The Demon Trapper of Umbagog.

A THRILLING TALE

OF THE MAINE FORESTS.

BY

D. P. THOMPSON, Esq.

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PHILADELPHIA
COLUMBIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
35 North Tenth Street.
1890

Copyright
By COLUMBIAN PUBLISHING CO.
1890.

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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.
Town and Country contrasted, in relation to Vice and Crime.—A Display Party to avoid Bankruptcy.—Gaut Gurley, and other leading Characters, introduced as Actors in this scene of City Life	1
CHAPTER II.
Retrospect of the life of the Country Merchant, in making Money,to become a “Solid Man of Boston.”—Humble Beginnings.—Temptedinto Smuggling from Canada in Embargo times, andmakes a Fortune, by the aid of the desperate and daring Servicesof Gaut Gurley.—A Sketch of the Wild Scenes of Smugglingover the British line into Vermont and New Hampshire.—Removalto the City	15
CHAPTER III.
Gambling (an allegory) invented by the Fiends, and is proclaimedthe Premium Vice by Lucifer.—A Gambling Scene between GautGurley and the merchant, Mark Elwood.—The Failure of thelatter.—The Refusal of his brother, Arthur Elwood, to help him.—TheSurprise and Distress of his Family	27
CHAPTER IV.
The Downward Path of the Habitual Gambler.—His Family sharingin the Degradation, and becoming the suffering Victims of hisVices.—The Sudden Resolve to be a Man again, and remove to an[Pg iv]unsettled Country, to begin Life anew in the Woods	38
CHAPTER V.
The moral and intellectual Influences of Forest Life.—Scenery ofUmbagog.—Description of Elwood’s new Home in the Woods.—TheBurning of his first Slash.—His House catches Fire, and heand his Wife engage in extinguishing it, praying for the return oftheir Son, Claud Elwood, to help them in their terrible strait	51
CHAPTER VI.
Claud Elwood and his Forest Musings.—Dangerous Assault, andslaying of a Moose.—Rescue of Gaut’s D ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!