EDWARD S. ELLIS

Author of "Deerfoot" Series, "Log Cabin" Series, "Boy Pioneer" Series, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, TORONTO.


Copyrighted 1893
BY
THE PRICE-McGILL CO.


CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE.
[I.]ALONE AND TOGETHER,7
[II.] SOFT AND LOW,15
[III.] EAVESDROPPING,22
[IV.] THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE,30
[V.] A LIGHT AHEAD,37
[VI.] THE FRAGMENTS OF THE FEAST,44
[VII.] THE REPORT OF A GUN,51
[VIII.] MR. ISAAC PERKINS,59
[IX.] BORDER BRAVERY,67
[X.] ON THE RIVER,75
[XI.] AN UNFAVORABLE OMEN,83
[XII.] FORCED BACKWARD,91
[XIII.] NEW PERIL,100
[XIV.] DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND,107
[XV.] A DELICATE AND DANGEROUS TASK,114
[XVI.] IROQUOIS AGAINST IROQUOIS,121
[XVII.] AT LAST!,128
[XVIII.] THE SOUTHEASTERN SHORE,136
[XIX.] THE MOHAWK OBJECTS,143
[XX.] THE LONGEST WAY HOME,152
[XXI.] A CURIOUS DISCOVERY,159
[XXII.] ANOTHER FUGITIVE,166
[XXIII.] DOUBT AND PERPLEXITY,174
[XXIV.] THE NEW GUIDE,182
[XXV.] THE HIDING-PLACE,189
[XXVI.] CURIOUS PROCEEDINGS,196
[XXVII.] WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?,203
[XXVIII.] UP AND DOING,210
[XXIX.] A STARTLING CHECK,217
[XXX.] A MERITED FATE,227
[XXXI.] THE MOHAWK EXPLAINS,234
[XXXII.] THE FATAL TREE,242
[XXXIII.] CAPTIVE AND CAPTORS,249

THE WILDERNESS FUGITIVES.


CHAPTER I.