Chapter I: Front Matter

THE WOODRANGER

THE WOODRANGER

A Story of the Pioneers of the Debatable
Grounds

BY
G. WALDO BROWNE

AUTHOR OF
“TWO AMERICAN BOYS IN
HAWAII,” ETC.

Illustrated by
L. J. BRIDGMAN

NEW YORK
A. WESSELS COMPANY
1907

_Copyright, 1899_
BY L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY
(Incorporated)
_All rights reserved_

TO

Norman Stanley Browne

MY MERRY LITTLE SON
HOPING IT WILL INTEREST AND INSTRUCT HIM
THIS VOLUME IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
INTRODUCTION 7
I. THE DEER’S LEAP 11
II. THE WOODRANGER AND THE DEER REEVE 16
III. NORMAN MEETS HIS ENEMY 23
IV. A PERILOUS PREDICAMENT 30
V. JOHNNY STARK 43
VI. THE MAN WHO KNEW IT ALL 53
VII. NORMAN’S TRIAL 63
VIII. END OF THE TRIAL 75
IX. THE SHOOTING-MATCH 84
X. AN ALARM 97
XI. A FIERY GIRDLE 103
XII. BAD NEWS AT HOME 112
XIII. THE HONOUR OF THE McNIELS 119
XIV. NORMAN WORKS IN A STUMP-FIELD 126
XV. HANGING A BEAR 139
XVI. GUNWAD TAKES DECISIVE ACTION 149
XVII. THE CANOE MATCH 163
XVIII. THE FALL HUNT 180
XIX. DEER NECK 188
XX. THE CRY FOR HELP 196
XXI. A PECULIAR PREDICAMENT 202
XXII. THE GUN-SHOT 209
XXIII. THE FOREST TRAGEDY 215
XXIV. BEAR’S CLAWS――THE TURKEY TRAIN 221
XXV. THE PLACE OF THE BIG BUCK 229
XXVI. AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE 234
XXVII. “CREEPING” THE MOOSE 242
XXVIII. THE BATTLE OF THE MONARCHS 250
XXIX. TEST SHOTS――THE SNOW-STORM 255
XXX. THE BURNING OF CHRISTO’S WIGWAM 262
XXXI. THE WOODRANGER SURPRISES MR. MacDONALD 270
XXXII. ZACK BITLOCK’S DEER 278
XXXIII. RAISING THE MEETING-HOUSE 286
XXXIV. THE FRESHET 294
XXXV. THE WOODRANGER’S SECRET 300
XXXVI. THE TURNING OF THE TIDE 308

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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“‘I’M UNDER OATH’” _Frontispiece_

“THE DEER SPRANG OUT OVER THE DIZZY BRINK” 15

“ARCHIE IMPROVED HIS OPPORTUNITY TO DROP THE NOOSE OVER HER HEAD” 144

“HIS RIGHT ARM MOVED SLOWLY TO AND FRO” 278