVAL

XX CAPTURING A TRAIN

XXI THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS

XXII MARK CONFESSES HIS LOVE

XXIII INTO THE LION'S MOUTH

XXIV PRAIRIE GROVE

XXV CALLED TO OTHER FIELDS

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Follow the colors," he shouted.

"Halt the advance. Ambuscade!" gasped Harry.

Down the street they rode at full speed.

"You pretend to be men and call this war?"

To catch the rider as he reeled from the saddle.

Her revolver was pointed at his breast.

He was looking into the muzzle of a revolver.

An old man leaning on a staff.

THE COURIER OF THE OZARKS

CHAPTER I

BRUNO CARRIES A MESSAGE

"Down! Bruno, down!"

These words were uttered in a guarded whisper by a boy about seventeen years of age, to a great dog that stood by his side.

At the word of command, the dog crouched down, his whole body quivering with excitement. His master gently patted him on the head, and whispered, "There, there, old fellow, don't get nervous. Our lives would not be worth much, if we were discovered."

The boy was lying full length on the ground, concealed in a dense thicket, but from his point of vantage he had a full view of the road which ran a few yards in front of him. This road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.

The cause of the dog's excitement was apparent, for coming up the road from the west was a large body of horsemen, and a motley troop they were. They were mostly dressed in homespun, and armed with all sorts of weapons, from cavalry sabers to heavy knives fashioned out of files by some rude blacksmith; the army musket, the squirrel rifle, and the shotgun were much in evidence... Continue reading book >>

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