Front matter

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Mrs. Bear Fiercely Tugged at the Cruel Chain

Copyrighted, 1913, By W. A. Wilde Company All rights reserved —— Wild Dwellers of Forest, Marsh and Lake

In loving memory of My Mother, Emma Caroline Field

I.The Three Bears of Porcupine Ridge11

II.Ring Neck, Leader of the Flying Wedge23

III.The Revolt of Timothy37

IV.The Little Red Doe of Deer Pass47

V.Dame Woodchuck and the Red Monster61

VI.Tracked by a Catamount71

VII.The Call of the Moose89

VIII.The Last Wolf of the Pack103

IX.How Unk-Wunk the Porcupine Met His Match115

X.The Ghost of the Wainscot127

XI.Why the Weasel Never Sleeps141

XII.Mrs. White-Spot and Her Kittens153

XIII.In the Bobcat’s Den169

XIV.Why Ahmuk the Beaver Moved183

XV.Nicodemus, King of Crow Colony195

XVI.The Story of Rusty Starling209

XVII.Where the Partridge Drums219

XVIII.How Solomon Owl Became Wise233

XIX.The King of Balsam Swamp245

XX.The Giant of the Corn-Field257

XXI.The Bravery of Ebenezer Coon273

XXII.The Narrow Escape of Velvet Wings285

XXIII.Nemox, the Crafty Robber of the Marshes297

XXIV.The Keeper of Tamarack Ridge309

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Mrs. Bear Fiercely Tugged at the Cruel ChainFrontispiece

That Very Instant Tom Fired85

Mrs. White-Spot Teaching the Little Skunks How to Take a Bath157

Solomon Failed to See the Trap239