Prescott of Saskatchewan

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Harold Bindloss. Prescott of Saskatchewan

Prescott of Saskatchewan

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

JERNYNGHAM’S HAPPY THOUGHT

CHAPTER II

MURIEL SEES THE WEST

CHAPTER III

JERNYNGHAM MAKES A DECISION

CHAPTER IV

MURIEL FEELS REGRET

CHAPTER V

THE MYSTERY OF THE MUSKEG

CHAPTER VI

A DEAL IN LAND

CHAPTER VII

THE SEARCH

CHAPTER VIII

A DAY ON THE PRAIRIE

CHAPTER IX

PRESCOTT MAKES A PROMISE

CHAPTER X

A NEW CLUE

CHAPTER XI

A REVELATION

CHAPTER XII

PRESCOTT’S FLIGHT

CHAPTER XIII

THE CONSTRUCTION CAMP

CHAPTER XIV

ON THE TRAIL

CHAPTER XV

MISS FOSTER’S ESCORT

CHAPTER XVI

THE MISSIONARY’S ALLY

CHAPTER XVII

THE PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER XVIII

DEFEAT

CHAPTER XIX

PRESCOTT’S RETURN

CHAPTER XX

MURIEL RELIEVES HER MIND

CHAPTER XXI

WANDLE TAKES PRECAUTIONS

CHAPTER XXII

JERNYNGHAM MAKES A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XXIII

A NIGHT RIDE

CHAPTER XXIV

MURIEL PROVES OBDURATE

CHAPTER XXV

A WOMAN’S INFLUENCE

CHAPTER XXVI

PRESCOTT MAKES INQUIRIES

CHAPTER XXVII

STARTLING NEWS

CHAPTER XXVIII

THE END OF THE PURSUIT

CHAPTER XXIX

JERNYNGHAM BREAKS DOWN

CHAPTER XXX

PRESCOTT’S VINDICATION

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Harold Bindloss

Published by Good Press, 2019

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He rode home and arriving in time for supper took his place at the table with mixed feelings, foremost among which was keen regret. Except for the company of his Scandinavian hired man and the latter’s hard-featured wife, he had lived alone in Spartan simplicity, thinking of nothing but his farm; and his guests’ arrival had revealed to him the narrowness of his life. They had brought him new desires and thoughts, besides recalling ideas he had long forgotten, and among other things had made the evening meal a pleasant function to be looked forward to, instead of an opportunity for hurriedly consuming needed food.

The spotless cloth and the flowers on the table were novelties, but they pleased his eye. Colston with his cheerful, well-bred air and fastidiousness in dress, talked interestingly; Mrs. Colston with her gracious dignity, and Muriel, who was wholly alluring, seemed to fill the room with charm. It was perhaps all the more enjoyable because Prescott had been accustomed to pleasant society in Montreal, before he abandoned it with other amenities and went out to a life of stern toil and frugality in the grim Northwest.

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