A Mating in the Wilds, a 1920 adventure novel by Ottwell Binns, follows a young canoe man on a broad river and other figures in the wilderness. River journeys, forest fires, searches, and encounters with strangers give the story suspense and an atmosphere of classic adventure fiction. It is worth listening to for its vivid natural setting and steady uncertainty.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
A MATING IN THE WILDS BORZOI WESTERN STORIES THE CROSS PULL By Hal G. Evarts THE LONG DIM TRAIL By Forrestine Hooker A MATING IN THE WILDS By Ottwell Binns A MATING IN THE WILDS By OTTWELL BINNS NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS I. The Man from the River,7
II. An Attack at Midnight,18 III. A Lost Girl,31 IV. A Piece of Wreckage,43 V. A Brave Rescue,56 VI. A Mysterious Shot,68 VII. Stranded,80 VIII. A Meeting in the Forest,95 IX. Under the Greenwood Tree,105 X. A Canoe Comes and Goes,118 XI. A Forest Fire,132 XII. The Raft,146 XIII. A Lodge in the Wilderness,158 XIV. Mysterious Visitors,172 XV. A Face at the Tent-Door,185 XVI. An Arrow Out of the Night,199 XVII. The Attack,212 XVIII. A Dead Girl,225 XIX. A Hot Trail,238 XX. A Prisoner,251 XXI. Chigmok's Story,264 XXII. Ainley's Story,278 XXIII. A Surprise for Ainley,292 XXIV. The Trail to Paradise,305 CHAPTER I THE MAN FROM THE RIVER The man in the canoe was lean and hardy, and wielded the paddle against the slow-moving current of the wide river with a dexterity that proclaimed long practice. His bronzed face was that of a quite young man, but his brown hair was interspersed with grey; and his blue eyes had a gravity incompatible with youth, as if already he had experience of the seriousness of life, and had eaten of its bitter fruits. He was in a gala dress of tanned deerskin, fringed and worked by native hands, the which
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