Hawtrey's Deputy

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Harold Bindloss. Hawtrey's Deputy

Hawtrey's Deputy

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ILLUSTRATIONS

"In another moment Wyllard's last doubt vanished, and he sprang forward with a gasp." … … Frontispiece

HAWTREY'S DEPUTY

CHAPTER I

SALLY CREIGHTON

CHAPTER II

SALLY TAKES CHARGE

"She could not raise him wholly, and he cried out once when his injured leg trailed in the snow."

"Then she turned to Sproatly. 'You can wash up those dishes on the table.'"

CHAPTER III

WYLLARD ASSENTS

CHAPTER IV

A CRISIS

"At length the door opened, and Agatha Ismay, wrapped in a long cloak, came in."

CHAPTER V

THE OLD COUNTRY

"'Now,' he said, 'I won't let you fall.'"

CHAPTER VI

HER PICTURE

CHAPTER VII

AGATHA DOES NOT FLINCH

"'You!' was all she said

CHAPTER VIII

THE TRAVELLING COMPANION

CHAPTER IX

THE FOG

CHAPTER X

DISILLUSION

"In another moment Hawtrey sprang up on the platform, and she felt his arms about her."

"Then something seemed to crack, and she saw the off-side horse stumble and plunge."

CHAPTER XI

AGATHA'S DECISION

"'Do you think—that—would have mattered?'"

CHAPTER XII

WANDERERS

"'Well,' she said, 'we have driven over as we promised!'"

CHAPTER XIII

THE SUMMONS

"Agatha held her hands up … as the man leaned down, and the next moment she was strongly lifted."

"'I guess I needn't tell you where that is,' he said, and pointed to the parallel of latitude that ran across."

CHAPTER XIV

AGATHA PROVES OBDURATE

CHAPTER XV

THE BEACH

CHAPTER XVI

THE FIRST ICE

CHAPTER XVII

DEFEAT

CHAPTER XVIII

A DELICATE ERRAND

CHAPTER XIX

THE PRIOR CLAIM

"It seemed that he did not immediately notice her."

"'Are these things very much too big for you, Sally?'"

CHAPTER XX

THE FIRST STAKE

CHAPTER XXI

GREGORY MAKES UP HIS MIND

CHAPTER XXII

A PAINFUL REVELATION

CHAPTER XXIII

THROUGH THE SNOW

"It shambled forward in a curious manner."

CHAPTER XXIV

THE LANDING

CHAPTER XXV

NEWS OF DISASTER

CHAPTER XXVI

THE RESCUE

"'I thought you might save Gregory, if I told you.'"

CHAPTER XXVII

IN THE WILDERNESS

CHAPTER XXVIII

THE UNEXPECTED

CHAPTER XXIX

CAST AWAY

CHAPTER XXX

THE LAST EFFORT

CHAPTER XXXI

WYLLARD COMES HOME

"'I was waiting for you,' she said simply."

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Harold Bindloss

Published by Good Press, 2019

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It was the kind of speech he was in the habit of making, but there was rather more colour in the girl's face than the stinging night air brought there, and she glanced at the bottom of the sleigh.

"It's a sack of some kind, isn't it?" she said.

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