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Title: The Long Portage

Author: Harold Bindloss

Illustrator: Arthur Hutchins

Release Date: June 27, 2008 [EBook #25910]

Language: English

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THE LONG PORTAGE

By
HAROLD BINDLOSS

Author of
A Prairie Courtship,
Winston of the Prairie, etc.

With a Frontispiece in colors by
ARTHUR HUTCHINS

New York
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers

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Copyright, 1912, by
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian

Published in England under the title, "The Pioneer"

September, 1912

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Gladwyne Expedition 1
II. The Divide 12
III. The Cache 23
IV. A Painful Decision 35
V. Millicent Gladwyne 47
VI. Nasmyth Tells his Story 58
VII. On the Moors 68
VIII. Gladwyne Receives a Shock 81
IX. Lisle Gathers Information 92
X. Bella's Champion 102
XI. Crestwick Gives Trouble 118
XII. Mrs. Gladwyne's Appeal 129
XIII. A Futile Protest 142
XIV. Lisle Comes to the Rescue 153
XV. Bella's Defeat 165
XVI. Gladwyne Surrenders 177
XVII. A Bad Fall 189
XVIII. A Prudent Decision 200
XIX. Gladwyne Gains a Point 211
XX. Mrs. Gladwyne's Temptation 223
XXI. The Last Afternoon 233
XXII. Startling News 243
XXIII. A Forced March 2