A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS
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BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE PERSONAL HISTORIES OF “PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE” AND THE LAST EXISTING RECORDS OF PRETTY PIERRE
By Gilbert Parker
To SIR WILLIAM C. VAN HORNE. MY DEAR SIR WILLIAM, To the public it will seem fitting that these new tales of “Pierre and His People” should be inscribed to one whose notable career is inseparably associated with the life and development of the Far North. But there is a deeper and more personal significance in this dedication, for some of the stories were begotten in late gossip by your fireside; and furthermore, my little book is given a kind of distinction, in having on its fore-page the name of one well known as a connoisseur of art and a lover of literature. Believe me, DEAR SIR WILLIAM, Sincerely yours, GILBERT PARKER. 7 PARK PLACE. ST. JAMES’S. LONDON. S. W.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ACROSS THE JUMPING SANDHILLS
A LOVELY BULLY
THE FILIBUSTER
THE GIFT OF THE SIMPLE KING
MALACHI
THE LAKE OF THE GREAT SLAVE
THE RED PATROL
THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN
AT BAMBER’S BOOM
THE BRIDGE HOUSE
THE EPAULETTES
THE HOUSE WITH THE BROKEN SHUTTER
THE FINDING OF FINGALL
THREE COMMANDMENTS IN THE VULGAR TONGUE
LITTLE BABICHE
AT POINT O’ BUGLES
THE SPOIL OF THE PUMA
THE TRAIL OF THE SUN DOGS
THE PILOT OF BELLE AMOUR
THE CRUISE OF THE “NINETY-NINE”
ROMANY OF THE SNOWS
THE PLUNDERER