JACK CHANTY
Reading edition
A Story of Athabasca
by
Hulbert Footner
Author of
"New Rivers of the North" "Two on the Trail, Etc."
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. 1913
Copyright, 1913, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
Copyright, 1913 by FRANK A. MUNSEY Co.
TO F. C. F.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. The Hair-cut II. The Company From "Outside" III. Talk by the Fire IV. The Conjuror V. Jack Hears About Himself VI. The Price of Sleep VII. An Emotional Crisis VIII. The Feminine Equation IX. Yellow Metal X. A Crumbling Brain XI. The Show Down XII. Jack Finds Out XIII. The Retreat XIV. Bear's Flesh and Berries XV. An Expedition of Three XVI. The Tepees of the Sapis XVII. Ascota Escapes XVIII. The End of Ascota XIX. An Old Score Is Charged Off XX. The Little Great World
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Such was Jack Chanty, sprawling on his little raft" . . . . . . Frontispiece
"Tempted by the hand that lay on the ground beside him, he caught it up and pressed it to his lips"
"He's not here!" she cried hysterically
"F. G." he said grimly, "Francis Garrod"
"Come and get me, white man!" cried Jean Paul, over his shoulder