The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky

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Ti­tle: The For­est Run­ners A Sto­ry of the Great War Trail in Ear­ly Ken­tucky

Au­thor: Joseph A. Alt­shel­er

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_The_ FOR­EST RUN­NERS

[Il­lus­tra­tion: “A mas­sive black form shot down in­to the cen­ter of the room.” [Page 277.]]

_The_ FOR­EST RUN­NERS

A STO­RY OF THE GREAT WAR TRAIL IN EAR­LY KEN­TUCKY

BY JOSEPH A. ALT­SHEL­ER AU­THOR OF “THE YOUNG TRAIL­ERS”

D. AP­PLE­TON-​CEN­TU­RY COM­PA­NY IN­COR­PO­RAT­ED

NEW YORK LON­DON 1936

1908, BY D. AP­PLE­TON AND COM­PA­NY

1935, BY EQ­UI­TABLE TRUST CO Print­ed in the Unit­ed States of Amer­ica

BOOKS BY JOSEPH A. ALT­SHEL­ER

THE FRENCH AND IN­DI­AN WAR SE­RIES

The Hunters of the Hills The Rulers of the Lakes The Lords of the Wild The Shad­ow of the North The Mas­ters of the Peaks The Sun of Que­bec

THE YOUNG TRAIL­ERS SE­RIES

The Young Trail­ers The For­est Run­ners The Keep­ers of the Trail The Eyes of the Woods The Free Rangers The Ri­fle­men of the Ohio The Scouts of the Val­ley The Bor­der Watch

THE TEX­AN SE­RIES

The Tex­an Star The Tex­an Scouts The Tex­an Tri­umph

THE CIV­IL WAR SE­RIES

The Guns of Bull Run The Guns of Shiloh The Scouts of Stonewall The Sword of Anti­etam The Star of Get­tys­burg The Rock of Chicka­mau­ga The Shades of the Wilder­ness The Tree of Ap­po­mat­tox

THE GREAT WEST SE­RIES

The Lost Hunters The Great Sioux Trail

THE WORLD WAR SE­RIES

The Guns of Eu­rope The For­est of Swords The Hosts of the Air

BOOKS NOT IN SE­RIES

Apache Gold The Quest of the Four The Last of the Chiefs In Cir­cling Camps The Last Rebel A Sol­dier of Man­hat­tan The Sun of Sarato­ga A Her­ald of the West The Wilder­ness Road My Cap­tive The Can­di­date

D. AP­PLE­TON AND COM­PA­NY New York Lon­don

This sto­ry, while in­de­pen­dent in it­self, con­tin­ues the for­tunes of the two boys who were the cen­tral char­ac­ters of “The Young Trail­ers.”

CON­TENTS

I. PAUL 1

II. IN THE RIV­ER 17

III. THE LONE CAB­IN 36

IV. THE SIEGE 59

V. THE FLIGHT 72

VI. THE BAT­TLE ON THE HILL 91

VII. WHAT HAP­PENED IN THE DARK 108

VI­II. AT THE RIV­ER BANK 125

IX. A CHANGE OF PLACES 142

X. THE IS­LAND IN THE LAKE 157

XI. A SUD­DEN MEET­ING 176

XII. THE BELT BEAR­ERS 192

XI­II. BRAX­TON WY­ATT'S OR­DEAL 217

XIV. IN WIN­TER QUAR­TERS 239

XV. WORK AND PLAY 254

XVI. NOEL 273

XVII. FOOT­PRINTS IN THE SNOW 283

XVI­II. WHAT THE WAR­RIOR SAW 295

XIX. THE WARN­ING 310

XX. THE TER­RI­BLE FORD 328

XXI. THE FLIGHT OF LONG JIM 340

XXII. THE LAST STAND 355

THE FOR­EST RUN­NERS