Copyright, 1906, 1907, 1908, by THE CENTURY COMPANY,
EVERYBODY’S MAGAZINE, APPLETON’S MAGAZINE, THE
YOUTH’S COMPANION, THE LADIES’ WORLD, THE
DELINEATOR, HAMPTON’S BROADWAY MAGAZINE, T. Y.
CROWELL & COMPANY.

Norwood Press

J. S. Gushing Co.––Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
The Vagrants of the Barren[1]
MacPhairrson’s Happy Family[22]
On Big Lonely[52]
From Buck to Bear and Back[68]
In the Deep of the Snow[78]
The Gentling of Red McWha[108]
Melindy and the Lynxes[139]
Mrs. Gammit’s Pig[150]
The Blackwater Pot[170]
The Iron Edge of Winter[193]
The Grip in Deep Hole[199]
The Nest of the Mallard[211]
Mrs. Gammit and the Porcupines[219]
The Battle in the Mist[250]
Melindy and the Spring Bear[258]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“Red McWha’s big form shot past.”[Frontispiece]
“One of these monstrous shapes neglected to vanish.”[18]
“‘It’s––Mandy Ann!’”[66]
“Where anything from a baby’s rattle to a bag of fertilizer could be purchased.”[99]
“He was roused by a sudden shot.”[185]
“He realized that he was caught by the foot.”[201]