THE RACE OF THE SWIFT BY EDWIN CARLILE LITSEY AUTHOR OF “THE LOVE STORY OF ABNER STONE” Illustrated from Drawings by CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1905 Copyright, 1903, 1904, By Frank Leslie Publishing House. Copyright, 1904, By Field and Stream, Inc. Copyright, 1905, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Published October, 1905 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. TO CARRIE SELECMAN LITSEY I INSCRIBE THESE STORIES E. C. L. The author wishes to make public acknowledgment to Leslie’s Monthly Magazine for permission to use in this volume “The Race of the Swift,” “The King of the Northern Slope,” and “The Ghost Coon.” Thanks are also due Field and Stream for their courtesy in allowing the use of “The Fight on the Tree-Bridge.” The other stories presented here have never appeared in print before. CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS From drawings by Charles Livingston Bull
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