THE RETURN TO RIVERSIDE.
From the scene of his prairie duel Buffalo Bill headed in the direction
of the fort. At nightfall he halted for rest, for both steed and rider
sadly needed it. After looking to the comfort of the horse and rolling
himself in his blanket, the scout was soon lost in slumber.
With the first glimmer of the day he was astir, and after a few hours’
ride came in sight of the fort, and was shortly after welcomed by
General Canton and Percy la Clyde, who had arrived the night before,
bringing with them the prisoners taken and the wounded of both sides.
The rage of Major Belden was great indeed when he knew of the triumph
of his enemy, and he at once offered his resignation, which the general
received with satisfaction, for he was now convinced that the major had
been acting an underhand part toward both himself and the scout.
The snows of winter fell upon the Western prairies, and covered the
humble roofs of the Riverside settlement, which had wonderfully
improved, and everywhere around presented an air of homelike comfort
and prosperity.
In the months that had glided by since Major Conrad and his comrades
had found new homes on the border many changes had come, and the onward
march of civilization was heard around them, for new friends were daily
welcomed in their midst and improvement was striding bravely forward.
La Clyde, the gallant young officer, as the reader will be glad to
know, married the girl of his heart, Sibyl Conrad.
Rose Carter is now the wife of a sturdy settler, and Ruth Whitfield is
also the mistress of a pleasant home in Riverside.
Riverside is now a thriving little Western City, and there Buffalo
Bill, the great scout, is always sure of a warm welcome.
THE END.
No. 172 of the BUFFALO BILL BORDER STORIES, entitled, “Buffalo Bill’s
Blockhouse Siege,” by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, tells of a mysterious
company of red riders which the intrepid scout conquers and forces
forever from the plains.
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Transcriber’s Notes
The Table of Contents at the beginning of the book was created by
the transcriber.
Minor punctuation errors have been silently corrected and except
for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and
inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling such as
“hard-drawn/hard drawn” and “wild-west/wild west”
have been maintained.
Page 2: “A Congress of Rough-riders” changed to “A Congress of
Rough Riders”.
Page 115: “girl had ben surprised” changed to “girl had been
surprised”.
Page 183: “CANON” changed to “CAÑON”.
Page 238: “dirctly” changed to “directly”.
Page 240: “Rise” changed to “Rose”.
Page 261: “Captain la Cylde” changed to “Captain la Clyde”.
Page 269: “stretched the unbrokn” changed to “stretched the
unbroken”.
Page 309: “Branded Brotherhod” changed to “Branded Brotherhood”.