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James Beardley Hendryx. Beyond the Outposts
CHAPTER I – A CO-PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER II – ON BEAR LAKE
CHAPTER III – NIXON APPLIES FOR A JOB
CHAPTER IV – THE GOOD MAN
CHAPTER V – GUS JANIER
CHAPTER VI – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
CHAPTER VII – A LITTLE SQUARE OF WHITE
CHAPTER VIII – AN ISLAND CAMP
CHAPTER IX – A MILLION
CHAPTER X – AT THE MOUTH OF THE ICY
CHAPTER XI – BABCOCK STAYS IN CAMP
CHAPTER XII – AN ASSAULT AND BATTERY
CHAPTER XIII – BESIDE THE LITTLE FIRE
CHAPTER XIV – BOYNE’S CAMP
CHAPTER XV – CROWLEY MAKES AN ARREST
CHAPTER XVI – NIXON RETURNS
CHAPTER XVII – JANIER BREAKS THE NEWS
CHAPTER XVIII – ON SUSSEX LAKE
CHAPTER XIX – THE START
CHAPTER XX - CORPORAL DOWNEY GETS A TRANSFER
CHAPTER XXI – ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XXII – THE PASSING OF CONSTABLE CROWLEY
CHAPTER XXIII – THE INVESTIGATION—BABCOCK
CHAPTER XXIV – THE INVESTIGATION—NIXON
CHAPTER XXV – AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW
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“Put ’em up!” The face of Amos Nixon, red with the exertion of lifting the four little kegs from the dark recess beneath the broken roof of the old igloo, gradually assumed a greyish pallor, as he stared into the muzzle of the service revolver held in the hand of Constable Crowley, of the Mounted. Slowly, shakily, he elevated his hands above his head and rose from his knees beside the aperture. He spoke no word as the officer advanced and lifted the six-gun from beneath the out-bulged front of his shirt. There was no need for words. The facts spoke for themselves.
“You can put ’em down, now,” said Crowley, with an appraising glance at the kegs. “Sixty gallon, eh?”
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“I know where it’s at,” said Crowley, “an’ now we’re pardners, er will be, soon as I git my discharge, I’ll tell you somethin’ fer yer own good. Do you know Gus Janier?”
“Jest this much,” answered Crowley, “it was him that tipped off this cache to the Inspector, an’ he sent me down to investigate.”
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