Followers of the Trail By: Zoe Meyer
First Page: [Illustration: The Hermit and Pal Took Many a Trip into the forest.] 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 >>

Followers of the Trail By: Zoe Meyer

First Page:

[Illustration: The Hermit and Pal Took Many a Trip into the forest.]

FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL

By ZOE MEYER

Illustrated by WILLIAM F. STECHER

Boston Little, Brown, And Company 1926

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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