The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border
THE LORDS OF THE WILD _A Story of the Old New York Border_ BY JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER 1919 FOREWORD "The Lords of the Wild" tells a complete story, but it is also a part of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predecessors were "The Hunters of the Hills," "The Shadow of the North," "The Rulers of the Lakes" and "The Masters of the Peaks." Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, St. Luc, Tandakora and all the principal characters of the
Women, youth, new corn, and riches--these be pleasures passing soon.'
And it is idle to be anxious; the Master of Life knows how to sustain
it. Is it not written?--
'For thy bread be not o'er thoughtful--God for all hath taken thought:
When the babe is born, the sweet milk to the mother's breast is
brought.
He who gave the swan her silver, and the hawk her plumes of pride,
And his purples to the peacock--He will verily provide.'
"Yes, verily," said Slow-toes, "wealth is bad to handle, and better left
alone; there is no truer saying than this--
'Though for good ends, waste not on wealth a minute;
Mud may be wiped, but wise men plunge not in it.'
Hearing the wisdom of these monitions, Light o' Leap broke out, 'Good
Slow-toes! thou art a wise protector of those that come to thee; thy
learning comforts my enlightened friend, as elephants drag elephants
from the mire,' And thus, on the best of terms, wandering where they
pleased for food, the three lived there together.
One day it chanced that a Deer named Dapple-back, who had seen some
cause of alarm in the forest, came suddenly upon the three in his
THE LORDS OF THE WILD _A Story of the Old New York Border_ BY JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER 1919 FOREWORD "The Lords of the Wild" tells a complete story, but it is also a part of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predecessors were "The Hunters of the Hills," "The Shadow of the North," "The Rulers of the Lakes" and "The Masters of the Peaks." Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, St. Luc, Tandakora and all the principal characters of the