Chapter I: Introduction: BY CLARA WHITEHILL HUNT ix

I. SEVEN FRIENDLESS CHILDREN 3

II. WOLVES’ TRACKS 17

III. THE SPECTACLE MAN 26

IV. A BLEAK MORNING BOTH INSIDE AND OUT 39

V. ALL HANDS ON DECK 45

VI. THE SPECTACLE MAN ALONE AGAIN 52

VII. SEPARATED 55

VIII. WHERE IS MARTHA-GRETA? 63

IX. ‘HENNENLY TANA’ 67

X. A DAINTY LITTLE MAID 75

XI. TWO LITTLE MAIDS 78

XII. EARNINGS AND THE MONEY QUESTION 81

XIII. IN THE PLACE OF THE DEAD 89

XIV. PER-ERIK AND ANNA-LISA 100

XV. GHOSTS ON THE ICE 104

XVI. IN A DEN OF THIEVES 111

XVII. THE ‘WEDDING-FARM’ 121

XVIII. FLIGHT 127

XIX. FIRE 134

XX. IN THEIR OWN GREEN COTTAGE 146

XXI. MASTER AND MISTRESS 158

XXII. DRIVEN AWAY 174

XXIII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING 183

XXIV. THE LAPLANDER’S HUT 187

XXV. AGAIN DEPENDENT ON THEMSELVES 193

XXVI. THE BRIDE 198

XXVII. A PROBLEM, A CHOICE, AND SORROW 210

XXVIII. MAGNUS AND GOLDEN HORN 216

XXIX. WHEN MAGNUS WAS LEFT ALONE 221

XXX. IN THE BERRY WOODS 226

XXXI. A STRUGGLE WITH OLD BRUIN 229

XXXII. UP AT A DAIRY FARM 237

XXXIII. QUARRELS AND RECONCILIATION 244

XXXIV. AGAIN IN THE PULPIT 254

XXXV. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT 258

XXXVI. AGAIN A MESSAGE FROM MOTHER 262

XXXVII. MAGLENA 266

XXXVIII. ALL THE SEVEN FROM THE LITTLE GRAY COTTAGE 271

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE CHILDREN FROM BARREN MOOR _Colored frontispiece_

HE WAS TOO STIFF AND FROZEN TO BE ABLE TO PUT WOOD IN
THE GRATE AND LIGHT A FIRE. ANDY DID IT FOR HIM 118

HERE UNDER THE TREE, WITH THE THICK BRANCHES RESTING
ON THE GROUND, THEY COULD BE SAFE 140

‘OLD BRUIN, OLD WOOLLY COAT, BIG FATHER,’ SHOOK HIMSELF 234