The Coil of Carne
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John Oxenham. The Coil of Carne
The Coil of Carne
Table of Contents
BOOK I
CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE OF CARNE
CHAPTER II. THE STAR IN THE DUST
CHAPTER III. THE FIRST OF THE COIL
CHAPTER IV. THE COIL COMPLETE
CHAPTER V. IN THE COIL
BOOK II
CHAPTER VI. FREEMEN OF THE FLATS
CHAPTER VII. EAGER HEART
CHAPTER VIII. SIR DENZIL'S VIEWS
CHAPTER IX. MORE OF SIR DENZIL'S VIEWS
CHAPTER X. GROWING FREEMEN
CHAPTER XI. THE LITTLE LADY
CHAPTER XII. MANY MEANS
CHAPTER XIII. MOUNTING
CHAPTER XIV. WIDENING WAYS
CHAPTER XV. DIVERGING LINES
CHAPTER XVI. A CUT AT THE COIL
CHAPTER XVII. ALMOST SOLVED
CHAPTER XVIII. ALMOST SOLVED AGAIN
CHAPTER XIX. WHERE'S JIM?
CHAPTER XX. A NARROW SQUEAK
CHAPTER XXI. A WARM WELCOME
CHAPTER XXII. WHERE'S JACK?
BOOK III
CHAPTER XXIII. BREAKING IN
CHAPTER XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST
CHAPTER XXV. REVELATION AND SPECULATION
CHAPTER XXVI. JIM'S TIGHT PLACE
CHAPTER XXVII. TWO TO ONE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE LINE OF CLEAVAGE
CHAPTER XXIX. GRACIE'S DILEMMA
CHAPTER XXX. NEVER THE SAME AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXI. DESERET
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LADY WITH THE FAN
CHAPTER XXXIII. A STIRRING OF MUD
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BOYS IN THE MUD
CHAPTER XXXV. EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XXXVI. JIM'S WAY
CHAPTER XXXVII. A HOPELESS QUEST
CHAPTER XXXVIII. LORD DESERET HELPS
CHAPTER XXXIX. OLD SETH GOES HOME
CHAPTER XL. OUT OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XLI. HORSE AND FOOT
CHAPTER XLII. DUE EAST
CHAPTER XLIII. JIM TO THE FORE
CHAPTER XLIV. JIM'S LUCK
CHAPTER XLV. MORE REVELATIONS
CHAPTER XLVI. THE BLACK LANDING
CHAPTER XLVII. ALMA
CHAPTER XLVIII. JIM'S RIDE
CHAPTER XLIX. AMONG THE BULL-PUPS
CHAPTER L. RED-TAPE
CHAPTER LI. THE VALLEY OF DEATH
CHAPTER LII. PATCHING UP
CHAPTER LIII. THE FIGHT IN THE FOG
CHAPTER LIV. AN ALLY OF PROVIDENCE
CHAPTER LV. RETRIBUTION
CHAPTER LVI. DULL DAYS
CHAPTER LVII. HOT OVENS
CHAPTER LVIII. CHILL NEWS
CHAPTER LIX. TOUCH AND GO FOR THE COIL
CHAPTER LX. INSIDE THE FIERY RING
CHAPTER LXI. WEARY WAITING
CHAPTER LXII. FROM ONE TO MANY
CHAPTER LXIII. EAGER ON THE SCENT
CHAPTER LXIV. THE LONG SLOW SIEGE
CHAPTER LXV. THE CUTTING OF THE COIL
CHAPTER LXVI. PURGATORY
CHAPTER LXVII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END
CHAPTER LXVIII. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER LXIX "THE RIGHT ONE"
CHAPTER LXX. ALL'S WELL!
PRINTED BY. HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY
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John Oxenham
Published by Good Press, 2021
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But there was no rest for him that night. He had been on the go since daybreak, and was fairly fagged out. He greeted Nance's imperative knock with bad language. But when he heard her errand he swallowed his nightcap without a wink, though it nearly made his hair curl, ran round with her to the stable, harnessed his second cob to the little black gig with the yellow wheels, threw Nance into it, and in less than five minutes was wrestling with the north-easter once more, and spitting out the sand as he had been doing off and on all day long.
"There's one advantage in being an old bachelor, Miss Nancy," he had growled, as he flung the harness on the disgusted little mare; "your worries are your own. Take my advice and never you get married----" And then he felt like biting his tongue off when he remembered the rumours he had heard concerning the girl. She was too busy with her own long thoughts to be troubled by his words, however, and once they were on the road speech was impossible by reason of the gale.
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