Beadle's Pocket Library No. 157

# Ned Temple, the Border Boy

This issue features "Ned Temple, the Border Boy: The Mad Hunter of Powder River," a Montana romance by T. C. Harbaugh. The serial opens with seventeen-year-old Ned Temple and young Cyrille Averill discovering Fort Reno abandoned and burned by Indians. Cyrille's uncle, the treacherous officer Thornton Hardinge, has deliberately left them stranded in hostile Sioux territory. As they shelter among the ruins, the eccentric hunter Sam Wildcat arrives, kills two Sioux warriors, then vanishes. Red Cloud's war party sweeps through, discovering the bodies and pursuing the young couple. Thornton appears riding with Red Cloud—whether captive or conspirator remains unclear. Ned and Cyrille flee to the river grass as Indians search for them and discover their abandoned horses. The narrative combines frontier adventure with intrigue, emphasizing survival against both hostile tribes and treacherous white enemies in the Powder River region.