Lister's Great Adventure
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Harold Bindloss. Lister's Great Adventure
Lister's Great Adventure
Table of Contents
PART I—BARBARA'S REBELLION
CHAPTER I
CARTWRIGHT MEDDLES
CHAPTER II
IN THE DARK
CHAPTER III
BARBARA VANISHES
CHAPTER IV
THE GIRL ON THE PLATFORM
CHAPTER V
SHILLITO GETS AWAY
CHAPTER VI
WINNIPEG BEACH
CHAPTER VII
LISTER'S DISSATISFACTION
CHAPTER VIII
THE TEST
CHAPTER IX
BARBARA PLAYS A PART
CHAPTER X
VERNON'S CURIOSITY
PART II—THE RECKONING
CHAPTER I
VERNON'S PLOT
CHAPTER II
BARBARA'S RETURN
CHAPTER III
LISTER CLEARS THE GROUND
CHAPTER IV
A DISSATISFIED SHAREHOLDER
CHAPTER V
CARTWRIGHT'S SCRUPLES
CHAPTER VI
A NASTY KNOCK
CHAPTER VII
THE SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
CHAPTER VIII
A STOLEN EXCURSION
CHAPTER IX
CARTWRIGHT SEES A PLAN
CHAPTER X
A BOLD SPECULATION
CHAPTER XI
THE START
PART III—THE BREAKING STRAIN
CHAPTER I
THE FIRST STRUGGLE
CHAPTER II
THE WRECK
CHAPTER III
A FUEL PROBLEM
CHAPTER IV
MONTGOMERY'S OFFER
CHAPTER V
MONTGOMERY USES HIS POWER
CHAPTER VI
LISTER MEETS AN OLD ANTAGONIST
CHAPTER VII
BARBARA'S REFUSAL
CHAPTER VIII
CARTWRIGHT GETS TO WORK
CHAPTER IX
LISTER MAKES GOOD
CHAPTER X
BARBARA TAKES CONTROL
CHAPTER XI
LISTER'S REWARD
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Harold Bindloss
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Grace looked across the lake and frowned. She was a tall girl, and although she had walked for some distance in the woods, her clothes were hardly crumpled. Her face was finely molded, but rather colorless; her hands were very white, while Barbara's were brown. Her dress and voice indicated cultivated taste; but the taste was negative, as if Grace had banished carefully all that jarred and then had stopped. It was characteristic that she was tranquil, although she had grounds for disturbance. They were some distance from camp and it would soon be dark, but nothing broke the gleaming surface of the lake. The boat that ought to have met them had not arrived.
"I suppose this is the spot where Harry Vernon agreed to land and take us on board?" she said.
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