Chapter I: Front Matter

Love of the Wild

BY

ARCHIE P. McKISHNIE

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK

Copyright, 1910, by
Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.
_All Right Reserved_

Made in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE WORLD OF THE UNTAMED 1
II. GLOW AND GLOSS 10
III. THE BABES IN THE WOOD 18
IV. BUSHWHACKERS’ PLACE 26
V. COMRADES OF THE HARDWOODS 35
VI. THE GO-BETWEEN 44
VII. WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET 53
VIII. THROUGH THE DEEP WOOD 64
IX. AND THE TWILIGHT 75
X. COLONEL HALLIBUT 82
XI. THE WILD OF THE WILD 95
XII. INJUN NOAH 107
XIII. ON THE CREEK PATH 115
XIV. PAISLEY RECONNOITERS 122
XV. WAR TACTICS 132
XVI. PREPARING FOR THE LOGGIN’ 145
XVII. THE LOGGIN’-BEE 155
XVIII. OLD BETSY 170
XIX. OF THE TRIBE OF BROADCROOK 183
XX. MR. SMYTHE VISITS THE COLONEL 196
XXI. WIDOW ROSS BACKSLIDES 209
XXII. THE SHOT IN THE DARK 222
XXIII. IN THE FIRE CIRCLE 232
XXIV. THE NIGHT ATTACK 240
XXV. AND THE DAY AFTER 254
XXVI. IN THE MANACLES OF WINTER 267
XXVII. WHILE THE RAIN FELL 277
XXVIII. A CLEAR TRAIL 285
XXIX. BLUE SKIES AND A CLOUD 295
XXX. THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY 310
XXXI. A MATING TIME 318

LOVE OF THE WILD