Brandon of the Engineers

by Harold Bindloss

E-text prepared by Roger Frank
and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team
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BRANDON OF THE ENGINEERS

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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Alton of Somasco Lorimer of the Northwest Thurston of Orchard Valley Winston of the Prairie The Gold Trail Sydney Carteret, Rancher A Prairie Courtship Vane of the Timberlands The Long Portage Ranching for Sylvia Prescott of Saskatchewan The Dust of Conflict The Greater Power Masters of the Wheatlands Delilah of the Snows By Right of Purchase The Cattle Baron’s Daughter Thrice Armed For Jacinta The Intriguers The League of the Leopard For the Allison Honor The Secret of the Reef Harding of Allenwood The Coast of Adventure Johnstons of the Border Brandon of the Engineers

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“‘YOU MUST COME. I CAN’T LET YOU LIVE AMONG THOSE PLOTTERS AND GAMBLERS.’”—Page 224.

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BRANDON of

the ENGINEERS

By HAROLD BINDLOSS

Author of “Johnstone of the Border,” “Prescott

of Saskatchewan,” “Winston of

the Prairie,” etc.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

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COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE “HIS ONE TALENT”

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	A Promising Officer	[1]
II	Dick’s Troubles Begin	[11]
III	The Punishment	[22]
IV	Adversity	[34]
V	The Concrete Truck	[44]
VI	A Step Up	[54]
VII	Dick Undertakes a Responsibility	[65]
VIII	An Informal Court	[75]
IX	Jake Fuller	[85]
X	La Mignonne	[97]
XI	Clare Gets a Shock	[107]
XII	Dick Keeps His Promise	[118]
XIII	The Return from the Fiesta	[129]
XIV	Complications	[140]
XV	The Missing Coal	[151]
XVI	Jake Gets into Difficulties	[161]
XVII	The Black-Funnel Boat	[172]
XVIII	Dick Gets a Warning	[184]
XIX	Jake Explains Matters	[194]
XX	Don Sebastian	[205]
XXI	Dick Makes a Bold Venture	[215]
XXII	The Official Mind	[225]
XXIII	The Clamp	[237]
XXIV	The Altered Sailing List	[247]
XXV	The Water-Pipe	[259]
XXVI	The Liner’s Fate	[270]
XXVII	The Silver Clasp	[282]
XXVIII	Rough Water	[294]
XXIX	Kenwardine Takes a Risk	[304]
XXX	The Last Encounter	[314]
XXXI	Richter’s Message	[326]
XXXII	Ida Interferes	[336]

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BRANDON OF THE

ENGINEERS