{"product_id":"2940013269798","title":"THE EYES OF THE WOODS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                          PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I.  THE FLIGHT                   1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II.  THE GREAT JOKE              23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III.  A MERRY NIGHT               45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV.  THE CAPTURED CANOE          67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V.  THE PROTECTING RIVER        89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI.  THE OASIS                  111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII.  INTO THE NORTH             130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII.  THE BUFFALO RING           149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IX.  THE COVERT                 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   X.  THE BEAR GUIDE             186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XI.  THE GREATER POWERS         209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XII.  THE STAG'S COMING          225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII.  THE LEAPING WOLF           245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIV.  THE WATCHFUL SQUIRREL      266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XV.  THE LETTER                 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FLIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA strong wind swept over the great forest, sending green leaves and\u003cbr\u003etwigs in showers before it, and bringing clouds in battalions from the\u003cbr\u003ewest. The air presently grew cold, and then heavy drops of rain came,\u003cbr\u003epattering at first like shot, but soon settling into a hard and steady\u003cbr\u003efall that made the day dark and chill, tingeing the whole wilderness\u003cbr\u003ewith gloom and desolation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deer sought its covert, a buffalo, grazing in a little prairie,\u003cbr\u003ethrust its huge form into a thicket, the squirrel lay snug in its nest\u003cbr\u003ein the hollow of a tree, and the bird in the shelter of the foliage\u003cbr\u003eceased to sing. The only sounds were those of the elements, and the\u003cbr\u003eworld seemed to have returned to the primeval state that had endured for\u003cbr\u003eages. It was the kingdom of fur, fin and feather, and, so far as the\u003cbr\u003ecasual eye could have seen, man had not yet come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the deep cleft of the cliff, from which coign of vantage they had\u003cbr\u003efought off Shawnee and Miami, Henry Ware, Paul Cotter and Long Jim Hart\u003cbr\u003esat snug, warm and dry, and looked out at the bitter storm. Near them a\u003cbr\u003esmall fire burned, the smoke passing out at the entrance, and at the far\u003cbr\u003eend of the hollow much more wood was heaped. There were five beds of dry\u003cbr\u003eleaves with the blankets lying upon them, useful articles were stored in\u003cbr\u003ethe niches of the stone, and jerked meat lay upon the natural shelves.\u003cbr\u003eIt was a secret, but cheerful spot in that vast, wet and cold\u003cbr\u003ewilderness. Long Jim felt its comfort and security, as he rose, put\u003cbr\u003eanother stick of wood on the fire, and then resumed his seat near the\u003cbr\u003eothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm sorry the storm came up so soon,\" said Henry. \"Of course, Sol and\u003cbr\u003eTom are hardened to all kinds of weather, but it's not pleasant to be\u003cbr\u003ecaught in the woods at such a time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And our ammunition,\" said Paul. \"It wouldn't hurt the lead, of course,\u003cbr\u003ebut it would be a disaster for the powder to be soaked through and\u003cbr\u003ethrough. They'd have to go back to the settlements, and that would mean\u003cbr\u003ea long journey and a lot of lost time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't think we need be afraid about the powder,\" said Henry.\u003cbr\u003e\"Whatever happens, Sol and Tom will protect it, even if their own bodies\u003cbr\u003esuffer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Then I'm thinkin' they'll have to do a lot of protectin',\" said Long\u003cbr\u003eJim. \"The wind is blowin' plum' horizontal, an' the rain is sweepin'\u003cbr\u003e'long in sheets.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry, despite his consoling words, was very anxious. Since their great\u003cbr\u003ebattle with the invading Indian force and the destruction of the cannon,\u003cbr\u003etheir supply of ammunition had run very low, and without powder and\u003cbr\u003ebullets they were lost in the wilderness. He walked to the narrow\u003cbr\u003eentrance of the cave, and, standing just where the rain could not reach\u003cbr\u003ehim, looked out upon the cold and dripping forest, a splendid figure\u003cbr\u003eclothed in deerskin, specially adapted in both body and mind to\u003cbr\u003ewilderness life.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180390400240,"sku":"2940013269798","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013269798_p0.jpg?v=1763579187","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013269798","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}