Wilderness Love at Birch Camp Amid Growing Danger
Chip and Ray nurture a secret romance at Birch Camp while Old Cy and Martin guard against a looming threat from a hostile half breed. A summer of hunting, learning, and hopeful longing is interrupted by tracking shadows and a spreading storm.
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Chip
Martin
Levi
Old Cy
Angie
Cusf
Birch Camp
Greenvale
Rifle
Beaver Brook
Chip McGuire Fends Off Pursuit in Maine Wilderness
A 16 year old girl nicknamed Chip escapes from Tim's place in the Maine woods with her father planning to hand her to Pete Bolduc. She finds refuge with Martin Frisbie's camp and is cared for by Mrs. Frisbie. The party travels to visit Mrs. Frisbie's hermit father and meets Cy Walker before settling for the summer.
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Birch Camp
Angie
Ray
Chip
Martin
Tim
Greenvale
Chip McGuire
Maine Woods
Pete Bolduc
Martin Frisbie
Raymond Stetgen
Revelations of a Nighttime Threat
The text portrays a looming enemy that stalks from a vast wilderness turning into a panther and an Indian hybrid danger. Levi reports tales of the half-breed’s cunning and brutality, described as a tobacco-stained brute with a fierce, unsettling gaze, now frightening the camp at Martin’s.
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Martin
Levi
The Soft Answer Ends With A Last Word
A terse exchange features She declaring she will have the last word and He conceding that the last line, not the win, is the real game. The dialogue hints at pride and power in a tense verbal duel.
Child’s Matinee Memory Turns Witty
Gertrude aged four recalls a stage show she saw at the matinee. She tells a grown-up friend of the night’s events and tries to explain what happened next. Her punchline is that the characters “spit it out” after they drank wine.
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Gertrude
Hidden Means of Support in a Humorous Exchange
A policeman questions a man about visible means of support. The man replies with a joking line about his "wash lady" wife being out of sight, prompting the officer to remark that she is not visible as the pair begin a patrol march.
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