Partners of the Out-Trail
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Bindloss Harold. Partners of the Out-Trail
PART I – THE LINESMAN
CHAPTER I. THE BROKEN WIRE
CHAPTER II. IN THE SNOW
CHAPTER III. THE THIRD PARTNER
CHAPTER IV. ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER V. CARRIE'S WEAK MOMENT
CHAPTER VI. ROLLING STONES
CHAPTER VII. A COUNCIL
CHAPTER VIII. JIM KEEPS WATCH
CHAPTER IX. AN HONEST ANTAGONIST
CHAPTER X. THE RAPID
CHAPTER XI. A CONFIDENTIAL TALK
CHAPTER XII. FIRE
CHAPTER XIII. JIM'S LUCK TURNS
CHAPTER XIV. THE RECKONING
PART II – THE LANDOWNER
CHAPTER I. JIM COMES HOME
CHAPTER II. JIM'S GUESTS
CHAPTER III. MORDAUNT PONDERS
CHAPTER IV. AN OLD MAN'S CAPRICE
CHAPTER V. SHANKS' DABBIN
CHAPTER VI. THE THORN HEDGE
CHAPTER VII. THE FENCING WIRE
CHAPTER VIII. JIM'S RELAPSE
CHAPTER IX. JIM IS LEFT OUT
CHAPTER X. BERNARD PONDERS
CHAPTER XI. EVELYN'S ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XII. THE SHOOTING PUNT
CHAPTER XIII. MORDAUNT'S REPULSE
CHAPTER XIV. FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND
CHAPTER XV. JIM'S ENLIGHTENMENT
CHAPTER XVI. EVELYN'S RESOLUTION FAILS
CHAPTER XVII. DICK'S ACCUSATION
CHAPTER XVIII. JIM'S RELEASE
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Winter had begun and snow blew about the lonely telegraph shack where Jim Dearham studied an old French romance. He read rather by way of mental discipline than for enjoyment, and partly with the object of keeping himself awake. Life is primitive in the British Columbian bush and Jim sometimes felt he must fight against the insidious influence of the wilds. Although he had chosen the latter when the cities palled, he had studied at McGill, with a view of embarking on a professional career. Want of money was the main obstacle, but love of adventure had counted for much. His adventures had been numerous since he left the university, and he now and then tried to remind himself that he was civilized.
Outside the shack, the stiff dark pines rolled back to the frozen North where a new city fed the mining camps. Jim had been up there and had found some gold, besides a copper vein, but when he got his patent for the latter his funds ran out and he returned to the South and followed a number of occupations. Some were monotonous and some exciting. None paid him well. Now his clothes were old and mended with patches cut from cotton flour-bags; his skin was browned by wind and frost. He was thin and muscular, and his eyes had something of the inscrutable calm that marks the Indian's, but the old French romance and one or two other books hinted at cultivated taste. As a matter of fact, Jim was afraid of getting like an Indian. Life in the wilds was good, but one ran some risks.
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He picked up some tools and when he opened the door the others heard the scream of the gale. The flames blew out from the snapping logs and an icy draught swept the room and roared in the chimney. Then the door shut, the fire burned steadily, and all was quiet in the shack.
"Our host excites one's curiosity," said the younger man.
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