ILLUSTRATIONS
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“Robert Grabbed the Savage by the Throat”Frontispiece
Hearing the Story of Opportunity14
Saying Good-Bye to the Home-Folk19
“He Leaped from the Deck”32
“For the First Time Saw Polar Bears”38
“The First Man to Grasp the Hand of the Captain”40
Starting Out from Fort Churchill44
“With a Farewell Wave of the Hand”46
“Companionship in the Temple of God’s Great Solitude”50
“The Animals Rushed to One Side”53
The Party Leaving Fort Garry63
Starting a Fifteen-Hundred-Mile Journey77
“Wolf After Wolf Fell from the Blows”88
“You’re a Coward”91
“For a Moment He Hesitated”100
“No Letter from Sandy”103
“One Morning a Youth Started Out”106
“He Cooked His Supper Over the Fire”109
“With a Prayer of Thankfulness”117
“Thus Were Robert’s Early Hopes and Plans Realized”128
A Scene in the Lumber Woods Thirty Years Ago143
Dressing a Pine Monarch for Shipment143
Some of Canada’s Big Men149
“Men of To-Morrow”151
Boys and Girls of the Burlington Public School153