"The great dog shook his victim as a terrier shakes a rat." ([Page 253].)

THE LEDGE ON
BALD FACE

By

CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

ILLUSTRATED

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
1918

Copyright in the United States of America
by Charles G. D. Roberts

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

POPULAR NATURE STORIES
BY
CHAS. G. D. ROBERTS
PUBLISHED BY
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
THE HOUSE IN THE WATER
KINGS IN EXILE
THE SECRET TRAILS
THE LEDGE ON BALD FACE

CONTENTS

I [THE LEDGE ON BALD FACE]
II [THE EAGLE]
III [COCK-CROW]
IV [THE MORNING OF THE SILVER FROST]
V [JIM, THE BACKWOODS POLICE DOG]
PART I [HOW WOOLLY BILLY CAME TO BRINE'S RIP]
" II [THE BOOK AGENT AND THE BUCKSKIN BELT]
" III [THE HOLE IN THE TREE]
" IV [THE TRAIL OF THE BEAR]
" V [THE FIRE AT BRINE'S RIP MILLS]
" VI [THE MAN WITH THE DANCING BEAR]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "The great dog shook his victim like a terrier shakes a rat" . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "He was thrown off his balance and shouldered clean over the brink" ]

[ "Then he spread his wings wide and let go" ]

[ "He flung his arms about Jim's shaggy neck and buried his face in the wet fur" ]

[ "'You keep right back, boys,' commanded the Deputy in a voice of steel" ]

[ "The door was flung open, and Black Dan with his hands held up, stalked forth into the moonlight" ]

[ "He drew a long knife ... and slipped behind the canoe" ]

[ "In the meantime, Jim, travelling at a speed that the fugitive could not hope to rival, had come to the right spot" ]

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THE LEDGE ON BALD FACE