CONTENTS. 



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Old Maquoketa (illustrated) 13 



Memories of Father (illustrated) 15 



My First Pair of Mallards . 19 



Memories of the Old Bridge (illustrated) 23 



A Day on the Maquoketa 27 



An Evening's Fishing 31 



The Big Pike (illustrated) 35 



A Novel Muskrat Hunt 39 



A Rabbit Hunt on the Prairie 45 



A Day with the Squirrels (illustrated) 49 



My First Ice-Boat Ride 55 



Old Punch 59 



An Old Negative (illustrated) 63 



A Long Ago Kansas Christmas 65 



Old October Days in Iowa 73 



In Northern Woods 79 



Autumn Days in the Rockies (illustrated) 83 



Christmas in the Old Log-Cabin 91 



A New Year's Deer Hunt (illustrated) 95 



Springtime in the Country 99 



Two Days on the St. Vrain (illustrated) 103 



Lost on the Prairie 107 



A Winter Night's Tale 113 



A Day in Ellington Woods (illustrated) 115 



Impressions by the Way 119 



A Day on Lake Tetonka (illustrated) 123 



A Trip to Spirit Lake (illustrated) 127 



Little Partner 133 



The Old Fishing Hole 139 



Memories of the World's Fair, St. Louis (illustrated) .... 143 



A Day at Cliff (illustrated) 149 



A Day on Bear Brook 155 



September Days at Madison Lake (illustrated) 159 



