The Red Mustang   By: William O. Stoddard

THE RED

MUSTANG

by W. O. STODDARD

THE RED MUSTANG

HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERIES NEW LARGE TYPE EDITION

TOBY TYLER James Otis

MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER James Otis

TIM AND TIP James Otis

RAISING THE "PEARL" James Otis

ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL W. F. Cody

DIDDIE, DUMPS AND TOT Mrs. L. C. Pyrnelle

MUSIC AND MUSICIANS Lucy C. Lillie

THE CRUISE OF THE CANOE CLUB W. L. Alden

THE CRUISE OF THE "GHOST" W. L. Alden

MORAL PIRATES W. L. Alden

A NEW ROBINSON CRUSOE W. L. Alden

PRINCE LAZYBONES Mrs. W. J. Hays

THE FLAMINGO FEATHER Kirk Munroe

DERRICK STERLING Kirk Munroe

CHRYSTAL, JACK & CO. Kirk Munroe

WAKULLA Kirk Munroe

THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll

THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard

THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard

TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

[Illustration: "NOW FOR SANTA LUCIA!"]

THE RED MUSTANG

BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD

Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES"

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HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON

THE RED MUSTANG

Copyright, 1890, by Harper & Brothers Copyright, 1918, by William O. Stoddard Printed in the U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER 1

II. HOW CAL EVANS RODE FOR HELP 15

III. THE BAND OF KAH GO MISH 23

IV. THE GARRISON OF SANTA LUCIA 27

V. CAL AND THE CAVALRY AND THE RED MUSTANG 32

VI. THE PERIL OF SANTA LUCIA 38

VII. BOUND FOR THE BORDER 51

VIII. GETTING READY TO CHASE KAH GO MISH 56

IX. THE HACIENDA OF SANTA LUCIA 63

X. THE TARGET ON THE ROCK 67

XI. THE STORY OF A LOG 75

XII. PING AND THE COUGAR 82

XIII. THE RETURN OF KAH GO MISH 89

XIV. THE FOUNTAIN IN THE DESERT 94

XV. LOST IN THE CHAPARRAL 101

XVI. AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS 107

XVII. HOW PING AND TAH NU NU GOT TO THE SPRING 114

XVIII. HOW DICK PLAYED SENTINEL 120

XIX. BAD NEWS FOR WAH WAH O BE 126

XX. HOW CAL STARTED FOR MEXICO 132

XXI. THE MANITOU OF COLD SPRING 139

XXII. ACROSS THE DESERT BY NIGHT 144

XXIII. AT THE RANCH AND IN THE CHAPARRAL 151

XXIV. CAL'S NIGHT UNDER A TREE 157

XXV. A STRANGE LETTER FROM MEXICO 163

XXVI. CAL'S VISITORS AND HIS BREAKFAST 169

XXVII. THE POST BOY THAT GOT AWAY 174

XXVIII. THE MYSTERY OF THE STICKS 180

XXIX. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FIRE? 186

XXX. THE MANITOU WATER 192

XXXI. PULL STICK AND THE HURRICANE 198

XXXII. UNDER A FALLEN TREE 204

XXXIII. LEAVING THE BAD MEDICINE CAMP 210

XXXIV. TAH NU NU'S DISAPPOINTMENT 216

XXXV. HAND TO HAND BY FIRELIGHT 222

XXXVI. HOW CAL WAS LEFT ALL ALONE 227

XXXVII. RESCUED BY THE RED MUSTANG 234

XXXVIII. HOW THEY ALL REACHED SANTA LUCIA 239

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Now for Santa Lucia!" Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

She and Ping Were Stealing Out upon the Broken Ledge 86