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“IT SEEMED PRUDENT TO PLACE AS LONG A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN THEM AND THE SETTLEMENT”—Page 158

PRESCOTT OF

SASKATCHEWAN

BY

HAROLD BINDLOSS

AUTHOR OF

THE LONG PORTAGE,

RANCHING FOR SYLVIA,

WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIE, ETC.

WITH A FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR BY

W. HERBERT DUNTON

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION

INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE, “THE WASTREL”

August, 1913

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Jernyngham’s Happy Thought 1

II. Muriel Sees the West 12

III. Jernyngham Makes a Decision 23

IV. Muriel Feels Regret 35

V. The Mystery of the Muskeg 45

VI. A Deal in Land 57

VII. The Search 67

VIII. A Day on the Prairie 79

IX. Prescott Makes a Promise 92

X. A New Clue 102

XI. A Revelation 113

XII. Prescott’s Flight 123

XIII. The Construction Camp 131

XIV. On the Trail 141

XV. Miss Foster’s Escort 153

XVI. The Missionary’s Ally 168

XVII. The Passage of the Mountains 183

XVIII. Defeat 195

XIX. Prescott’s Return 206

XX. Muriel Relieves her Mind 216

XXI. Wandle Takes Precautions 227

XXII. Jernyngham Makes a Discovery 237

XXIII. A Night Ride 249

XXIV. Muriel Proves Obdurate 261

XXV. A Woman’s Influence 272

XXVI. Prescott Makes Inquiries 284

XXVII. Startling News 296

XXVIII. The End of the Pursuit 306

XXIX. Jernyngham Breaks Down 318

XXX. Prescott’s Vindication 332

Prescott, of Saskatchewan