The Huge Hunter

rd the emigrant train, and advanced at

y had attracted notice, and the emigrants had paused and ware su

created a consternation and terror such as had never before been known, man

sight of a creature speeding over the country, impelled by steam, and bearing such a grotesqu

train, when the boy let on a full head of steam and instantly bounded forward like a meteor. As it came oppo

rearing and plunging, while the men stood too appalled to

very supernatural about it, and they shouted to them to halt; but our two friends concluded i

arted after it on a full run. The trapper did not perceive him until he had approached quite close, when they ag

ng his invention to its very best, he kept up a speed which steadily drew them away from their pursuer, who fin

ht. It showed them that they were really the

,' said Baldy, when they had sun

s to b

w-fangled things generally go well at first, and

that there is plenty of room to have every

I ever seen, big or little. Whoev

saw it. I expect when I go

rds, I

me to get such things in shape, b

me things that you can't do, a

u git through with this 'Western trip, what

may sell him, if

him off your hands, and gi

d will' h

ey with him than Barnum eve

ed the boy, with

hey'd run after such things. Get out yer pictures of him, and the folk

e emphatically l

anger in running at night, as there was no moon, and they might run into some gully or ravine and di

ded toward a small clump of trees,

e there is plenty water and fuel,

replied Baldy, 'and when trees look as keen as that

servation of the engineer as he

rove. The fires were instantly drawn, and every-thing was put in as good shape as possible, by the boy, while the tr

in' right through the middle, and

n a low voice, as if fearful of being ov

ous here, we ha

part the world. You may kee

y ate their evening meal in silence, and curled up in the bottom of their wagon, first taking the precaution to fill their tank with water, and

pper followed, but it was with that light, restles

used by some slight disturbance in the grove. Raising his head he

thing was there, and he gent

the latter in a whispe

mong the trees.' 'Good he

he outlines of an Indian, in a crouching position, stealing along in front of the wagon, as though examining the curious cont

as he slid softly out the wagon, while the boy did the sa

t of it was that he found there were fully twenty Indians, thor

conviction that their only safety

e, 'how long it will take ye

now. I fired up the min

erve that the steam man was seething, and apparently ready