DOING AND DARING

THE OLD CHIEF. Page 81.

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DOING AND DARING

A New Zealand Story

BY

ELEANOR STREDDER

Author of "Lost in the Wilds," "The Merchant's Children,"
"Jack and his Ostrich,"
etc.

"Who counts his brother's welfare

As sacred as his own,

And loves, forgives, and pities,

He serveth Me alone.

I note each gracious purpose,

Each kindly word and deed;

Are ye not all my children!

Shall not the Father heed?"

WHITTIER.

T. NELSON AND SONS
London, Edinburgh, and New York
1899

Contents

1. IN THE MOUNTAIN GORGE

2. THE WHARE BY THE LAKE

3. A RIDE THROUGH THE BUSH

4. THE NEW HOME

5. POSTING A LETTER

6. MIDNIGHT ALARMS

7. THE RAIN OF MUD

8. A RAGING SEA

9. NOTHING TO EAT

10. THE MAORI BOY

11. WIDESPREAD DESOLATION

12. EDWIN'S DISCOVERY

13. FEEDING THE HUNGRY

14. RAIN AND FLOOD

15. WHO HAS BEEN HERE?

16. LOSS AND SUSPICION

17. EDWIN IN DANGER

18. WHERO TO THE RESCUE

19. MET AT LAST

20. JUST IN TIME

21. THE VALLEY FARM

DOING AND DARING.

CHAPTER I.

IN THE MOUNTAIN GORGE.

It was a glorious autumn day, when the New Zealand bush was at its loveliest—as enchanting as if it truly were the fairy