Excerpts from the Book 'The Man Of The Forest':

... had happened in the little village since his last visit. Dale enjoyed her gossip and quaint philosophy, and it was exceedingly good to sit at her ...
... were clean-cut and comely, and he had frank blue eyes, somewhat sad, yet still full of spirit. Dale had no idea how his visit would be taken, ...
... an' short. Never heard it before. But I haven't met many people for years. Oh! we've left the town! cried Bo. Look, Nell! How bare! It's just like ...
... crossed a number of these and followed along the last one into a more open place in the forest where the pines were huge, towering, and far apart. ...
... had never had that question asked of him before, and it seemed to Helen, as he pondered, that he had never even asked it of himself. I reckon so, ...
... Helen could scarce squeeze her knees through. Once more Roy climbed out of that canuon, over a ridge into another, down long wooded slopes and through ...
... no man who lives as I do ??? which perhaps is my religion ??? will lie or cheat or steal or kill, unless it's to kill in self-defense or like I'd ...
... of mud. And my nice ??? new riding-suit! Bo's tones indicated that she was ready to cry. Helen, realizing Bo had not been hurt, began to laugh. Her ...
... They were like shadows in dreams. She wanted to get to her uncle's ranch, to take up the duties of her new life. But she was not prepared to believe ...
... swiftly, and the wind cut like a blade of ice. Helen could barely get her breath and she panted as if she had just climbed a laborsome hill. The stars ...
... like a blanket as of old he listened to the dreamy, lulling murmur of the water fall. The old familiar beauty, wildness, silence, and loneliness were ...
... Helen might have hesitated at that question. But to-day Carmichael brought some proven quality of loyalty, some strange depth of rugged sincerity, ...
... When he reached the house it could easily be seen that Bo had pulled him to the limit of her strength, which was not enough to halt him. Carmichael ...
... cow-puncher who came up with Roy an' Auchincloss after the girls ??? last fall? Yes. They called him Las ??? Las Vegas. I liked his looks. Humph! ...
... in outlaws. She understood him and paid him the compliment not to voice her sudden upflashing hope that he might be one to betray his leader. Please ...
... said Jim Wilson. Anson swore his amaze. It's sense, continued Wilson. We've shore got our own troubles, an' keepin' her 'll only add to them. I've ...
... which they haltered in the open glen. The camp-fire light showed Anson's face dark and serious. Jim, them hosses are wilder 'n deer, he said. I ketched ...
... where Beasley had ridden down upon them with three times their number. He had boldly ordered them off the land, unless they wanted to acknowledge him ...
... kill the cowboy who had ridden out alone to face him, but that would not change the brand. The preceding night Beasley bad been finishing a late supper ...
... much more than you deserved, Bo Rayner. Then occurred one of Bo's sweet, bewildering, unexpected transformations. Her defiance, resentment, ...