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A STORY OF SUMMER ADVENTURES IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WOODS
_Author of “The Half-Back,” “Behind the Line,” “Weatherby’s Inning,” “On Your Mark,” etc._
Copyright, 1905, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
TO THE CHIEF, COUNCILLORS AND FELLOWS OF SHERWOOD FOREST
I.--INTRODUCES NELSON TILFORD AND WITNESSES HIS ARRIVAL AT CAMP CHICORA 1
II.--TELLS OF A TALK BY THE CAMP-FIRE AND OF HAPPENINGS IN A DORMITORY 10
III.--SHOWS THAT A MOTOR-DORY CAN GO AS WELL AS STOP 22
IV.--RELATES HOW NELSON BORROWED A LEAF FROM BOB, AND HOW DAN CRIED QUITS 34
V.--TELLS HOW DAN PLAYED A TRUMP CARD, HOW BOB GAINED HONOR AND HOW THE “BIG FOUR” CAME INTO EXISTENCE 48
VI.--OPENS WITH AWFUL TIDINGS AND ENDS WITH A GLEAM OF HOPE 59
VII.--PROVES THE TRUTH OF THE SAYING THAT THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP, AND SHOWS DAN WITH THE “BLUES” 70
VIII.--TELLS HOW TOM WAS VISITED BY AUNT LOUISA--AND SOME OTHERS 82
IX.--STARTS WITH POETRY, HAS TO DO WITH A BEETLE AND ENDS WITH A PENALTY 91
X.--DESCRIBES AN AFTERNOON ON THE LAKE AND A GALLANT RESCUE 104
XI.--TELLS HOW THE FOUR PLANNED AN EXCURSION, AND HOW DAN AND NELSON PLAYED HARES, MADE A DISCOVERY AND HAD A FRIGHT 111
XII.--HAS TO DO WITH A STORM AND LIGHTNING, DISCOVERS TOM IN TEARS, AND CONCLUDES THE ADVENTURE 122
XIII.--RECALLS THE FACT THAT WHAT’S FAIR FOR ONE IS FAIR FOR ANOTHER AND RECORDS A DEFEAT AND A VICTORY 132
XIV.--BEGINS A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE WHICH THREATENS TO END IN DISASTER 140
XV.--CONCLUDES THE ADVENTURE AND SHOWS TOM SLEEPING THE SLEEP OF THE JUST 152
XVI.--RECORDS TWO VICTORIES OVER WICKASAW AND AN EPISODE WITH FISH 159
XVII.--WITNESSES THE DEPARTURE OF THE FOUR ON A CANOE TRIP AND BRINGS THEM INTO CAMP FOR THE NIGHT 174
XVIII.--TELLS HOW THEY FOUND A DERELICT AND A COURSE DINNER, AND MET WITH SHIPWRECK 189
XIX.--CONCERNS ITSELF WITH THE DANGEROUS PLIGHT OF DAN AND NELSON AND THE COURAGE OF THE LATTER 199
XX.--RELATES THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRIP AND WHAT HAPPENED AT CAMP 210
XXI.--TELLS HOW THE FOUR LAID PLANS AND HOW BOB PREPARED FOR A VICTORY 219
XXII.--NARRATES THE PROGRESS OF THE CONTEST WITH WICKASAW AND WITNESSES THE DISINTEGRATION OF ONE WELLS 233