Dick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests A Tale of the Early Settlement of Ontario
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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
MARJORIE L. C. PICKTHALL
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?'"
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.'"
CHAPTER II.
The Fall of the Tree.
CHAPTER III.
Friends Indeed.
CHAPTER IV.
A Day in the Woods.
CHAPTER V.
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."
CHAPTER VII.
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.
CHAPTER IX.
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.'"
CHAPTER XI.
Back to Stephanie.
CHAPTER XII.
To a Goodly Heritage.
"'DICK! DICK! WHERE ARE YOU?'"
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