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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO
“Red McWha’s big form shot past.” (See page 136)
THE
BACKWOODSMEN
BY
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS
AUTHOR OF “THE KINDRED OF THE WILD,” “THE HOUSE IN THE WATER,” “THE HEART OF THE ANCIENT WOOD,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1909
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1909,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1909.
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
CHAPTER PAGE
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