Frontispiece: "I Fine You One Hundred Dollars and Costs!"
The Pony Rider Boys in New England
or
An Exciting Quest in the Maine Wilderness
by Frank Gee Patchin
Author of the Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies, The Pony Rider
Boys in Texas, The Pony Rider Boys in Montana, The Pony Rider Boys
in the Ozarks, The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali, The Pony Rider
Boys in New Mexico, The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers,
The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge, etc., etc.
Illustrated
Philadelphia Henry Altemus Company Copyrighted, 1924,by Howard E. Altemus
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
CHAPTER I—A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
The original wonder of Chillicothe. Tad makes a sacrifice for his mother's sake. Plotters get their heads together. A Pony Rider Boy left behind. A dash to the open country.
CHAPTER II—CAMPING ON THE PISCATAQUI
Words of wisdom from the guide. Chunky's proposal is voted down. Tad Butler surprises his fellows. An exhibition of horsemanship. "I never saw anything like that outside of a circus."
CHAPTER III—A JOYFUL REUNION
A gentleman in the woodpile. A name with a handle at both ends. Tad voices his regrets. Indian Charlie John joins the outfit. Wild howls startle the Pony Rider camp.
CHAPTER IV—BAITING THE HONEY BEES
The Indian's pack lands on Chunky. "I'm killed! I'm killed!" Cale Vaughn shows the boys how to lure the bees. Stacy gets a new idea. Tad learns to walk up a tree.
CHAPTER V—NEW TRICKS IN WOODCRAFT
Camp making a science. How to make a browse-bed. How to cache food so animals cannot get it. Why the boy's fire always failed. Making a fire in the rain. The woodsman's trick.
CHAPTER VI—THE FAT BOY'S REVENGE
In the heart of the big woods. Coons hold nightly conversations. Stacy loses himself six times in one morning. Oil of anise draws unwelcome visitors. Bees in force attack the Indian.
CHAPTER VII—STAMPEDED BY AN INTRUDER
A bear come to camp on the anise trail. Charlie John up a tree. What happened when the bear kissed Chunky. "Fat boy him up a tree." Tad ropes Mr. Bruin; then the fun begins.
CHAPTER VIII—AN INTERRUPTED FORAGE
The bear gets a section of Tad's trousers. Boys take to the trees and Bruin takes the camp. Cale shoots to kill. Stacy's practical joke is exposed. "The boss bee was scouting me."
CHAPTER IX—BEAR STEAK FOR BREAKFAST
Bruin causes a change of camp. Chunky's heart is weak when there is work to do. Learning to make a "kitchi-plak-wagn" and a "kekauviscoe saster." "Oh help!" wails Chunky.
CHAPTER X—BLAZING A FOREST TRAIL
"Every time you turn around the scenery has shifted." Learning to live in the woods. Birch bark lights the way. "Silver Face is calling me." A difficult job done well.
CHAPTER XI—FACING NEW OBSTACLES
Camping in the rain in the dark of night. "Don't be scared, boys, I'm going to shoot!" Stacy decides that he has had enough. Tad Butler noses out the way.
CHAPTER XII—CHUNKY MEETS A BULL MOOSE
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