The Protector
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Bindloss Harold. The Protector
CHAPTER I – A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER II – A BREEZE OF WIND
CHAPTER III – AN AFTERNOON ASHORE
CHAPTER IV – A CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER V – THE OLD COUNTRY
CHAPTER VI – UPON THE HEIGHTS
CHAPTER VII – STORM-STAYED
CHAPTER VIII – LUCY VANE
CHAPTER IX – CHISHOLM PROVES AMENABLE
CHAPTER X – WITH THE OTTER HOUNDS
CHAPTER XI – VANE WITHDRAWS
CHAPTER XII – VANE GROWS RESTLESS
CHAPTER XIII – A NEW PROJECT
CHAPTER XIV – VANE SAILS NORTH
CHAPTER XV – THE FIRST MISADVENTURE
CHAPTER XVI – THE BUSH
CHAPTER XVII – VANE POSTPONES THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XVIII – JESSIE CONFERS A FAVOUR
CHAPTER XIX – VANE FORESEES TROUBLE
CHAPTER XX – THE FLOOD
CHAPTER XXI – VANE YIELDS A POINT
CHAPTER XXII – EVELYN GOES FOR A SAIL
CHAPTER XXIII – VANE PROVES OBDURATE
CHAPTER XXIV – JESSIE STRIKES
CHAPTER XXV – THE INTERCEPTED LETTER
CHAPTER XXVI – ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XXVII – THE END OF THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XXVIII – CARROLL SEEKS HELP
CHAPTER XXIX – JESSIE’S CONTRITION
CHAPTER XXX – CONVINCING TESTIMONY
CHAPTER XXXI – VANE IS REINSTATED
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There were signs of a change in the weather when Vane walked down to the wharf with his passengers, for a cold wind which had sprung up struck an eerie sighing from the sombre firs and sent the white mists streaming along the hillside. There was a watery moon in the sky, and on reaching the end of the wharf Vane fancied that the singer hesitated; but the elder woman laid her hand upon the girl’s arm reassuringly and she got into the canoe. In a few minutes Vane ran the craft alongside the sloop and saw the amazement in Carroll’s face by the glow from the cabin skylight. He, however, fancied that his comrade would rise to the occasion and he handed his guests up.
“My partner, Carroll. Mrs. Marvin and her daughter; Miss Kitty Blake. You have seen them already,” he said. “They’re coming down with us to catch the steamer.”
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He read suspicion in her suddenly hardening face.
“You expected this when you asked us to come on board!” she cried.
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