Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE ICE QUEEN

by

ERNEST INGERSOLL

Author of "Friends Worth Knowing," "Knocking Round the Rockies," etc.

Illustrated

New York Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by Harper & Brothers, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.
I. THROWN UPON THEIR OWN RESOURCES
II. "THE YOUNGSTER'S" PLAN
III. FITTING OUT THE "RED ERIK"
IV. MAKING A START
V. COMFORT IN A LOG CABIN
VI. NORSE TALES
VII. THE FIRST DAY ON THE LAKE
VIII. JIM'S REBELLION
IX. SKATING BY COMPASS
X. AN UGLY FERRIAGE
XI. CAMPING AGAINST AN ICE WALL
XII. SNOWED UNDER
XIII. SAVED FROM STARVATION
XIV. THE ARCTIC VISITORS
XV. CHRISTMAS BIRD-CATCHING
XVI. HOW TUG MADE "TWITCH-UPS"
XVII. THE BREAKING UP OF THE ICE
XVIII. RESCUING THE WANDERERS
XIX. ADRIFT ON AN ICE RAFT
XX. A NIGHT IN AN OPEN BOAT
XXI. THE ESCAPE TO THE SHORE
XXII. REX FIGHTS UNKNOWN ENEMIES
XXIII. EXPLORING THE ISLAND
XXIV. THE WILD DOGS AGAIN
XXV. THE PERILS OF A MIDNIGHT SEARCH
XXVI. FINDING SNOW-BIRDS AND LOSING THE CAPTAIN
XXVII. ANOTHER ENCOUNTER WITH THE WILD DOGS
XXVIII. THE ACCIDENT EXPLAINED
XXIX. DECIDING UPON A NEW MOVE
XXX. KATY TAMES THE WILD DOGS
XXXI. ABANDONING THE ISLAND
XXXII. AN ASTONISHED FARMER
XXXIII. THE "TIMES" CORRESPONDENT
XXXIV. A HAPPY CONCLUSION

ILLUSTRATIONS.

"JIM GOT IN AT LEAST ONE GOOD BLOW"
DISCUSSING THE PLAN
"A MOMENT LATER THEY WERE OFF"
SUPPER IN THE LOG CABIN
"LAY ON!"
CROSSING THE HUMMOCK
JIM AND KATY BRINGING THE RUSHES TO CAMP
"THE LITTLE FIRE WAS SOON BLAZING MERRILY"
CAMPING AGAINST AN ICE WALL
"A SHARP REPORT WAS HEARD"
KATY TRAPPING THE SNOW-BUNTINGS
SETTING THE NEW TRAPS
"REX STRUCK OUT AND SWAM ACROSS"
"THEY WERE ABLE TO DRAG HIS LIFELESS FORM OUT UPON THE ICE"
"TRY TO STEADY HER"
THE CABIN ON THE ISLAND
ATTACKED BY THE DOGS
"DON'T CRY, KATY!"
"'IS HE DEAD?' ASKED JIM"
REPAIRING THE OLD SCOW
"'WA'AL, I DECLARE!'"

THE ICE QUEEN.