"Heavenly Father! please take care of me," prayed Nellie.

copyright, 1891,
by
porter & coates.

CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.—NICK]
[CHAPTER II.—SCHOOL DAYS]
[CHAPTER III.—A MATHEMATICAL DISCUSSION]
[CHAPTER IV.—LOST]
[CHAPTER V.—THE PARTY OF SEARCH]
[CHAPTER VI.—GROPING IN DARKNESS]
[CHAPTER VII.—AN ALARMING DISCOVERY]
[CHAPTER VIII.—STARTLING FOOTPRINTS]
[CHAPTER IX.—THE LITTLE WANDERER]
[CHAPTER X.—IN GREAT DANGER]
[CHAPTER XI.—GOTT SEI DANK!]
[CHAPTER XII.—OMINOUS PREPARATIONS]
[CHAPTER XIII.—THE BEAR HUNTERS]
[CHAPTER XIV.—A RECRUIT]
[CHAPTER XV.—A SURPRISE]
[CHAPTER XVI.—THE DINNER IN THE WOODS]
[CHAPTER XVII.—A TEST OF MARKSMANSHIP]
[CHAPTER XVIII.—A QUAIL]
[CHAPTER XIX.—AN UNEXPECTED LESSON]
[CHAPTER XX.—BOWSER PROVES HIMSELF OF SOME USE]
[CHAPTER XXI.—FACE TO FACE]
[CHAPTER XXII.—THE "VACANT CHAIR"]
[CHAPTER XXIII.—HUNTING A BUCK]
[CHAPTER XXIV.—HUNTED BY A BUCK]
[CHAPTER XXV.—THE CAMP FIRE]
[CHAPTER XXVI.—AN UNEXPECTED ATTACK]
[CHAPTER XXVII.—WAS IT A JOKE?]
[CHAPTER XXVIII.—THE TRAIL OF THE BEAR]
[CHAPTER XXIX.—HELP! HELP!]
[CHAPTER XXX.—A FRIEND IN NEED]
[CHAPTER XXXI.—THE "DARK DAY" OF SEPTEMBER, 1881]
[CHAPTER XXXII.—THE BURNING FOREST]
[CHAPTER XXXIII.—THROUGH THE FIRE]
[CHAPTER XXXIV.—CALLING IN VAIN]
[CHAPTER XXXV.—WHAT FRIGHTENED NELLIE]
[CHAPTER XXXVI.—AN UNWELCOME PASSENGER]
[CHAPTER XXXVII.—A BRAVE STRUGGLE]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII.—BEAR AND FORBEAR]
[CHAPTER XXXIX.—CONCLUSION]

THROUGH FOREST AND FIRE;