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A DOZEN YARDS FROM THE TRAPPER’S HUT THEY PLANTED ONE POST

| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Chapter before the Beginning | 1 |
| II. | The Locked-out Fairy | 14 |
| III. | Barney’s Tale of the Wee Red Cap | 28 |
| IV. | David Goes Seeking the Way to Christmas and Finds the Flagman | 43 |
| V. | The Pathway to Uncle Joab and a New Santa Claus | 61 |
| VI. | The Locked-out Fairy Again Leads the Way and David Hears of a Christmas Promise | 77 |
| VII. | The Trapper’s Tale of the First Birthday | 100 |