Claud Elwood and his Forest Musings.—Dangerous Assault, and slaying of a
Moose.—Rescue of Gaut's Daughter from the enraged animal.—Strange
Developments.—Incipient Love Scene.—Trout-catching.—Return of Claud and
Phillips (the Old Hunter here first introduced), to aid in saving the
Elwood Cottage from the fire.—The Thunder-shower comes to complete the
conquest of the fire.—The destruction of the King Pine by a Thunderbolt.
CHAPTER VII.
Journey up the Magalloway, to bring home the slaughtered Moose.—Love and its entanglements; its Sunshine now, its Storms in the distance.
CHAPTER VIII.
Jaunt of Claud and Phillips over the Rapids to the next Great Lake, for
Deer-hunting and Trout-catching.—Rescue of Fluella, the Indian Chief's
Daughter, from Drowning in the Rapids.—Her remarkable Character for
Intellect and Beauty.
CHAPTER IX.
The Logging Bee.—The introduction of a New Character in Comical Codman, the Trapper.—The Woodmen's Banquet.—The forming of the Trapping and Hunting Company, to start on an Expedition to the Upper Lakes.
CHAPTER X.
Developments of the dark and designing character of Gaut Gurley.—-Tomah, the college-learned Indian.