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Title: The Keepers of the Trail
A Story of the Great Woods
Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
Release Date: May 25, 2008 [eBook #25596]
Language: English
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THE KEEPERS OF THE TRAIL
A Story of the Great Woods
by
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
Author of "The Young Trailers," "The Forest Runners," Etc.
Appleton-Century
New York
Copyright, 1916, by
D. Appleton and Company
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be
reproduced in any form without permission of the publishers.
Copyright, 1944, by Sallie B. Altsheler
Printed in the United States of America
FOREWORD
"The Keepers of The Trail" deals with an episode, hitherto unrelated, in
the lives of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif'less Sol Hyde, Long Jim Hart,
and Silent Tom Ross. In point of time it follows "The Forest Runners,"
and, so, is the third volume of the "Young Trailer" series.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HENRY IN HIS KINGDOM 1
II. THE BIG GUNS 23
III. THE INDIAN CAMP 41
IV. THE DEED IN THE WATER 61
V. THE FOREST JOKER 83
VI. THE KING WOLF 101
VII. THE FOREST POETS 123
VIII. THE PATH OF DANGER 140
IX. THE KEEPERS OF THE CLEFT 164
X. BESIEGED 187
XI. THE SHIFTLESS ONE 207
XII. ON THE GREAT TRAIL 230
XIII. FIVE AGAINST A THOUSAND 251
XIV. HOLDING THE FORD 270
XV. THE GREAT CULMINATION 293
THE KEEPERS OF THE TRAIL
CHAPTER I
HENRY IN HIS KIN
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