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Copyright, 1916, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
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Copyright, 1944, by Sallie B. Altsheler
Printed in the United States of America
"The Keepers of The Trail" deals with an episode, hitherto unrelated, inthe lives of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif'less Sol Hyde, Long Jim Hart,and Silent Tom Ross. In point of time it follows "The Forest Runners,"and, so, is the third volume of the "Young Trailer" series.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Henry in His Kingdom 1
II. The Big Guns 23
III. The Indian Camp 41
IV. The Deed in the Water 61
V. The Forest Joker 83
VI. The King Wolf 101
VII. The Forest Poets 123
VIII. The Path of Danger 140
IX. The Keepers of the Cleft 164
X. Besieged 187
XI. The Shiftless One 207
XII. On the Great Trail 230
XIII. Five Against A Thousand 251
XIV. Holding the Ford 270
XV. The Great Culmination 293
A light wind blew over the great, primeval wilderness of Kentucky, thedense, green foliage rippling under it like the waves of the sea. Inevery direction forest and canebrake stretched in countless miles, thetrees, infinite in variety, and great in size, showing that Nature hadworked here with the hand of a master. Little streams flashing in silveror gold in the sunlight, flowed down to the greater rivers, and on abush a s