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Harold Bindloss. A Prairie Courtship
A Prairie Courtship
Table of Contents
A PRAIRIE COURTSHIP. CHAPTER I. A COLD WELCOME
CHAPTER II. MAVERICK THORNE
CHAPTER III. THE CAMP IN THE BLUFF
CHAPTER IV. THE FARQUHAR HOMESTEAD
CHAPTER V. THORNE GIVES ADVICE
CHAPTER VI. THORNE CONTEMPLATES A CHANGE
CHAPTER VII. A USEFUL FRIEND
CHAPTER VIII. A FIT OF TEMPER
CHAPTER IX. THE RAISING
CHAPTER X. THORNE RESENTS REPROOF
CHAPTER XI. AN ESCAPADE
CHAPTER XII. HUNTER MAKES AN ENEMY
CHAPTER XIII. NEVIS PICKS UP A CLUE
CHAPTER XIV. WINTHROP'S LETTER
CHAPTER XV. ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XVI. CORPORAL SLANEY'S DEFEAT
CHAPTER XVII. A COMPROMISE
CHAPTER XVIII. NEVIS'S VISITOR
CHAPTER XIX. THE MORTGAGE DEED
CHAPTER XX. HAIL
CHAPTER XXI. A POINT OF HONOR
CHAPTER XXII. ALISON SPOILS HER GLOVES
CHAPTER XXIII. AN UNEXPECTED DISASTER
CHAPTER XXIV. LUCY GOES TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXV. THE ONLY MEANS
CHAPTER XXVI. OPEN CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXVII. A HELPING HAND
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RECKONING
CHAPTER XXIX. THE NEW OUTLOOK
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Harold Bindloss
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Quit talking, Mavy. Here's a lady asking for you," said one, and a man who had been surrounded by a laughing group moved toward her.
She glanced at him apprehensively, for after her recent experience she was signally shy of seeking a favor from any of his kind. He was a tall man, bronzed and somewhat lean, as most of the inhabitants of the prairie seemed to be, and the state of his attire was not calculated to impress a stranger in his favor. His long boots were caked with mire and the fur was coming off the battered cap he held in one hand; his blue duck trousers were rent at one knee and a very old jacket hung over his coarse blue shirt. Still, his face was reassuring and he had whimsical brown eyes.
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