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Title: Every Man for Himself

Author: Hopkins Moorhouse

Release Date: May 30, 2007 [eBook #21644]

Language: English

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EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF

by

HOPKINS MOORHOUSE

Author of "Deep Furrows"

Toronto
The Musson Book Company Limited

Copyright, Canada, 1920
by Hopkins Moorehouse

The Musson Book Co., Limited
Publishers . . . Toronto

To My Mother

FOREWORD

Although prefaces are not the fashion in these accelerated times, some
word of warning is due those who had the patience to read "Deep
Furrows." It seems but fair to point out that whereas "Deep Furrows"
was historical and its "characters" actual people taking prominent part
in current events, the present pages are purely fictitious and the
characters therein not even composite portraits of living personages.

Similarly the story events are pure invention and as fittingly might
have been staged in any other of the nine provinces. The author humbly
craves indulgence if he has in any way exceeded the license allowed him
in spinning the incidents necessary for a novel of this type while
seeking verisimilitude in settings with which he is familiar.

--H. M.

Winnipeg, February, 1920.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I FOG
II BLIND MAN'S BUFF
III "NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS"
IV THE LISTENING STENOGRAPHER
V THE TAN SATCHEL
VI AGAIN THE TAN SATCHEL
VII CROSS CURRENTS
VIII ABOARD THE PRIVATE CAR, "OBASKA"
IX CONSPIRING EVENTS
X THE STENOGRAPHER STILL LISTENING
XI GROWING ANXIETY
XII KENDRICK MAKES A TOUCHDOWN
XIII AND CONVERTS A GOAL
XIV WHAT HAPPENED ON THE WINNIPEG EXPRESS
XV RAPPROCHEMENT
XVI THE TAN SATCHEL ONCE MORE
XVII DISTURBING NEWS
XVIII MCCORQUODALE EXPLAINS
XIX FURTHER STRANGE PROCEEDINGS
XX A MAN OF MONEY
XXI DOUBLE TROUBLE
XXII LOWERING CLOUDS
XXIII THE FIGHT
XXIV THE RACE BEGINS
XXV