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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Northern Lights, by Gilbert Parker This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Northern Lights Author: Gilbert Parker Release Date: October 12, 2008 [EBook #26905] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NORTHERN LIGHTS *** Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: BUT NOW HE HEARD A VOICE ABOVE HIM. IT WAS HER VOICE See page 353 ] NORTHERN LIGHTS BY GILBERT PARKER ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMIX Books by GILBERT PARKER Northern Lights. Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 The Right of Way. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 Pierre and His People. Mrs. Falchion. The Trespasser. The Translation of a Savage. The Trail of the Sword. When Valmond Came to Pontiac. An Adventurer of the North. The Seats of the Mighty. The Pomp of the Lavilettes. The Battle of the Strong. The Lane that Had No Turning. Donovan Pasha. Old Quebec (In collaboration with C. G. Bryan). Round the Compass in Australia. A Lover's Diary. Embers (Private Publication only). Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All rights reserved. Published September, 1909. TO ISHBEL, COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN A TRUE FRIEND OF THE GREAT DOMINION NOTE The tales in this book belong to two different epochs in the life of the Far West. The first five are reminiscent of "border days and deeds"--of days before the great railway was built which changed a waste into a fertile field of civilization. The remaining stories cover the period passed since the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and the Pullman Car first startled the early pioneer, and sent him into the land of the farther North or drew him into the quiet circle of civic routine and humdrum occupation. G. P. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE A Lodge in the Wilderness 1 Once at Red Man's River 21 The Stroke of the Hour 38 Buckmaster's Boy 57 To-
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