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Robert J. C. Stead. The Homesteaders
The Homesteaders
Table of Contents
PRELUDE I. THE BECK OF FORTUNE II. INTO THE WILDERNESS III. PRAIRIE LAND IV. ROUGHING IT V. THE SHORES OF THE INFINITE VI. IN THE SPELL OF THE MIRAGE VII. THE CALL OF THE FARTHER WEST VIII. INTO THE NIGHT IX. CRUMBLING CASTLES X. INTO THE FARTHER WEST XI. THE PRICE OF "SUCCESS" XII. A WHIFF OF NEW ATMOSPHERE XIII. SETTING THE TRAP XIV. THE GAMBLERS XV. THE LURE OF EASY MONEY XVI. THE HONOUR OF THIEVES XVII. THE FIGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS XVIII. CONVERGING TRAILS XIX. PRISONERS OF FATE XX. AN INQUEST—AND SOME EXPLANATIONS. THE HOMESTEADERS
PRELUDE
CHAPTER I
THE BECK OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER II
INTO THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER III
PRAIRIE LAND
CHAPTER IV
ROUGHING IT
CHAPTER V
THE SHORES OF THE INFINITE
CHAPTER VI
IN THE SPELL OF THE MIRAGE
CHAPTER VII
THE CALL OF THE FARTHER WEST
CHAPTER VIII
INTO THE NIGHT
CHAPTER IX
CRUMBLING CASTLES
CHAPTER X
INTO THE FARTHER WEST
"BEULAH
CHAPTER XI
THE PRICE OF "SUCCESS"
CHAPTER XII
A WHIFF OF NEW ATMOSPHERE
CHAPTER XIII
SETTING THE TRAP
"HIRAM RILES."
CHAPTER XIV
THE GAMBLERS
CHAPTER XV
THE LURE OF EASY MONEY
"BRADSHAW."
CHAPTER XVI
THE HONOUR OF THIEVES
CHAPTER XVII
THE FIGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS
CHAPTER XVIII
CONVERGING TRAILS
CHAPTER XIX
PRISONERS OF FATE
CHAPTER XX
AN INQUEST—AND SOME EXPLANATIONS
"GEORGE BRADSHAW."
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Robert J. C. Stead
A Novel of the Canadian West
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"But I can't put my wife in a stock-car!" protested Harris.
"There's worse places," McCrae answered, calmly worrying a considerable section from a plug of black chewing tobacco. "Worse places, Ah should say. Ah've seen times when a good warm stock-car would have passed for heaven. But that ain't what Ah have in mind. We'll all turn in an' get the stock unloaded, hitch up horses, pack a load, an' get away. Morrison's hired man'll drive his team, an' Tom'll stay here himself an' look after the rest of the stuff. Ah've been making a canvass, an' Ah find we have six or seven families who can be ready to pull out this afternoon. An soon as we get into settled country, perhaps we can get accommodation, such as it is, along the way. But my team will go along, with a good tent an' some cooking outfit. Everyone has bedding, so we're all right for that. Now, if all hustle we can be started by four o'clock, an' out ten or twelve miles before we pitch camp. That's far enough for the horses the first day, anyway. How does it suit you?"
