WILDERNESS
This story has appeared serially in the “Youth’s Companion,” and my thanks are due the publishers for permission to reprint it.
Frank Lillie Pollock.
The publishers also wish to acknowledge the courtesy of the “Youth’s Companion” in arranging for the use of the pictures.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- [“Poison!” exclaimed Alice. “Why, it must have been meant to kill the bees!”]
- [It was not without a secret feeling of misgiving that Alice and Bob bade farewell to Harman’s Corners]
- [Two of the hives that were farthest from the house had been pillaged]
- [It was not a wild beast in the trap; it was a man!]
- [“No, you stay here, Allie. There won’t be any shooting, but this is no girl’s business”]
- [He was plainly in no condition to show fight and the boys advanced without hesitation]
- [It wheeled in a panic and went straight over the bee yard, clearing the hives in great bounds]
- [“Poison!” exclaimed Alice. “Why, it must have been meant to kill the bees!”]
- [It was not without a secret feeling of misgiving that Alice and Bob bade farewell to Harman’s Corners]
- [Two of the hives that were farthest from the house had been pillaged]
- [It was not a wild beast in the trap; it was a man!]
- [“No, you stay here, Allie. There won’t be any shooting, but this is no girl’s business”]
- [He was plainly in no condition to show fight and the boys advanced without hesitation]
- [It wheeled in a panic and went straight over the bee yard, clearing the hives in great bounds]
WILDERNESS HONEY
CHAPTER I
THE BEE FEVER
“We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision. “No use blinking it.”
“What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.