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Title: The Lure of the North

Author: Harold Bindloss

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Language: English

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THE LURE OF THE NORTH

by

HAROLD BINDLOSS

Author of _THE GIRL FROM KELLER'S_, _CARMEN'S MESSENGER_, _BRANDON OF
THE ENGINEERS_, _JOHNSTONE OF THE BORDER_, _PRESCOTT OF SASKATCHEWAN_,
_WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIE_, ETC.

Published in England under the Title _Agatha's Fortune_

New York
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Publishers

1918

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

ALTON OF SOMASCO
LORIMER OF THE NORTHWEST
THURSTON OF ORCHARD VALLEY
WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIE
THE GOLD TRAIL
SYDNEY CARTERET, RANCHER
A PRAIRIE COURTSHIP
VANE OF THE TIMBERLANDS
THE LONG PORTAGE
RANCHING FOR SYLVIA
PRESCOTT OF SASKATCHEWAN
THE DUST OF CONFLICT
THE GREATER POWER
MASTERS OF THE WHEATLANDS
DELILAH OF THE SNOWS
BY RIGHT OF PURCHASE
THE CATTLE BARON'S DAUGHTER
THRICE ARMED
FOR JACINTA
THE INTRIGUERS
THE LEAGUE OF THE LEOPARD
FOR THE ALLISON HONOR
THE SECRET OF THE REEF
HARDING OF ALLENWOOD
THE COAST OF ADVENTURE
JOHNSTONE OF THE BORDER
BRANDON OF THE ENGINEERS
CARMEN'S MESSENGER
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'S
THE LURE OF THE NORTH

[Illustration: "SHE SAW A LOOK OF FEAR IN HIS STARING EYES."]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THIRLWELL MAKES HIS CHOICE

II STRANGE'S STORY

III AGATHA MAKES A PROMISE

IV STRANGE'S PARTNER

V A NIGHT'S WATCH

VI FATHER LUCIEN'S ADVENTURE

VII AGATHA'S RESOLVE

VIII THE BURGLAR

IX AGATHA ASKS ADVICE

X THIRLWELL GETS A LETTER

XI STORMONT FINDS A CLUE

XII ON THE TRAIL

XIII THE PROSPECTORS' RETURN

XIV STORMONT DISOWNS A DEBT

XV THE GRAND RAPID

XVI THE PIT-PROP

XVII DRUMMOND OFFERS HELP

XVIII THE HAND IN THE WATER

XIX A LOST OPPORTUNITY

XX THE PLUNGE

XXI THE WILDERNESS

X