Death Shot:

The Death Shot: A Story Retold

Name: The Death Shot: A Story Retold
Author: Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883

作者：Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883
体例：题　章数：210
字数：630,806　来源：Project Gutenberg

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PREFACE.
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER ONE.
TWO SORTS OF SLAVE-OWNERS.
CHAPTER TWO.
A FLAT REFUSAL.
CHAPTER THREE.
A FOREST POST-OFFICE.
CHAPTER FOUR.
TWO GOOD GIRLS.
First exclaiming, then interrogating, she says:--
CHAPTER FIVE.
A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE FOREST.
CHAPTER SIX.
A COON-CHASE INTERRUPTED.
CHAPTER SEVEN.
MURDER WITHOUT REMORSE.
Again soliloquising, he says,--
In view of this difficulty, he says to himself,--
CHAPTER EIGHT.
THE COON-HUNTER CAUTIOUS.
CHAPTER NINE.
AN ASSASSIN IN RETREAT.
CHAPTER TEN.
THE EVE OF DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER ELEVEN.
UNDER THE TRYSTING TREE.
Who he really is can be gathered from his rejoinder:--
CHAPTER TWELVE.
THE WRONG MAN.
As Darke stands before her with arms upraised, she simply says,--
Recovering herself, she rejoins,--
Saying this he steps to one side. Then continues,--
Without waiting for her rejoinder, he proceeds to say,--
He answers, with assumed nonchalance,--
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
THE COON-HUNTER AT HOME.
Blue Bill is the first to resume speech. He says:--
CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
WHY COMES HE NOT?
CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
A MOONLIGHT MOVING.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
WHAT HAS BECOME OF CLANCY?
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
A BULLET EXTRACTED.
Speaking first, Woodley asks,--
The Death Shot--by Captain Mayne Reid
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
Still the second question remains unanswered:--
A third speaks more to the point, saying:--
CHAPTER NINETEEN.
THE "BELLE OF NATCHEZ."
CHAPTER TWENTY.
SAVED BY A SISTER.
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
SEIZED BY SPECTRAL ARMS.
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
UP AND DOWN.
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
THE SLEEP OF THE ASSASSIN.
No use denying them, as its occupant is well aware--not even to ask--
Instead, he says, in accent tremulous--
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
THE COON-HUNTER CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN.
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
AN UNCEREMONIOUS SEARCH.
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
TELL-TALE TRACKS.
In answer to it he continues:--
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.
On hearing it, he but says:--
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
A SCHEME OF COLONISATION.
CHAPTER THIRTY.
NEWS FROM NATCHEZ.
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.
SPECTRES IN THE STREET.
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO.
THE "CHOCTAW CHIEF."
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE.
THE MURDERER UNMASKED.
Darke starts, saying mechanically, "You saw me?"
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR.
His questioner, observing these signs, continues,--
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE.
A GHOST GOING ITS ROUNDS.
CHAPTER THIRTY SIX.
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN.
THE HOME OF THE HUNTED SLAVE.
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT.
AN EXCURSION BY CANOE.
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE.
IS IT A CORPSE?
CHAPTER FORTY.
After glancing from one to the other, he continues--
CHAPTER FORTY ONE.
A REPENTANT SINNER.
Neither of the two replying, the hunter continues:--
CHAPTER FORTY TWO.
THE PRAIRIE CARAVAN.
CHAPTER FORTY THREE.
THE HAND OF GOD.
CHAPTER FORTY FOUR.
A CLOUD ON THE CLIFFS.
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE.
A SUSPICIOUS SURVEILLANCE.
CHAPTER FORTY SIX.
A SUSPECTED SERVANT.
CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN.
OPPOSITE EMBLEMS.
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT.
A BLANK DAY.
CHAPTER FORTY NINE.
WAITING THE WORD.
CHAPTER FIFTY.
AN UNCANNY SKULKER.
CHAPTER FIFTY ONE.
LOCKED IN.
CHAPTER FIFTY TWO.
MASSACRE WITHOUT MERCY.
CHAPTER FIFTY THREE.
A HORRID SPECTACLE.
CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR.
RIDING DOUBLE.
She is answered in the same way, Jessie saying, "Helen, I hear you."
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE.
TIRED TRAVELLERS.
CHAPTER FIFTY SIX.
SPECTRAL EQUESTRIANS.
Pointing to it, Sime says:--
CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN.
PLANNING A CAPTURE.
CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT.
ACROSS THE FORD.
Bill does not instantly obey, but says in rejoinder:--
CHAPTER FIFTY NINE.
A FOILED AMBUSCADE.
None of the others offering an opinion, he adds--
CHAPTER SIXTY.
CHAPTER SIXTY ONE.
A RUFFIAN TRIUMPHANT.
CHAPTER SIXTY TWO.
CHAPTER SIXTY THREE.
AN OATH TO BE KEPT.
Clancy nods towards the sisters, adding:--
CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR.
A WILD FAREWELL.
Half distracted, she rejoins:--
He anticipates her, saying:--
This in haste, for at the moment Woodley comes forward, exclaiming:--
CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE.
FOR THE RENDEZVOUS.
CHAPTER SIXTY SIX.
A SCOUTING PARTY.
CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN.
A STRAYING TRAVELLER.
Drawing a free breath he says, soliloquising:--
With assumed resignation, he continues:--
CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT.
Abruptly changing tone, he continues:--
CHAPTER SIXTY NINE.
SHADOWS BEHIND.
CHAPTER SEVENTY.
SURROUNDED AND DISARMED.
It is Chisholm who thus facetiously speaks, adding in sterner tone:--
CHAPTER SEVENTY ONE.
A PATHLESS PLAIN.
CHAPTER SEVENTY TWO.
THE PRAIRIE STOCKS.
The half-blood, of taciturn habit, nods assent, Borlasse adding:--
He points to a part of the plain northward, adding:--
CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE.
HELPLESS AND HOPELESS.
Again he groans out, "O God!"
CHAPTER SEVENTY FOUR.
COYOTE CREEK.
CHAPTER SEVENTY FIVE.
A TRANSFORMATION.
CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX.
MESTIZO AND MULATTO.
CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVEN.
A STRAYED TRAVELLER.
CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHT.
HOURS OF AGONY.
CHAPTER SEVENTY NINE.
AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
The question is succeeded by a train of conjecture, as follows:--
CHAPTER EIGHTY.
A RESURRECTIONIST.
CHAPTER EIGHTY ONE.
THE VOICE OF VENGEANCE.
CHAPTER EIGHTY TWO.
A MAN NEARLY MAD.
CHAPTER EIGHTY THREE.
AT LENGTH THE "DEATH SHOT."
To his unfinished speech he receives instant rejoinder:--
CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR.
THE SCOUT'S REPORT.
CHAPTER EIGHTY FIVE.
A CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
All look surprised, their glances interrogating "How?"
CHAPTER EIGHTY SIX.
ALONE WITH THE DEAD.
CHAPTER EIGHTY SEVEN.
HOSTILE COHORTS.
THE END.