The Forester's Daughter

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Garland Hamlin. The Forester's Daughter

The Forester's Daughter

Table of Contents

I

THE HAPPY GIRL

II

A RIDE IN THE RAIN

III

WAYLAND RECEIVES A WARNING

IV

THE SUPERVISOR OF THE FOREST

V

THE GOLDEN PATHWAY

VI

STORM-BOUND

VII

THE WALK IN THE RAIN

VIII

THE OTHER GIRL

IX

FURTHER PERPLEXITIES

X

THE CAMP ON THE PASS

XI

THE DEATH-GRAPPLE

XII

BERRIE’S VIGIL

XIII

THE GOSSIPS AWAKE

XIV

THE SUMMONS

XV

A MATTER OF MILLINERY

XVI

THE PRIVATE CAR

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Hamlin Garland

A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range

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Dressing hurriedly he went down to the small bar-room, whose litter of duffle-bags, guns, saddles, and camp utensils gave evidence of the presence of many hunters and fishermen. The slovenly landlord was poring over a newspaper, while a discouraged half-grown youth was sludging the floor with a mop; but a cheerful clamor from an open door at the back of the hall told that breakfast was on.

Venturing over the threshold, Norcross found himself seated at table with some five or six men in corduroy jackets and laced boots, who were, in fact, merchants and professional men from Denver and Pueblo out for fish and such game as the law allowed, and all in holiday mood. They joked the waiter-girls, and joshed one another in noisy good-fellowship, ignoring the slim youth in English riding-suit, who came in with an air of mingled melancholy and timidity and took a seat at the lower corner of the long table.

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