Blake's Burden

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."

.....

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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