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Title: Partners of the Out-Trail

Author: Harold Bindloss

Release Date: June 20, 2009 [EBook #29183]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: "Jim urged the pack-horse he was leading and came up
with Carrie"]

PARTNERS OF THE

OUT-TRAIL

BY HAROLD BINDLOSS

Author of "THE BUCCANEER FARMER," "THE LURE OF THE NORTH," "THE GIRL
FROM KELLER'S," "CARMEN'S MESSENGER," "BRANDON OF THE ENGINEERS,"
"JOHNSTONE OF THE BORDER," ETC.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE "DEARHAM'S INHERITANCE"

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

PART I--THE LINESMAN

CHAPTER

I THE BROKEN WIRE
II IN THE SNOW
III THE THIRD PARTNER
IV ON THE TRAIL
V CARRIE'S WEAK MOMENT
VI ROLLING STONES
VII A COUNCIL
VIII JIM KEEPS WATCH
IX AN HONEST ANTAGONIST
X THE RAPID
XI A CONFIDENTIAL TALK
XII FIRE
XIII JIM'S LUCK TURNS
XIV THE RECKONING

PART II--THE LANDOWNER

I JIM COMES HOME
II JIM'S GUESTS
III MORDAUNT PONDERS
IV AN OLD MAN'S CAPRICE
V SHANKS' DABBIN
VI THE THORN HEDGE
VII THE FENCING WIRE
VIII JIM'S RELAPSE
IX JIM IS LEFT OUT
X BERNARD PONDERS
XI EVELYN'S ADVENTURE
XII THE SHOOTING PUNT
XIII MORDAUNT'S REPULSE
XIV FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND
XV JIM'S ENLIGHTENMENT
XVI EVELYN'S RESOLUTION FAILS
XVII DICK'S ACCUSATION
XVIII JIM'S RELEASE

PART I--THE LINESMAN

PARTNERS OF THE OUT-TRAIL

CHAPTER I

THE BROKEN WIRE

Winter had begun and snow blew about the lonely telegraph shack where
Jim Dearham studied an old French romance. He read rather by way of
mental discipline than for enjoyment, and partly with the object of
keeping himself awake. Life is primitive in the British Columbian bush
and Jim sometimes felt he must fight against the insidious