THROUGH FOREST AND FIRE

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

XXIV.--HUNTED BY A BUCK, 176

XXV.--THE CAMP FIRE, 183

XXVI.--AN UNEXPECTED ATTACK, 190

XXVII.--WAS IT A JOKE? 196

XXVIII.--THE TRAIL OF THE BEAR, 205

XXIX.--"HELP! HELP!" 209

XXX.--A FRIEND IN NEED, 216

XXXI.--THE "DARK DAY" OF SEPTEMBER, 1881, 222

XXXII.--THE BURNING FOREST, 231

XXXIII.--THROUGH THE FIRE, 246

XXXIV.--CALLING IN VAIN, 248

XXXV.--WHAT FRIGHTENED NELLIE, 257

XXXVI.--AN UNWELCOME PASSENGER, 266

XXXVII.--A BRAVE STRUGGLE, 275

XXXVIII.--BEAR AND FORBEAR, 283

XXXIX.--CONCLUSION, 292


THROUGH FOREST AND FIRE;

OR,

"God Helps Them that Help Themselves."




CHAPTER I.

NICK.


Nicholas Ribsam was a comical fellow from his earliest babyhood, and had
an original way of doing almost everything he undertook.

When he became big enough to sit on the porch of the humble little home,
where he was born, and stare with his great round eyes at the world as
it went by, that world, whether on horseback, in carriage, or on foot,
was sure to smile at the funny-looking baby.