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"Two steps took him up to the waist, and he had trouble in finding solid bottom at the next." (Chap, xvii.)
THE PROTECTOR
BY HAROLD BINDLOSS
Author of "The Impostor," "Hawtrey's Deputy," "The Pioneer," etc., etc.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO 1918
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—A FRIEND IN NEED.
CHAPTER II—A BREEZE OF WIND.
CHAPTER III—AN AFTERNOON ASHORE.
CHAPTER IV—A CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT.
CHAPTER V—THE OLD COUNTRY.
CHAPTER VI—UPON THE HEIGHTS.
CHAPTER VII—STORM-STAYED.
CHAPTER VIII—LUCY VANE.
CHAPTER IX—CHISHOLM PROVES AMENABLE.
CHAPTER X—WITH THE OTTER HOUNDS.
CHAPTER XI—VANE WITHDRAWS.
CHAPTER XII—VANE GROWS RESTLESS.
CHAPTER XIII—A NEW PROJECT.
CHAPTER XIV—VANE SAILS NORTH.
CHAPTER XV—THE FIRST MISADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XVI—THE BUSH.
CHAPTER XVII—VANE POSTPONES THE SEARCH.
CHAPTER XVIII—JESSIE CONFERS A FAVOUR.
CHAPTER XIX—VANE FORESEES TROUBLE.
CHAPTER XX—THE FLOOD.
CHAPTER XXI—VANE YIELDS A POINT.
CHAPTER XXII—EVELYN GOES FOR A SAIL.
CHAPTER XXIII—VANE PROVES OBDURATE.
CHAPTER XXIV—JESSIE STRIKES.
CHAPTER XXV—THE INTERCEPTED LETTER.
CHAPTER XXVI—ON THE TRAIL.
CHAPTER XXVII—THE END OF THE SEARCH.
CHAPTER XXVIII—CARROLL SEEKS HELP.
CHAPTER XXIX—JESSIE’S CONTRITION.
CHAPTER XXX—CONVINCING TESTIMONY.
CHAPTER XXXI—VANE IS REINSTATED.
THE PROTECTOR