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Title: Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest

Author: Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Elizabeth Colborne

Release Date: March 26, 2010 [EBook #31786]

Language: English

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FIVE LITTLE STARRS SERIES

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FIVE LITTLE STARRS
FIVE LITTLE STARRS ON A CANAL-BOAT
FIVE LITTLE STARRS ON A RANCH
FIVE LITTLE STARRS IN AN ISLAND CABIN
FIVE LITTLE STARRS IN THE CANADIAN FOREST

(In Preparation)

FIVE LITTLE STARRS ON A MOTOR TOUR

[Illustration: Mike Sat Down on a Log to Watch Over the Children.]

FIVE LITTLE STARRS IN THE CANADIAN FOREST

BY

LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY

AUTHOR OF THE "BLUE BIRD SERIES"

[Illustration]

New York
THE PLATT & NOURSE CO.

Copyright, 1915, by

THE PLATT & PECK CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A LUMBER CAMP IN PROSPECT 7

II A LUMBER CAMP IN WINTER 30

III THE INDIAN TRAPPER 53

IV THE ENGINEER'S ASSISTANTS 76

V JUMPIN' JANE'S ANTICS 100

VI OUTDOOR FUN IN A LUMBER CAMP 126

VII CHRISTMAS AT THE LUMBER CAMP 147

VIII MIKE'S BEAR TRAP 170

IX FATHER BEAR VISITS THE CAMP 190

X AFLOAT ON THE RIVER RAFT 212

FIVE LITTLE STARRS IN A CANADIAN FOREST

CHAPTER I

A LUMBER CAMP IN PROSPECT

"DADDUM, are we 'most there?" asked Dorothy Starr, impatiently, as the
uncomfortable local train creaked over its uneven tracks through dense
forests in Western Ontario.

"Almost, Dot--have a little more patience and soon you will be able to
exercise those active l