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THE HEART OF THE ANCIENT WOOD

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

BY THE MARSHES OF MINAS
THE FORGE IN THE FOREST
A SISTER TO EVANGELINE

‘Get off!’ she ordered sharplyPage 153

THE HEART OF THE
ANCIENT WOOD

BY
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
1902

Copyright by Silver, Burdett & Company in the United States of America
All rights reserved

To
L. W. v. U.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. The Watchers of the Trail 1
II. The Cabin in the Clearing 18
III. The Exiles from the Settlement 30
IV. Miranda and the Furtive Folk 46
V. Kroof, the She-bear 64
VI. The Initiation of Miranda 76
VII. The Intimates 88
VIII. Axe and Antler 107
IX. The Pax Mirandæ 121
X. The Routing of the Philistines 133
XI. Miranda and Young Dave 145
XII. Young Dave at the Clearing 162
XIII. Milking-time 173
XIV. Moonlight and Moose-call 187
XV. A Venison Steak 203
XVI. Death for a Little Life 225
XVII. In the Roar of the Rapids 245
XVIII. The Forfeit of the Alien 262

ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘Get off!’ she ordered sharply” Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
“She . . . stood motionless, erect and formidable” 50
“She sprang up, . . . her whole weight straining on the tether” 102
“He ran wildly over the s
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