THE RACE OF THE SWIFT
“The gray fox was leading bravely.” Frontispiece. See page 16.
THE
RACE OF THE SWIFT
BY
EDWIN CARLILE LITSEY
AUTHOR OF “THE LOVE STORY OF ABNER STONE”
Illustrated from Drawings by
CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1905
Copyright, 1903, 1904,
By Frank Leslie Publishing House.
Copyright, 1904,
By Field and Stream, Inc.
Copyright, 1905,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published October, 1905
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
TO
CARRIE SELECMAN LITSEY
I INSCRIBE THESE STORIES
E. C. L.
The author wishes to make public acknowledgment to Leslie’s Monthly Magazine for permission to use in this volume “The Race of the Swift,” “The King of the Northern Slope,” and “The Ghost Coon.” Thanks are also due Field and Stream for their courtesy in allowing the use of “The Fight on the Tree-Bridge.” The other stories presented here have never appeared in print before.
CONTENTS
| The Race of the Swift | [1] |
| The Robber Baron | [21] |
| The Ghost Coon | [43] |
| The Spoiler of the Folds | [63] |
| The Fight on the Tree-Bridge | [83] |
| The Guardian of the Flock | [107] |
| The King of the Northern Slope | [129] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
From drawings by Charles Livingston Bull
| “The gray fox was leading bravely.” | [Frontispiece] |
| “Zigzagging nimbly, he strove to elude his pursuer” | [41] |
| “What was this upon his bridge!” | [102] |
| “The King stopped long enough to throw back his head and give one terrifying scream of victory” | [143] |
THE RACE OF THE SWIFT