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Gaut Gurley, or, The trappers of Umbagog | ||
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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 1CHAPTER II.
Retrospect of the life of the Country Merchant, in making Money,
to become a “Solid Man of Boston.” — Humble Beginnings. —
Tempted into Smuggling from Canada in Embargo times, and
makes a Fortune, by the aid of the desperate and daring Services
of Gaut Gurley. — A Sketch of the Wild Scenes of Smuggling
over the British line into Vermont and New Hampshire. — Removal
to the City 15CHAPTER III.
Gambling (an allegory) invented by the Fiends, and is proclaimed
the Premium Vice by Lucifer. — A Gambling Scene between Gaut
Gurley and the merchant, Mark Elwood. — The Failure of the
latter. — The Refusal of his brother, Arthur Elwood, to help him.
— The Surprise and Distress of his Family 27CHAPTER IV.
The Downward Path of the Habitual Gambler. — His Family sharing
in the Degradation, and becoming the suffering Victims of his
Vices. — The Sudden Resolve to be a Man again, and remove to an
unsettled Country, to begin Life anew in the Woods 38ivCHAPTER V.
The moral and intellectual Influences of Forest Life. — Scenery of
Umbagog. — Description of Elwood's new Home in the Woods. —
The Burning of his first Slash. — His House catches Fire, and he
and his Wife engage in extinguishing it, praying for the return of
their Son, Claud Elwood, to help them in their terrible strait 51CHAPTER VI.
Claud Elwood and his Forest Musings. — Dangerous Assault, and
slaying of a Moose. — Rescue of Gaut's Daughter from the enraged
animal. — Strange Developments. — Incipient Love Scene. —
Trout-catching. — Return of Claud and Phillips (the Old Hunter
here first introduced), to aid in saving the Elwood Cottage from
the fire. — The Thunder-shower comes to complete the conquest of
the fire. — The destruction of the King Pine by a Thunderbolt 60CHAPTER VII.
Journey up the Magalloway, to bring home the slaughtered Moose.
— Love and its entanglements; its Sunshine now, its Storms in the
distance 76CHAPTER VIII.
Jaunt of Claud and Phillips over the Rapids to the next Great Lake,
for Deer-hunting and Trout-catching. — Rescue of Fluella, the Indian
Chief's Daughter, from Drowning in the Rapids. — Her
remarkable Character for Intellect and Beauty 87CHAPTER IX.
The Logging Bee. — The introduction of a New Character in Comical
Codman, the Trapper. — The Woodmen's Banquet. — The
forming of the Trapping and Hunting Company, to start on an
Expedition to the Upper Lakes 108CHAPTER X.
Developments of the dark and designing character of Gaut Gurley.
— Tomah, the college-learned Indian 124vCHAPTER XI.
Mrs. Elwood's Bodings, on account of the connection of her Husband
and Son with Gaut and his Daughter. — Her Interview with
Fluella. — Claud's Interview with Fluella and her Father, the
Chief. — The Chief's History of his Tribe 137CHAPTER XII.
Adventures of the Trappers the first day of their Expedition up the
Lakes. — Bear-hunt, Trout-catching, etc. — Introduction of Carvil,
an amateur Hunter from the Green Mountains 154CHAPTER XIII.
The Trappers' Central Camp on the Maguntic Lake. — Three
Stories of most remarkable Adventures in the Woods, told at the
Camp-fire by three Hunters and Trappers 175CHAPTER XIV.
The Voyage to Oquossah, the farthest large Lake. — The stationing
of the Trappers at different points on the Lake. — The appointment
of Gaut as Keeper of the Central Camp, on the Lake below. — The
Results of their Fall's Operations, and Preparations to return
Home 200CHAPTER XV.
The Trappers overtaken by a terrible Snow-storm. — Their Suffering
before reaching Central Camp.—The discovery that this Camp
had been Burnt, and Robbed of their whole Stock of Furs. — Their
Providential Escape from Death 211CHAPTER XVI.
The Legal Prosecution to Recover their Furs, or punish Gaut, the
supposed Criminal. — The unsatisfactory Result, and Gaut's dark
menaces of Revenge 235CHAPTER XVII.
Gaut's Efforts to get the old Company off into the Forest, on a
Spring Expedition. — All refuse but Elwood and Son, who conclude
to go. — Love Entanglements, and the boding Fears of
Mrs. Elwood 246viCHAPTER XVIII.
Opening of Spring in the Settlement. — The Trappers fail to Return.
— Gaut comes without them. — The Alarm and Suspicions
of the Settlers that he has Murdered the Elwoods. — The Circumstantial
Evidence 260CHAPTER XIX.
The attempt to Arrest Gaut. — His retreat to a Cave in the Mountain.
— His final Dislodgement and Capture, for Trial and Examination
275CHAPTER XX.
Retrospect of the Adventures of Gaut and the Elwoods. — The
Murder of Mark Elwood, and the Wounding of Claud, by Gaut. —
Claud's life saved by Fluella 299CHAPTER XXI.
Gaut's Trial, Sentence, and Imprisonment. — General Denouement
of the Story. — Gaut breaks Jail, escapes, and becomes a desperate
Pirate-leader 324SEQUEL.
Awful Fate of a Pirate Ship. — Gaut's Death 350
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