Blake's Burden
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Bindloss Harold. Blake's Burden
CHAPTER I. THE BLAKE AFFAIR
CHAPTER II. MILLICENT RENEWS AN ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER III. THE COUSINS
CHAPTER IV. CHALLONER RESUMES HIS JOURNEY
CHAPTER V. MRS. KEITH GETS A SURPRISE
CHAPTER VI. HARDING GROWS CONFIDENTIAL
CHAPTER VII. MRS. CHUDLEIGH GATHERS INFORMATION
CHAPTER VIII. THE PRAIRIE
CHAPTER IX. CLARKE MAKES A SUGGESTION
CHAPTER X. BENSON GIVES TROUBLE
CHAPTER XI. HARDING GROWS SUSPICIOUS
CHAPTER XII. THE MUSKEG
CHAPTER XIII. CLARKE'S SUMMONS
CHAPTER XIV. THE CURE
CHAPTER XV. MRS. CHUDLEIGH FINDS A CLUE
CHAPTER XVI. MRS. KEITH ENTERS THE FIELD
CHAPTER XVII. THE PICTURE GALLERY
CHAPTER XVIII. COLONEL CHALLONER PROVES OBDURATE
CHAPTER XIX. CHALLONER'S DECISION
CHAPTER XX. MRS. CHUDLEIGH MAKES A FRESH ATTEMPT
CHAPTER XXI. A NEW PERSECUTOR
CHAPTER XXII. CLARKE MODIFIES HIS PLANS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CARIBOU
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FACTORY
CHAFFER XXV. THE BACK TRAIL
CHAPTER XXVI. THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXVII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXVIII. A MATTER OF DUTY
CHAPTER XXIX. BLAKE HOLDS HIS GROUND
CHAPTER XXX. MRS. CHUDLEIGH'S DEFEAT
CHAPTER XXXI. A DIFFICULT QUESTION
CHAPTER XXXII. HARDING STRIKES OIL
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Dusk was falling on the broad river, and the bold ridge behind the city stood out sharp and black against a fading gleam in the western sky, when Richard Blake hurried along the wharf. Close at hand a big, sidewheel steamer, spotlessly white, with tiers of decks that towered above the sheds and blazed with light, was receiving the last of her passengers, and on reaching the gangway Blake stood aside to let an elderly lady pass. She was followed by her maid and a girl whose face he could not see. It was a few minutes after the sailing time, and as the lady stepped on board a rope fell with a splash. There was a shout of warning as the bows, caught by the current, began to swing out into the stream, and the end of the gangway slipped along the edge of the wharf. It threatened to fall into the river, the girl was not on board yet, and Blake leaped upon the plank. Seizing her shoulder, he drove her forward until a seaman, reaching out, drew her safe on deck. Then the paddles splashed and as the boat forged out into the stream, the girl turned and thanked Blake. He could not see her clearly, because an over-arching deck cast a shadow upon her face.
"Glad to have been of assistance, but I don't think you could have fallen in," he said. "The guy-rope they had on the gangway might have held it up."
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Blake stayed on deck some time, thinking about her, but presently decided that this was an unprofitable occupation. He was a marked man, with a lonely road to travel, and, though he found some amusement by the way it led him apart from the society of women of the kind he most cared for.
"But how did you come here?" Bertram asked. "Where have you been since – "
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