THE HEART OF THE ANCIENT WOOD

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Chapter I The Watchers of the Trail

Chapter II The Cabin in the Clearing

Chapter III The Exiles from the Settlement

Chapter IV Miranda and the Furtive Folk

Chapter V Kroof, the She-bear

Chapter VI The Initiation of Miranda

Chapter VII The Intimates

Chapter VIII Axe and Antler

Chapter IX The Pax Mirandæ

Chapter X The Routing of the Philistines

Chapter XI Miranda and Young Dave

Chapter XII Young Dave at the Clearing

Chapter XIII Milking-time

Chapter XIV Moonlight and Moose-call

Chapter XV A Venison Steak

Chapter XVI Death for a Little Life

Chapter XVII In the Roar of the Rapids

Chapter XVIII The Forfeit of the Alien

Footnotes

Transcriber’s Notes