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FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL By
ZOE MEYER Illustrated by
WILLIAM F. STECHER Boston
Little, Brown, And Company
1926 Copyright, 1926,
By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Published May, 1926
Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS
PAGE PAL 1 THE CALL OF THE SPRING 19 THE ADVENTURES OF KAGH, THE PORCUPINE 35 THE TRAIL OF THE MOOSE 48 IN THE BEAVERS' LODGE 65 SILVER SPOT 81 WHEN THE MOON IS FULL 96 THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF RINGTAIL, THE RACCOON 109 THE HAUNTER OF THE TRAIL 126 WHERE WINTER HOLDS NO TERRORS 140 BROWN BROTHER 154 IN THE WAKE OF THE THAW 171 THE TWINS 184 THE WHITE WOLF 202 ILLUSTRATIONS The Hermit and Pal took many a trip
into the forest Frontispiece PAGE Slowly it advanced, its body almost brushing
the snow 15 And then occurred a memorable battle 33 Pal stopped, clearly astonished 45 As if carved from the rock the big moose stood 49 The Hermit took the one chance that presented
itself 59 The dam, when finished, was a work worthy of
a trained engineer 67 A full grown fox stood motionless in the sunlight,
a rabbit hanging limply from her jaws 83 The big frog was flipped out upon the bank 97 Ringtail had heard the agonized cry of his
playmate 119 He crouched upon a branch, glaring down at
the animated leaf pile 131 The hawk dropped like a thunderbolt and
caught him in its talons 143 Instantly the fawn thrust out his delicate muzzle
and licked the outstretched hand 155 Both glared but refused to let go 175 The other cub forgot her fear and demanded
her sugar lump 189 High on his rocky ledge he lifted his muzzle to
the moon 205 FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL In the depths of the green wilderness, where dark spruce and hemlock
guard the secrets of the trail, are still to be found wild creatures who
know little of man and who regard him with more of curiosity than of
fear. Woodland ponds, whose placid waters have never reflected the dark
lines of a canoe, lie like jewels in their setting of green hills; ponds
where soft eyed deer come down to drink at twilight, and where the weird
laughter of the loon floats through the morning mists. Toward the south,
however, man is fast penetrating the secrets of the forest, blazing dim
trails and leaving fear and destruction in the wake of his guns and
traps. Occasionally a hunter, unarmed save perhaps for a camera, enters the
wilderness to study its inhabitants, not that he may destroy them, but
that he may the better understand them, and through them draw closer to
nature. Such a man was the Hermit, who dwelt alone in a log cabin where
the southern border of the wilderness terminated abruptly at an old
snake fence... Continue reading book >>
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