This story, while independent in itself, continues the fortunes of the two boys who were the central characters of "The Young Trailers."
CONTENTS
| [I.] | PAUL | 1 |
| [II.] | IN THE RIVER | 17 |
| [III.] | THE LONE CABIN | 36 |
| [IV.] | THE SIEGE | 59 |
| [V.] | THE FLIGHT | 72 |
| [VI.] | THE BATTLE ON THE HILL | 91 |
| [VII.] | WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DARK | 108 |
| [VIII.] | AT THE RIVER BANK | 125 |
| [IX.] | A CHANGE OF PLACES | 142 |
| [X.] | THE ISLAND IN THE LAKE | 157 |
| [XI.] | A SUDDEN MEETING | 176 |
| [XII.] | THE BELT BEARERS | 192 |
| [XIII.] | BRAXTON WYATT'S ORDEAL | 217 |
| [XIV.] | IN WINTER QUARTERS | 239 |
| [XV.] | WORK AND PLAY | 254 |
| [XVI.] | NOEL | 273 |
| [XVII.] | FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW | 283 |
| [XVIII.] | WHAT THE WARRIOR SAW | 295 |
| [XIX.] | THE WARNING | 310 |
| [XX.] | THE TERRIBLE FORD | 328 |
| [XXI.] | THE FLIGHT OF LONG JIM | 340 |
| [XXII.] | THE LAST STAND | 355 |
THE FOREST RUNNERS
CHAPTER I
PAUL
Paul stopped in a little open space, and looked around all the circle of the forest. Everywhere it was the same—just the curving wall of red and brown, and beyond, the blue sky, flecked with tiny clouds of white. The wilderness was full of beauty, charged with the glory of peace and silence, and there was naught to indicate that man had ever come. The leaves rippled a little in the gentle west wind, and the crisping grass bowed before it; but Paul saw no living being, save himself, in the vast, empty world.