The Lady of North Star
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Ottwell Binns. The Lady of North Star
CHAPTER I. THE END OF A TRAIL
CHAPTER II. A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE
CHAPTER III. THE CORPORAL FINDS A LETTER
CHAPTER IV. A PUZZLING SCENT
CHAPTER V. A REVELATION
CHAPTER VI. THE CORPORAL HEARS A STORY
CHAPTER VII. JOY MAKES A REQUEST
CHAPTER VIII. KOONA DICK
CHAPTER IX. THE HUSKS OF THE PRODIGAL
CHAPTER X. A DESPERATE SITUATION
CHAPTER XI. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XII. A DASTARDLY DEED
CHAPTER XIII. TWO PROPOSALS
CHAPTER XIV. MISSING
CHAPTER XV. AN ENCOUNTER AT THE LODGE
CHAPTER XVI. THE CORPORAL HEARS NEWS
CHAPTER XVII. A LONELY CABIN
CHAPTER XVIII. ADRIAN RAYNER’S STORY
CHAPTER XIX. HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XX. DICK BRACKNELL LEARNS THE TRUTH
CHAPTER XXI. UNDER COVER OF NIGHT
CHAPTER XXII. TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXIII. PRISONERS
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PRODIGAL MAKES GOOD
CHAPTER XXV. A SNOW-BLIND MAN
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FEELING like a man in a dream, the corporal took his seat at the table, and when the soup was served by an Indian youth, he was too much amazed to attempt conversation. Miss Gargrave looked at him and casually asked, “You have never been to North Star before, Mr. Bracknell?”
“No,” he answered, shaking his head. “I am new to this district. I was transferred from Edmonton four months ago.”
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“That is just possible,” agreed the corporal. “Yet it seemed to me like the cry of a woman in terror.”
“It is easy even for trained ears to be mistaken up here,” said the other suavely. “Since I came here I have heard a hare scream like a child in agony. The cry you heard may have been no more than that of some small creature falling a victim to the law of the wild, which is that the strongest takes the prey.”
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