Grit A-Plenty: A Tale of the Labrador Wild

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  GRIT A-PLENTY

  GRIT A-PLENTY

  _A Tale of the Labrador Wild_

  _by_

  DILLON WALLACE

  _Author of "Ungava Bob"_

  _Illustrated_

  GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_ NEW YORK

  _by arrangement with Fleming H. Revell Co._

  Copyright, 1918, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

  New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street

  TO

  THE BRAVE JAMIES AND DAVIDS AND ANDYS EVERYWHERE WHO KEEP THEIR GRIT AND DO THEIR BEST WHEN THE MISTS HANG LOW

  "If you and I--just you and I-- Should laugh instead of worry; If we should grow--just you and I-- Kinder and sweeter hearted, Perhaps in some near by and by A good time might get started; Then what a happy world 'twould be For you and me--for you and me!"

  FOREWORD

  Tempting boys to be what they should be--giving them in wholesome formwhat they want--that is the purpose and power of Scouting. To helpparents and leaders of youth secure _books boys like best_ that arealso best for boys, the Boy Scouts of America organized EVERY BOY'SLIBRARY. The books included, formerly sold at prices ranging from$1.50 to $2.00 but, by special arrangement with the several publishersinterested, are now sold in the EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY Edition at $1.00per volume.

  The books of EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY were selected by the LibraryCommission of the Boy Scouts of America, consisting of George F.Bowerman, Librarian, Public Library of the District of Columbia;Harrison W. Craver, Director, Engineering Societies Library, New YorkCity; Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board ofEducation, New York City; Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, PrattInstitute Free Library, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Franklin K, Mathiews,Chief Scout Librarian. Only such books were chosen by the Commissionas proved to be, by _a nation wide canvas_, most in demand by the boysthemselves. Their popularity is further attested by the fact that inthe EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY Edition, more than a million and a quartercopies of these books have already been sold.

  We know so well, are reminded so often of the worth of the good bookand great, that too often we fail to observe or understand theinfluence for good of a boy's recreational reading. Such books mayinfluence him for good or ill as profoundly as his play activities, ofwhich they are a vital part. The needful thing is to find storiesin which the heroes have the characteristics boys so muchadmire--unquenchable courage, immense resourcefulness, absolutefidelity, conspicuous greatness. We believe the books of EVERY BOY'SLIBRARY measurably well meet this challenge.

  BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA,

  James E. West [Handwritten Signature]

  Chief Scout Executive.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. THE CABIN AT THE JUG 9 II. THE THICKENING MIST 21 III. DOCTOR JOE 34 IV. INDIAN JAKE, THE HALF BREED 42 V. UNCLE BEN GIVES WARNING 55 VI. THE TRAPPING PARTNER 67 VII. IN THE HEART OF THE WILDERNESS 73 VIII. ANDY'S BEAR HUNT 82 IX. THE STEALTHY MENACE OF THE TRAIL 91 X. THE FIGHT WITH A WOLF PACK 101 XI. A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE 107 XII. ALONE IN THE STORM-SWEPT FOREST 118 XIII. A NIGHT IN THE OPEN 125 XIV. A MAN'S GAME 132 XV. A DAY ON THE ICE 138 XVI. CHRISTMAS EVE ON THE FUR TRAILS 148 XVII. INDIAN JAKE'S SURPRISE 156 XVIII. SNOWBLIND 166 XIX. THE HALF BREED DESERTS 174 XX. A LETTER FROM THE GREAT DOCTOR 183 XXI. THE TRAIL OF THE DESERTER 195 XXII. THE BURNING TILT 202 XXIII. HUNGRY DAYS 220 XXIV. UNCLE BEN APPEARS 232 XXV. "TROUBLES THAT NEVER CAME TRUE" 240