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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
| ILLUSTRATIONS | PAGE |
|---|---|
| ["WHO ARE--YOU?" PEE-WEE STAMMERED.] | Frontispiece |
| [NOTE FROM PEE-WEE'S HIKEBOOK] | 27 |
| ["THE ROAD IS CLOSED," SAID PETER.] | 109 |
| [PEE-WEE BEFORE THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.] | 130 |
| ["WE'RE NOT MINERS, WE'RE SCOUTS!" PEE-WEE SHOUTED.] | 202 |
PEE-WEE HARRIS
ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER I
THE LONE FIGURE
The night was bleak and cold. All through the melancholy, cheerless day, the first chill of autumn had been in the air. Toward evening the clouds had parted, showing a steel-colored sky in which the sun went down a great red ball, tinting the foliage across the river with a glow of crimson. A sun full of rich light but no heat.