By Right of Purchase
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Bindloss Harold. By Right of Purchase
CHAPTER I. BARROCK-HOLME
CHAPTER II. LELAND IS ROUSED TO PITY
CHAPTER III. PRESSURE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER IV. LELAND MAKES THE PLUNGE
CHAPTER V. NO ESCAPE
CHAPTER VI. THE PRAIRIE
CHAPTER VII. CARRIE MAKES HER VIEWS CLEAR
CHAPTER VIII. LELAND SEEKS DISTRACTION
CHAPTER IX. FARMERS IN COUNCIL
CHAPTER X. HOMICIDE
CHAPTER XI. SEEDTIME
CHAPTER XII. LELAND'S PROTEST
CHAPTER XIII. CARRIE ABASES HERSELF
CHAPTER XIV. THE OUTLAWS STRIKE BACK
CHAPTER XV. BENEFICENT RAIN
CHAPTER XVI. URMSTON SHOWS HIS PRUDENCE
CHAPTER XVII. CARRIE MAKES A COMPARISON
CHAPTER XVIII. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR
CHAPTER XIX. PRAIRIE HAY
CHAPTER XX. AN UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XXI. A WILLING SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXII. HAIL
CHAPTER XXIII. GALLWEY'S ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XXIV. LELAND MAKES SURE
CHAPTER XXV. A PORTENTOUS LIGHT
CHAPTER XXVI. FIGHTING FIRE
CHAPTER XXVII. LELAND FEELS THE STRAIN
CHAPTER XXVIII. CARRIE'S RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER XXIX. LELAND STRIKES BACK
CHAPTER XXX. HARVEST
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The evening was unusually soft and clear, and a warm, gentle breeze kept the dew from settling. Leland strolled out on the terrace above the moat at Barrock-holme. He had spent a fortnight there now, and was beginning to find the easy-going life of its inmates somewhat pleasant, though at first it had caused him contemptuous astonishment. Nobody appeared to have any duties; or, if they had, he surmised that they were seldom attended to. People got up at all hours, and some of them seldom retired before the morning. Whenever he walked over the estate with Jimmy Denham, he noticed many things that pained his eyes. There was land that lay rushy and sour for the need of draining, the roads in the Barrock hollow were so ill-kept and rutted that he wondered how any one could haul a full load along them, and rotting gates and tottering dry-stone walls dotted the entire acreage. At Barrock-holme, waste and short-sighted parsimony that defeated its own object apparently went hand-in-hand. Once he ventured to point out to Jimmy what was in his mind.
"If you put four or five thousand pounds into the land, you would be astonished at what it would give you back," he said.
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"Yes," he said drily; "I see two of them."
Mrs. Annersly laughed again. "So does Branscombe Denham, I surmise, but that in all probability does not concern you or me." She stopped, and flashed a swift glance at her companion. Seeing that he made no denial, she changed the subject. "You have been taking billiard lessons from Jimmy Denham. Don't you find it expensive?"
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