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Foreword 3
Introduction 5
Tulliallan 9
At His Bedside 31
The Prostrate Juniper 40
Out of the Ashes 51
Wayside Destiny 64
The Holly Tree 77
The Second Run of the Sap 96
Black Chief’s Daughter 108
The Gorilla 122
The Indian’s Twilight 135
Hugh Gibson’s Captivity 147
Girty’s Notch 161
Poplar George 175
Black Alice Dunbar 186
Abram Antoine, Bad Indian 199
Do You Believe in Ghosts? 219
A Stone’s Throw 234
The Turning of the Belt 247
Riding His Pony 265
The Little Postmistress 271
The Silent Friend 290
The Fountain of Youth 298
Compensations 310
A Misunderstanding 326
A Haunted House 339
[Illustration:
OUTPOSTS OF THE ALLEGHENIES. (Photograph by W. H. Rau.)
Frontispiece
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