DEDICATION
To the memory of my brother Robert, one of the “Boys of the Old Sea Bed,” who, though passing out into the Great Beyond while yet young, wrote his name high up among those to whom the world accords fame, this little volume of boyhood tales is affectionately dedicated.
The Author.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER. | PAGE | |
| I. | In the Bed of an Ancient Sea | [ 9] |
| II. | Catching the Fawn | [ 16] |
| III. | The Great Blue Heron | [ 23] |
| IV. | The Forest Fire | [ 29] |
| V. | The First Deer Hunt | [ 36] |
| VI. | The Indian War Dance | [ 42] |
| VII. | The Floating Bog | [ 55] |
| VIII. | The Wayside Tavern | [ 63] |
| IX. | Adventure on Lake Cheteck | [ 69] |
| X. | The Paint Mine | [ 79] |
| XI. | Trapping Game Birds | [ 91] |
| XII. | The Moundbuilders | [ 103] |
| XIII. | Cooking in Camp | [ 114] |
| XIV. | Winter in the Lumber Woods | [ 128] |
| XV. | Over the Rapids | [ 140] |
| XVI. | The Gift of the Flood | [ 151] |
| XVII. | The Tragedy of the Mounds | [ 160] |
| XVIII. | College Days | [ 169] |
FOREWORD
These tales are at last put upon paper, after having served the demands of a generation of little folk—now grown tall—for stories of “when papa was a boy.” All the tales are founded upon facts, and many are incidents and experiences reproduced as faithfully as memory paints the pictures.