The Death Shot: A Story Retold
by Mayne Reid
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Chapters (178)
- Captain Mayne Reid "The Death Shot"
- 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.
- Chapter Five.
- A photograph in the forest.
- Chapter Six.
- A coon-chase interrupted.
- Chapter Seven.
- Murder without remorse.
- Chapter Eight.
- The coon-hunter cautious.
- Chapter Nine.
- An assassin in retreat.
- Chapter Ten.
- The eve of departure.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Under the Trysting Tree.
- Chapter Twelve.
- The wrong man.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- The coon-hunter at home.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Why comes he not?
- Chapter Fifteen.
- A moonlight moving.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- What has become of Clancy?
- Chapter Seventeen.
- A bullet extracted.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- “To the sheriff!”
- 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.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- The coon-hunter conscience-stricken.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- An unceremonious search.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- Tell-tale tracks.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- Additional evidence.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- “To the jail!”
- 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.
- Chapter Thirty Four.
- “Will you be one of us?”
- Chapter Thirty Five.
- A ghost going its rounds.
- Chapter Thirty Six.
- “She is true—still true!”
- 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.
- “Across the Sabine.”
- Chapter Forty One.
- A repentant sinner.
- 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.
- Chapter Fifty Five.
- Tired travellers.
- Chapter Fifty Six.
- Spectral equestrians.
- Chapter Fifty Seven.
- Planning a capture.
- Chapter Fifty Eight.
- Across the ford.
- Chapter Fifty Nine.
- A Foiled Ambuscade.
- Chapter Sixty.
- “The Live-Oak.”
- Chapter Sixty One.
- A ruffian triumphant.
- Chapter Sixty Two.
- “Help! Help!”
- Chapter Sixty Three.
- An oath to be kept.
- Chapter Sixty Four.
- A wild farewell.
- Chapter Sixty Five.
- For the rendezvous.
- Chapter Sixty Six.
- A scouting party.
- Chapter Sixty Seven.
- A straying traveller.
- Chapter Sixty Eight.
- “Brasfort.”
- Chapter Sixty Nine.
- Shadows behind.
- Chapter Seventy.
- Surrounded and disarmed.
- Chapter Seventy One.
- A pathless plain.
- Chapter Seventy Two.
- The prairie stocks.
- Chapter Seventy Three.
- Helpless and hopeless.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Chapter Eighty Four.
- The Scout’s Report.
- Chapter Eighty Five.
- A change of programme.
- Chapter Eighty Six.
- Alone with the Dead.
- Chapter Eighty Seven.
- Hostile Cohorts.
- The End.
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