CONTENTS

CHAPTERS
I. [WHICH INTRODUCES A LADY AND TWO GENTLEMEN]
II. [HEART, HAND—AND POCKETBOOK]
III. ["I DO GIVE AND BEQUEATH"]
IV. [AN EXPLANATION DEMANDED]
V. [THE WAY OF THE WORLD AT LARGE]
VI. [CARIBOO MEADOWS]
VII. [A DIFFERENT SORT OF MAN]
VIII. [IN DEEP WATER]
IX. [THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT]
X. [A LITTLE PERSONAL HISTORY]
XI. [WINTER—AND A TRUCE]
XII. [THE FIRES OF SPRING]
XIII. [THE OUT TRAIL]
XIV. [THE DRONE OF THE HIVE]
XV. [AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING]
XVI. [A BRIEF TIME OF PLANNING]
XVII. [EN ROUTE]
XVIII. [THE WINTERING PLACE]
XIX. [FOUR WALLS AND A ROOF]
XX. [BOREAS CHANTS HIS LAY]
XXI. [JACK FROST WITHDRAWS]
XXII. [THE STRIKE]
XXIII. [THE STRESS OF THE TRAIL]
XXIV. [NEIGHBORS]
XXV. [THE DOLLAR CHASERS]
XXVI. [A BUSINESS PROPOSITION]
XXVII. [A BUSINESS JOURNEY]
XXVIII. [THE BOMB]
XXIX. [THE NOTE DISCORDANT]
XXX. [THE AFTERMATH]
XXXI. [A LETTER FROM BILL]
XXXII. [THE SPUR]
XXXIII. [HOME AGAIN]
XXXIV. [AFTER MANY DAYS]