CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I The Meeting of Bosephus and Horatio[11]
II The First Performance[20]
III Horatio and the Dogs[29]
IV The Dance of the Forest People[38]
V Good-bye to Arkansaw[46]
VI An Exciting Race[55]
VII Horatio's Moonlight Adventure[64]
VIII Sweet and Sour[73]
IX In Jail at Last[83]
X An Afternoon's Fishing[92]
XI The Road Home[101]
XII The Bear Colony at Last. The Parting of Bosephus and Horatio[111]

CHAPTER I

THE MEETING OF BOSEPHUS AND HORATIO

"Oh, 'twas down in the woods of the Arkansaw,
And the night was cloudy and the wind was raw,