Freckles (Romance of the Limberlost Swamp)
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"Freckles" is an adult orphan, just under twenty years of age, with bright red hair and a freckled complexion. His right hand is missing at the wrist, and has been since before he can remember. Raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage, he speaks with a slight Irish accent. Exhausted after days of walking and looking like a hobo, he applies for a job with the Grand Rapids lumber company, guarding timber in the Limberlost Swamp. McLean, part owner of the large company, enthralled with the Limberlost, hires him to be on the watch for those who aim to steal the expensive timber. McLean's chief worry is Black Jack Carter, who has sworn to smuggle several priceless trees out of the swamp. Initially terrified of the wilderness after a lifetime in an urban environment, Freckles first conquers his fears, aided by exploration of the Limberlost, and falls in love with the swamp. When a recently fired lumberman named Wessner tries to bribe Freckles so the Black Jack's gang of thieves steal a prime tree next to the trail, Freckles gets into a fist fight with Wessner and, although severely pummeled, chases him off. The next afternoon, while Freckles is recovering from beating, a lovely girl about sixteen years of age appears looking for him. Freckles falls in love with her while she helps him recover, and she becomes his guardian angel as the Black Jack's gang seeks revenge.
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Stratton-Porter Gene. Freckles (Romance of the Limberlost Swamp)
Freckles (Romance of the Limberlost Swamp)
Table of Contents
CHARACTERS
CHAPTER I. Wherein Great Risks Are Taken and the Limberlost Guard Is Hired
CHAPTER II. Wherein Freckles Proves His Mettle and Finds Friends
CHAPTER III. Wherein a Feather Falls and a Soul Is Born
CHAPTER IV. Wherein Freckles Faces Trouble Bravely and Opens the Way for New Experiences
CHAPTER V. Wherein an Angel Materializes and a Man Worships
CHAPTER VI. Wherein a Fight Occurs and Women Shoot Straight
CHAPTER VII. Wherein Freckles Wins Honor and Finds a Footprint on the Trail
CHAPTER VIII. Wherein Freckles Meets a Man of Affairs and Loses Nothing by the Encounter
CHAPTER IX. Wherein the Limberlost Falls upon Mrs. Duncan and Freckles Comes to the Rescue
CHAPTER X. Wherein Freckles Strives Mightily and the Swamp Angel Rewards Him
CHAPTER XI. Wherein the Butterflies Go on a Spree and Freckles Informs the Bird Woman
CHAPTER XII. Wherein Black Jack Captures Freckles and the Angel Captures Jack
CHAPTER XIII. Wherein the Angel Releases Freckles, and the Curse of Black Jack Falls upon Her
CHAPTER XIV. Wherein Freckles Nurses a Heartache and Black Jack Drops Out
CHAPTER XV. Wherein Freckles and the Angel Try Taking a Picture, and Little Chicken Furnishes the Subject
CHAPTER XVI. Wherein the Angel Locates a Rare Tree and Dines with the Gang
CHAPTER XVII. Wherein Freckles Offers His Life for His Love and Gets a Broken Body
CHAPTER XVIII. Wherein Freckles refuses Love Without Knowledge of Honorable Birth, and the Angel Goes in Quest of it
CHAPTER XIX. Wherein Freckles Finds His Birthright and the Angel Loses Her Heart
CHAPTER XX. Wherein Freckles returns to the Limberlost, and Lord O'More Sails for Ireland Without Him