“THAT WAS THE MOMENT OF LIFE”

MACKINAC AND LAKE STORIES

MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

TO
My Dear Daughter
HAZEL
THE COMPANION OF ALL MY JOURNEYS

CONTENTS.

	Page
Marianson	1
The Black Feather	20
The Cobbler in the Devil's Kitchen	34
The Skeleton on Round Island	54
The Penitent of Cross Village	69
The King of Beaver	89
Beaver Lights	118
A British Islander	137
The Cursed Patois	151
The Mothers of Honoré	170
The Blue Man	187
The Indian on the Trail	202

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