Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: The Hermit and Pal Took Many a Trip into the forest.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL By ZOE MEYER Illustrated by WILLIAM F. STECHER Boston Little, Brown, And Company 1926 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright, 1926, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Published May, 1926 Printed in the United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS PAGE PAL 1 THE CALL OF THE SPRING 19 THE ADVENTURES OF KAGH, THE PORCUPINE 35 THE TRAIL OF THE MOOSE 48 IN THE BEAVERS' LODGE 65 SILVER SPOT 81 WHEN THE MOON IS FULL 96 THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF RINGTAIL, THE RACCOON 109 THE HAUNTER OF THE TRAIL 126 WHERE WINTER HOLDS NO TERRORS 140 BROWN BROTHER 154 IN THE WAKE OF THE THAW 171 THE TWINS 184 THE WHITE WOLF 202 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLUSTRATIONS The Hermit and Pal took many a trip into the forest Frontispiece PAGE Slowly it advanced, its body almost brushing the snow 15 And then occurred a memorable battle 33 Pal stopped, clearly astonished 45 As if carved from the rock the big moose stood 49 The Hermit took the one chance that presented itself 59 The dam, when finished, was a work worthy of a trained engineer 67 A full grown fox stood motionless in the sunlight, a rabbit hanging limply from her jaws 83 The big frog was flipped out upon the bank 97 Ringtail had heard the agonized cry of his playmate 119 He crouched upon a branch, glaring down at the animated leaf-pile 131 The hawk dropped like a thunderbolt and caught him in its talons 143 Instantly the fawn thrust out his delicate muzzle and licked the outstretched hand 155 Both glared but refused to let go 175 The other cub forgot her fear and demanded her sugar lump 189