The Rival Trappers: or, Old Pegs, The Mountaineer

A grizzled mountaineer called Old Pegs anchors a tale of rival trappers whose jealousies and alliances around a young woman named Myrtle spark a series of frontier conflicts. Encounters with hostile scouts, buried treasure, treachery, and a brutal henchman lead to ambushes, captures, and a border skirmish. Deceptions and dropped masks expose hidden motives as captives endure harrowing ordeals and friendships are tested. The plot moves through surprises, rescues, and reckonings that settle disputes and reveal the characters' loyalties amid rugged wilderness adventure and romantic tension.