Off the Reservation, or Caught in an Apache Raid

This illustrated juvenile fiction book was published in 1908.Excerpts from the book:SILAS GOODALE was the father of twins and very proud of both. At the time I introduce you to them, they were a little more than seventeen years old. Minnie was the daughter and Robert, or "Bob" as he was always called, the son. Both had forgotten their mother, but no children ever loved a parent more sincerely, or was loved more deeply in return than was the tie of affection which bound them to the father, and the father to them, and the children to each other.Silas Goodale and his brother Hiram, two years younger, served throughout the great Civil War, both being fortunate enough to pass through, without a scratch, the many terrific battles in which they took part. The elder came east and settled in the Keystone State, but Hiram, who was of a roving disposi- tion, drifted westward and finally made his home in southeastern Arizona, where, like his brother, he prospered and became the owner of a fine ranch. He married an excellent young woman, whose given name was Minnie, and for whom the daughter of his brother in Pennsylvania was named. .........................................................................................It was on a warm sunshiny day early in May, that Hiram Goodale and his nephew, Bob Goodale, left the train of the Southern Pacific at the little station of Ray- mond, some miles to the eastward of Tucson. The afternoon was young, and Jud Staples, the stage driver, was waiting for such passen- gers as might wish to journey with him. The stage route led almost due north to the ham- let of Corlita, consisting of a frontier store and two or three squat adobe buildings that had been erected a dozen of years before, when an attempt was made to boom that part of Arizona. The effort failed and the embryo town, which held out high hopes to the pro- jectors, had gone to seed, with only the store and its occupant remaining.....................................................................................Without a word, he turned on his heel and started down the trail at a lope. But let justice be done the miscreant; it was not due to fear of the young woman who, driven at bay, would have carried out her threat had he given her the first pretext for doing so. That wonderful hearing of the young chief had told him that a third person was approaching the spot. Indeed, he was so near that Minnie Goodale not only saw but recognized him. He was Geronimo, who, despite his knowledge that the United States cavalry were in the mountains and threatening his band, took time to hunt out the young rival whom he hated more than he ever hated any Cau- casian...................................................................................About Edward Sylvester Ellis:Edward Sylvester Ellis was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' stories, inspirational biography, and history for both children and adults. He was a major author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly how many books he wrote, but it is believed to be in the hundreds.**...from fantasticfiction.co.uk Read more