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“AND EVERY NOW AND THEN IT WOULD CEASE ITS HEALING OPERATION TO THROW UP ITS LONG MUZZLE AND EMIT ONE OF THOSE DRAWN-OUT HOWLS.”
The Hound From The North
By RIDGWELL CULLUM
Author of
“In the Brooding Wild,” “The Story of the Foss River Ranch,” “The Law Breakers,” “The Way of the Strong,” Etc.
With Frontispiece By CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Published by Arrangement with The Page Company
Copyright, 1904
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. IN THE MOUNTAINS 1
II. MR. ZACHARY SMITH 15
III. MR. ZACHARY SMITH SMOKES 29
IV. ‘YELLOW BOOMING––SLUMP IN GREY’ 46
V. THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL 65
VI. THE PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE PARTY 81
VII. LESLIE GREY FULFILS HIS DESTINY 98
VIII. GREY’S LAST WORDS 115
IX. LONELY RANCH AT OWL HOOT 133
X. THE GRAVEYARD AT OWL HOOT 157
XI. CANINE VAGARIES 181
XII. THE BREAKING OF THE STORM 202
XIII. BLACKMAIL 226
XIV. A STAB IN THE DARK 240
XV. THE MAGGOT AT THE CORE 257
XVI. AN ECHO FROM THE ALASKAN MOUNTAINS 273
XVII. THE LAST OF LONELY RANCH 286
XVIII. THE FOREST DEMON PURSUES 306
XIX. THE AVENGER 321
IN CONCLUSION 341
THE HOUND FROM THE NORTH