Higgins, a Man's Christian

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Duncan Norman. Higgins, a Man's Christian

I. HELL BENT

II. THE PILOT OF SOULS

III. IN THE SNAKE-ROOM

IV. THE CLOTH IN QUEER PLACES

V. JACK IN CAMP

VI “TO THE TALL TIMBER!”

VII. ROBBING THE BLIND

VIII. TOUCHING PITCH

IX. IN SPITE OF LAUGHTER

X. THE VOICE OF THE LORD

XI. FIST-PLAY

XII. MAKING THE GRADE

XIII. STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER

XI. VTHE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT

XV. CAUSE AND EFFECT

XVI. THE WAGES OF SACRIFICE

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A big, clean, rosy-cheeked man in a Mackinaw coat and rubber boots–hardly distinguishable from the lumber-jack crew except for his quick step and high glance and fine resolute way–went swiftly through a Deer River saloon toward the snake-room in search of a lad from Toronto who had in the camps besought to be preserved from the vicissitudes of the town.

“There goes the Pilot,” said a lumber-jack at the bar. “Hello, Pilot!”

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The lumber-jack reverted to the previous interest. All at once he forgot about the Pilot.

“Hey, Billy!” he cried, severely, “where’d ye put that bottle?”

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