Front matter

“IT’S GOING TO HURT, GREGORY, BUT I HAVE GOT TO GET YOU IN”—Page 17

Masters of the

Wheat-Lands

By HAROLD BINDLOSS

Author of “Thurston of Orchard Valley,” “By Right of

Purchase,” “Lorimer of the Northwest,” etc.

With Four Illustrations

By CYRUS CUNEO

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers New York

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION

INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE, “HAWTREY’S DEPUTY”

October, 1910

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Sally Creighton 1

II. Sally Takes Charge 11

III. Wyllard Assents 22

IV. A Crisis 33

V. The Old Country 44

VI. Her Picture 55

VII. Agatha Does Not Flinch 66

VIII. The Traveling Companion 78

IX. The Fog 92

X. Disillusion 104

XI. Agatha’s Decision 117

XII. Wanderers 130

XIII. The Summons 143

XIV. Agatha Proves Obdurate 154

XV. The Beach 165

XVI. The First Ice 177

XVII. Defeat 187

XVIII. A Delicate Errand 199

XIX. The Prior Claim 209

XX. The First Stake 223

XXI. Gregory Makes Up His Mind 234

XXII. A Painful Revelation 244

XXIII. Through The Snow 254

XXIV. The Landing 265

XXV. News of Disaster 276

XXVI. The Rescue 287

XXVII. In the Wilderness 299

XXVIII. The Unexpected 308

XXIX. Cast Away 320

XXX. The Last Effort 331

XXXI. Wyllard Comes Home 342

Masters of the Wheat-lands