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Title: North of Fifty-Three

Author: Bertrand W. Sinclair

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NORTH OF FIFTY-THREE

by

BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

Author of
The Land of Frozen Suns, Etc.

With Illustrations by Anton Otto Fischer

[Frontispiece: "Oh!" she gasped. "Why--it's gold!"]

New York
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers
Copyright, 1914,
by Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERS

I. WHICH INTRODUCES A LADY AND TWO GENTLEMEN
II. HEART, HAND--AND POCKETBOOK
III. "I DO GIVE AND BEQUEATH"
IV. AN EXPLANATION DEMANDED
V. THE WAY OF THE WORLD AT LARGE
VI. CARIBOO MEADOWS
VII. A DIFFERENT SORT OF MAN
VIII. IN DEEP WATER
IX. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
X. A LITTLE PERSONAL HISTORY
XI. WINTER--AND A TRUCE
XII. THE FIRES OF SPRING
XIII. THE OUT TRAIL
XIV. THE DRONE OF THE HIVE
XV. AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING
XVI. A BRIEF TIME OF PLANNING
XVII. EN ROUTE
XVIII. THE WINTERING PLACE
XIX. FOUR WALLS AND A ROOF
XX. BOREAS CHANTS HIS LAY
XXI. JACK FROST WITHDRAWS
XXII. THE STRIKE
XXIII. THE STRESS OF THE TRAIL
XXIV. NEIGHBORS
XXV. THE DOLLAR CHASERS
XXVI. A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
XXVII. A BUSINESS JOURNEY
XXVIII. THE BOMB
XXIX. THE NOTE DISCORDANT
XXX. THE AFTERMATH
XXXI. A LETTER FROM BILL
XXXII. THE SPUR
XXXIII. HOME AGAIN
XXXIV. AFTER MANY DAYS

List of Illustrations

"Oh!" she gasped. "Why--it's gold!" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_