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Title: A Mating in the Wilds

Author: Ottwell Binns

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Language: English

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A MATING IN THE WILDS

_BORZOI WESTERN STORIES_

THE CROSS PULL
_By Hal G. Evarts_

THE LONG DIM TRAIL
_By Forrestine Hooker_

A MATING IN THE WILDS
_By Ottwell Binns_

A MATING IN THE WILDS

BY

OTTWELL BINNS

NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF 1920

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I THE MAN FROM THE RIVER, 7

II AN ATTACK AT MIDNIGHT, 18

III A LOST GIRL, 31

IV A PIECE OF WRECKAGE, 43

V A BRAVE RESCUE, 56

VI A MYSTERIOUS SHOT, 68

VII STRANDED, 80

VIII A MEETING IN THE FOREST, 95

IX UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE, 105

X A CANOE COMES AND GOES, 118

XI A FOREST FIRE, 132

XII THE RAFT, 146

XIII A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS, 158

XIV MYSTERIOUS VISITORS, 172

XV A FACE AT THE TENT-DOOR, 185

XVI AN ARROW OUT OF THE NIGHT, 199

XVII THE ATTACK, 212

XVIII A DEAD GIRL, 225

XIX A HOT TRAIL, 238

XX A PRISONER, 251

XXI CHIGMOK'S STORY, 264

XXII AINLEY'S STORY, 278

XXIII A SURPRISE FOR AINLEY, 292

XXIV THE TRAIL TO PARADISE, 305

CHAPTER I

THE MAN