Boris the Bear-Hunter
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Whishaw Frederick. Boris the Bear-Hunter
CHAPTER I. THE HUNTER HUNTED
CHAPTER II. BORIS FINDS A NEW FRIEND
CHAPTER III. BORIS CHANGES MASTERS
CHAPTER IV. BORIS GOES A-SAILING
CHAPTER V. HOW PETER THE GREAT WAS KNOCKED OVER
CHAPTER VI. A TASTE OF THE KNOUT
CHAPTER VII. A RACE FOR LIFE
CHAPTER VIII. BORIS AND HIS FELLOW-OFFICERS
CHAPTER IX. ONE SWORD AGAINST FIVE
CHAPTER X. A NIGHT AMBUSH
CHAPTER XI. A BATTLE AGAINST ODDS
CHAPTER XII. A PERILOUS SLIDE
CHAPTER XIII. BORIS GOES ON THE WAR-PATH
CHAPTER XIV. TAKEN PRISONER
CHAPTER XV. AN EXCITING ESCAPE
CHAPTER XVI. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XVII. OFF TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW BORIS THREW A BIG DUTCHMAN OVERBOARD
CHAPTER XIX. BAD NEWS FROM MOSCOW
CHAPTER XX. BORIS IN DISGRACE
CHAPTER XXI. NANCY AND THE BIG BEAR
CHAPTER XXII. A WOLF-MAIDEN
CHAPTER XXIII. A NOTABLE DAY AMONG THE WOLVES
CHAPTER XXIV. WITH THE TSAR AGAIN
CHAPTER XXV. BORIS HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW BORIS OUTWITTED THE SWEDISH ADMIRAL
CHAPTER XXVII. SMALL BEGINNINGS OF A GREAT CITY
CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW THE SWEDES ERECTED A GIBBET FOR BORIS
CHAPTER XXIX. MAZEPPA
CHAPTER XXX. RUSSIA'S GREAT DAY
CHAPTER XXXI. PEACE AT LAST
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Boris was so exhausted with the long chase that he had hardly sufficient strength to reach the weapon and turn it against his furious pursuer. To do this he must gain ground upon the bear, which was at the instant so close behind that he could have kicked it with his heel. Summoning therefore all the energy of which he was still master, the hunted hunter filled his lungs to the full, and started to run the fastest hundred yards that he had ever covered. So swiftly did he fly over the ground that he was some twenty-five good paces in front of the bear when his hands closed upon his faithful spear, and he knew that, for the moment at least, he was saved, and that if only his strength did not fail him he should now hold his own and perhaps a little more when Bruin came to close quarters.
Twisting round with the rapidity of a spindle, Boris felt for a steady foothold for both of his feet, found it, poised his long steel-tipped wooden spear, took a long, deep breath, set his teeth, and in a moment the struggle had commenced. The bear, slightly rising on his hind legs to seize and hug his foe, threw himself with a loud roar of rage upon Boris, impaling himself as he did so upon the cruel point of the spear. This was a critical moment. Strong as he was, and firmly as he had taken his stand, the shock of the huge brute's rush all but knocked poor weary Boris off his legs and nearly tore his muscular arms from their sockets. The bear, mad with pain and rage, pressed in its fury upon the stout spear, and bit and tore at the good oak until the splinters flew and the whole spear shook and trembled in the hunter's grasp.
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De Kuyper grunted and took the rudder, which Peter in his excitement had neglected.
"Your bear-hunter had better look sharp and get into that boat," he muttered, "for the sky looks squally, and we shall have a knock-about before we reach Archangel. The sooner we get him and the boat aboard the better I shall be pleased!"
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