Off the Reservation: Or Caught in an Apache Raid (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In order to understand the incidents of the following pages, I must make clear several facts without which the narrative would be confusing.

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.

At intervals of two or three years, Hiram came eastward and spent several weeks with Silas. Having no children of his own, he grew fond of his nephew and niece, while they were as warmly attached to him. There is no comradeship like that of the battlefield, or that which is formed by association in danger, and when to this is added the ties of actual blood brotherhood, you can understand the affection which bound the bronzed brothers to gether. Each had tried to persuade the other to settle near him, but neither could yield and the arguments had long since been given up.

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