The Project Gutenberg E-text of Dick's Desertion
by Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pickthall, Marjorie L. C. (Marjorie Lowry Christie), 1883-1922
- Title
- Dick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests A Tale of the Early Settlement of Ontario
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Ontario -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 34002
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34002
- Release Date
- September 26, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1."The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale."— p. 20 — DICK'S DESERTION
- 2.A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests — A TALE OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF ONTARIO — By — MARJORIE L. C. PICKTHALL — WITH SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS — Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Limited. 1905
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — "The great branch torn from a neighbouring maple told all the tale." . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — "'If I had fifty rivers and fifty canoes, I could not leave Stephanie.'" — "They began to sing the old carols their mother had taught them long before." — "He flung out his arm, circled with savage ornaments—flung it out with a wild gesture, and began to speak." — "He held out a tiny package, wrapped in birch-bark, with an inquiring glance towards her." — "'For pity's sake, let me alone!' Dick pleaded. 'Go on and leave me.'" — "'Dick! Dick! Where are you?'"
- 5.DICK'S DESERTION: — A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests. — CHAPTER I. — In the Heart of the Woods. — "'IF I HAD FIFTY RIVERS AND FIFTY CANOES, I COULD NOT LEAVE STEPHANIE.'" — CHAPTER II. — The Fall of the Tree. — CHAPTER III. — Friends Indeed. — CHAPTER IV. — A Day in the Woods. — CHAPTER V. — A Backwoods Christmas. — "THEY BEGAN TO SING THE OLD CAROLS THEIR MOTHER HAD TAUGHT THEM LONG BEFORE." — CHAPTER VI. — The Call of the Forest. — "HE FLUNG OUT HIS ARM, CIRCLED WITH SAVAGE ORNAMENTS— FLUNG IT OUT WITH A WILD GESTURE, AND BEGAN TO SPEAK." — CHAPTER VII. — A Message from the Wanderer. — "HE HELD OUT A TINY PACKAGE, WRAPPED IN BIRCH-BARK, WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE TOWARDS HER." — CHAPTER VIII. — A Wood's Adventure. — CHAPTER IX. — On the Prairie. — CHAPTER X. — In the Grip of the Storm. — "'FOR PITY'S SAKE, LET ME ALONE!' DICK PLEADED. 'GO ON AND LEAVE ME.'" — CHAPTER XI. — Back to Stephanie. — CHAPTER XII. — To a Goodly Heritage. — "'DICK! DICK! WHERE ARE YOU?'"
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