Grit A-Plenty

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Dillon Wallace. Grit A-Plenty

FOREWORD

I. THE CABIN AT THE JUG

II. THE THICKENING MIST

III. DOCTOR JOE

IV. INDIAN JAKE, THE HALF BREED

V. UNCLE BEN GIVES WARNING

VI. THE TRAPPING PARTNER

VII. IN THE HEART OF THE WILDERNESS

VIII. ANDY’S BEAR HUNT

IX. THE STEALTHY MENACE OF THE TRAIL

X. THE FIGHT WITH A WOLF PACK

XI. A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE

XII. ALONE IN THE STORM-SWEPT FOREST

XIII. A NIGHT IN THE OPEN

XIV. A MAN’S GAME

XV. A DAY ON THE ICE

XVI. CHRISTMAS EVE ON THE FUR TRAILS

XVII. INDIAN JAKE’S SURPRISE

XVIII. SNOWBLIND

XIX. THE HALF BREED DESERTS

XX. A LETTER FROM THE GREAT DOCTOR

XXI. THE TRAIL OF THE DESERTER

XXII. THE BURNING TILT

XXIII. HUNGRY DAYS

XXIV. UNCLE BEN APPEARS

XXV “TROUBLES THAT NEVER CAME TRUE”

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Tempting boys to be what they should be—giving them in wholesome form what they want—that is the purpose and power of Scouting. To help parents and leaders of youth secure books boys like best that are also best for boys, the Boy Scouts of America organized EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY. The books included, formerly sold at prices ranging from $1.50 to $2.00 but, by special arrangement with the several publishers interested, are now sold in the EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY Edition at $1.00 per volume.

The books of EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY were selected by the Library Commission of the Boy Scouts of America, consisting of George F. Bowerman, Librarian, Public Library of the District of Columbia; Harrison W. Craver, Director, Engineering Societies Library, New York City; Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board of Education, New York City; Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Franklin K, Mathiews, Chief Scout Librarian. Only such books were chosen by the Commission as proved to be, by a nation wide canvas, most in demand by the boys themselves. Their popularity is further attested by the fact that in the EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY Edition, more than a million and a quarter copies of these books have already been sold.

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There was one autumn evening, a fortnight after Doctor Joe had established himself in the new cabin, when Thomas, who had been down the bay hunting geese, ran his boat into Break Cove to pay his neighbor a call, and to leave with him one of the fine fat geese he had shot. The candle was lighted and the cabin door stood open. As Thomas approached with the goose he saw Doctor Joe, a wild, hunted look upon his face, pacing up and down the room, and Thomas heard him exclaim:

“I can’t endure it! I cannot, cannot endure it! Another month and I’d be safe! But I can’t hold out! I must give up! Oh, God, have mercy on me!”

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