A Mating in the WildsWard, Lock & Company, 1920 - 318 pages |
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... 212 XVIII A DEAD GIRL , 225 XIX A HOT TRAIL , 238 XX A PRISONER , 251 XXI CHIGMOK'S STORY , 264 XXII XXIII AINLEY'S STORY , 278 A SURPRISE FOR AINLEY , 292 ∞ XXIV THE TRAIL TO PARADISE , 305 T CHAPTER I THE MAN FROM THE RIVER HE man.
... 212 XVIII A DEAD GIRL , 225 XIX A HOT TRAIL , 238 XX A PRISONER , 251 XXI CHIGMOK'S STORY , 264 XXII XXIII AINLEY'S STORY , 278 A SURPRISE FOR AINLEY , 292 ∞ XXIV THE TRAIL TO PARADISE , 305 T CHAPTER I THE MAN FROM THE RIVER HE man.
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... surprised voice , " You know that gen- tleman , Mr. Ainley ? " Stane caught the question , but the answer he did not hear , though he could guess its purport and found no pleasure at the thought of what it would be . Consumed with wrath ...
... surprised voice , " You know that gen- tleman , Mr. Ainley ? " Stane caught the question , but the answer he did not hear , though he could guess its purport and found no pleasure at the thought of what it would be . Consumed with wrath ...
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... surprise in the girl's tones . " My uncle has not mentioned it ! " " No ! It was only finally decided last night ; though from the beginning of the excursion it has been contemplated . Sir James is making notes of his journey which I am ...
... surprise in the girl's tones . " My uncle has not mentioned it ! " " No ! It was only finally decided last night ; though from the beginning of the excursion it has been contemplated . Sir James is making notes of his journey which I am ...
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... surprised a look of something very like consternation in his eyes . " That was very queer ! " she said quickly . " What was very queer ? " asked Ainley . " That girl's action . Did you see how she looked at you ? She was going to speak ...
... surprised a look of something very like consternation in his eyes . " That was very queer ! " she said quickly . " What was very queer ? " asked Ainley . " That girl's action . Did you see how she looked at you ? She was going to speak ...
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... surprise . - " Why , Mr. Ainley , one would think that you that you " she hesitated , stumbled in her speech , and did not finish the sentence . Her com- panion had risen suddenly to his feet . The monocle had fallen from its place ...
... surprise . - " Why , Mr. Ainley , one would think that you that you " she hesitated , stumbled in her speech , and did not finish the sentence . Her com- panion had risen suddenly to his feet . The monocle had fallen from its place ...
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afraid Ainley's face Anderton answered Ainley answered Helen answered Stane answered the girl asked Stane bank began blanket broke cabin camp canoe caught Chief George Chigmok companion Dartmoor deadfall dere dogs drifted eyes fear feet fire Fort Malsun gave Gerald Ainley girl's glance guessed half-breed half-breed's hand heard heart heem Helen Yardely hour Hubert Stane hurried Jean Bènard knew lake leaped little laugh looked round m'sieu Malsun meal miles mind Miskodeed Miss Yardely monocle moved never night nodded Northland once paddle pemmican Peterboro policeman quickly reached replied rifle river seen shore shot silence Sir James sledge sleep smiled snow sound spoke spruce Stane laughed Stane looked stared stood sudden suddenly surprise tell tent tepee thing thought tink told trail trapper trees turned voice wait walk watched weel whilst wild wilderness Winagog wonder wood words
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