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Dick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests A Tale of the Early Settlement of Ontario
By Marjorie L. C. (Marjorie Lowry Christie) Pickthall
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- "The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale."—p. 20
- DICK'S DESERTION
- A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests
- A TALE OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF ONTARIO
- By
- By
- MARJORIE L. C. PICKTHALL
- WITH SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
- Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Limited. 1905
- WITH SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
- Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Limited. 1905
- A TALE OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF ONTARIO
- A TALE OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF ONTARIO
- By
- By
- MARJORIE L. C. PICKTHALL
- WITH SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
- Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Limited. 1905
- WITH SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
- Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Limited. 1905
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- "The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale." . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
- "'If I had fifty rivers and fifty canoes, I could not leave Stephanie.'"
- "They began to sing the old carols their mother had taught them long before."
- "He flung out his arm, circled with savage ornaments—flung it out with a wild gesture, and began to speak."
- "He held out a tiny package, wrapped in birch-bark, with an inquiring glance towards her."
- "'For pity's sake, let me alone!' Dick pleaded. 'Go on and leave me.'"
- "'Dick! Dick! Where are you?'"
- "'If I had fifty rivers and fifty canoes, I could not leave Stephanie.'"
- "They began to sing the old carols their mother had taught them long before."
- "He flung out his arm, circled with savage ornaments—flung it out with a wild gesture, and began to speak."
- "He held out a tiny package, wrapped in birch-bark, with an inquiring glance towards her."
- "'For pity's sake, let me alone!' Dick pleaded. 'Go on and leave me.'"
- "'Dick! Dick! Where are you?'"
- "The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale." . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
- "The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale." . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
- "'If I had fifty rivers and fifty canoes, I could not leave Stephanie.'"
- "They began to sing the old carols their mother had taught them long before."
- "He flung out his arm, circled with savage ornaments—flung it out with a wild gesture, and began to speak."
- "He held out a tiny package, wrapped in birch-bark, with an inquiring glance towards her."
- "'For pity's sake, let me alone!' Dick pleaded. 'Go on and leave me.'"
- "'Dick! Dick! Where are you?'"
- "'If I had fifty rivers and fifty canoes, I could not leave Stephanie.'"
- "They began to sing the old carols their mother had taught them long before."
- "He flung out his arm, circled with savage ornaments—flung it out with a wild gesture, and began to speak."
- "He held out a tiny package, wrapped in birch-bark, with an inquiring glance towards her."
- "'For pity's sake, let me alone!' Dick pleaded. 'Go on and leave me.'"
- "'Dick! Dick! Where are you?'"
- DICK'S DESERTION:
- A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests.
- CHAPTER I.
- In the Heart of the Woods.
- "'IF I HAD FIFTY RIVERS AND FIFTY CANOES, I COULD NOT LEAVE STEPHANIE.'"
- In the Heart of the Woods.
- "'IF I HAD FIFTY RIVERS AND FIFTY CANOES, I COULD NOT LEAVE STEPHANIE.'"
- CHAPTER II.
- The Fall of the Tree.
- The Fall of the Tree.
- CHAPTER III.
- Friends Indeed.
- Friends Indeed.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A Day in the Woods.
- A Day in the Woods.
- CHAPTER V.
- A Backwoods Christmas.
- "THEY BEGAN TO SING THE OLD CAROLS THEIR MOTHER HAD TAUGHT THEM LONG BEFORE."
- A Backwoods Christmas.
- "THEY BEGAN TO SING THE OLD CAROLS THEIR MOTHER HAD TAUGHT THEM LONG BEFORE."
- CHAPTER VI.
- The Call of the Forest.
- "HE FLUNG OUT HIS ARM, CIRCLED WITH SAVAGE ORNAMENTS— FLUNG IT OUT WITH A WILD GESTURE, AND BEGAN TO SPEAK."
- The Call of the Forest.
- "HE FLUNG OUT HIS ARM, CIRCLED WITH SAVAGE ORNAMENTS— FLUNG IT OUT WITH A WILD GESTURE, AND BEGAN TO SPEAK."
- CHAPTER VII.
- A Message from the Wanderer.
- "HE HELD OUT A TINY PACKAGE, WRAPPED IN BIRCH-BARK, WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE TOWARDS HER."
- A Message from the Wanderer.
- "HE HELD OUT A TINY PACKAGE, WRAPPED IN BIRCH-BARK, WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE TOWARDS HER."
- CHAPTER VIII.
- A Wood's Adventure.
- A Wood's Adventure.
- CHAPTER IX.
- On the Prairie.
- On the Prairie.
- CHAPTER X.
- In the Grip of the Storm.
- "'FOR PITY'S SAKE, LET ME ALONE!' DICK PLEADED. 'GO ON AND LEAVE ME.'"
- In the Grip of the Storm.
- "'FOR PITY'S SAKE, LET ME ALONE!' DICK PLEADED. 'GO ON AND LEAVE ME.'"
- CHAPTER XI.
- Back to Stephanie.
- Back to Stephanie.
- CHAPTER XII.
- To a Goodly Heritage.
- "'DICK! DICK! WHERE ARE YOU?'"
- To a Goodly Heritage.
- "'DICK! DICK! WHERE ARE YOU?'"
- A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests.
- CHAPTER I.
- In the Heart of the Woods.
- "'IF I HAD FIFTY RIVERS AND FIFTY CANOES, I COULD NOT LEAVE STEPHANIE.'"
- In the Heart of the Woods.
- "'IF I HAD FIFTY RIVERS AND FIFTY CANOES, I COULD NOT LEAVE STEPHANIE.'"
- CHAPTER II.
- The Fall of the Tree.
- The Fall of the Tree.
- CHAPTER III.
- Friends Indeed.
- Friends Indeed.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A Day in the Woods.
- A Day in the Woods.
- CHAPTER V.
- A Backwoods Christmas.
- "THEY BEGAN TO SING THE OLD CAROLS THEIR MOTHER HAD TAUGHT THEM LONG BEFORE."
- A Backwoods Christmas.
- "THEY BEGAN TO SING THE OLD CAROLS THEIR MOTHER HAD TAUGHT THEM LONG BEFORE."
- CHAPTER VI.
- The Call of the Forest.
- "HE FLUNG OUT HIS ARM, CIRCLED WITH SAVAGE ORNAMENTS— FLUNG IT OUT WITH A WILD GESTURE, AND BEGAN TO SPEAK."
- The Call of the Forest.
- "HE FLUNG OUT HIS ARM, CIRCLED WITH SAVAGE ORNAMENTS— FLUNG IT OUT WITH A WILD GESTURE, AND BEGAN TO SPEAK."
- CHAPTER VII.
- A Message from the Wanderer.
- "HE HELD OUT A TINY PACKAGE, WRAPPED IN BIRCH-BARK, WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE TOWARDS HER."
- A Message from the Wanderer.
- "HE HELD OUT A TINY PACKAGE, WRAPPED IN BIRCH-BARK, WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE TOWARDS HER."
- CHAPTER VIII.
- A Wood's Adventure.
- A Wood's Adventure.
- CHAPTER IX.
- On the Prairie.
- On the Prairie.
- CHAPTER X.
- In the Grip of the Storm.
- "'FOR PITY'S SAKE, LET ME ALONE!' DICK PLEADED. 'GO ON AND LEAVE ME.'"
- In the Grip of the Storm.
- "'FOR PITY'S SAKE, LET ME ALONE!' DICK PLEADED. 'GO ON AND LEAVE ME.'"
- CHAPTER XI.
- Back to Stephanie.
- Back to Stephanie.
- CHAPTER XII.
- To a Goodly Heritage.
- "'DICK! DICK! WHERE ARE YOU?'"
- To a Goodly Heritage.
- "'DICK! DICK! WHERE ARE YOU?'"
- A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests
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