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Title: Through Forest and Fire
Wild-Woods Series No. 1

Author: Edward Ellis

Release Date: August 8, 2005 [EBook #16472]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Book Cover]

_WILD-WOODS SERIES--No. 1._

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[Illustration: "Heavenly Father! please take care of me," prayed
Nellie.]

THROUGH FOREST AND FIRE

BY

EDWARD S. ELLIS,

AUTHOR OF "YOUNG PIONEER SERIES," "LOG CABIN
SERIES," "DEERFOOT SERIES," "WYOMING
SERIES," ETC., ETC.

[Illustration]

PHILADELPHIA:
PORTER & COATES.

COPYRIGHT, 1891,

BY

PORTER & COATES.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--NICK, 5

II.--SCHOOL DAYS, 14

III.--A MATHEMATICAL DISCUSSION, 21

IV.--LOST, 29

V.--THE PARTY OF SEARCH, 37

VI.--GROPING IN DARKNESS, 47

VII.--AN ALARMING DISCOVERY, 55

VIII.--STARTLING FOOTPRINTS, 63

IX.--THE LITTLE WANDERER, 69

X.--IN GREAT DANGER, 79

XI.--"GOTT SEI DANK!" 88

XII.--OMINOUS PREPARATIONS, 96

XIII.--THE BEAR HUNTERS, 103

XIV.--A RECRUIT, 113

XV.--A SURPRISE, 119

XVI.--THE DINNER IN THE WOODS, 126

XVII.--A TEST OF MARKSMANSHIP, 132

XVIII.--A QUAIL, 139

XIX.--AN UNEXPECTED LESSON, 145

XX.--BOWSER PROVES HIMSELF OF SOME USE, 152

XXI.--FACE TO FACE, 158

XXII.--THE "VACANT CHAIR," 165

XXIII.--HUNTING A BUCK, 171