"Such was Jack Chanty, sprawling on his little raft"

JACK
CHANTY

A Story of Athabasca

by

Hulbert Footner

Author of

"New Rivers of the North"
"Two on the Trail, Etc."

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1913

Copyright, 1913, by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

Copyright, 1913 by
FRANK A. MUNSEY Co.

TO
F. C. F.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. [The Hair-cut]
II. [The Company From "Outside"]
III. [Talk by the Fire]
IV. [The Conjuror]
V. [Jack Hears About Himself]
VI. [The Price of Sleep]
VII. [An Emotional Crisis]
VIII. [The Feminine Equation]
IX. [Yellow Metal]
X. [A Crumbling Brain]
XI. [The Show Down]
XII. [Jack Finds Out]
XIII. [The Retreat]
XIV. [Bear's Flesh and Berries]
XV. [An Expedition of Three]
XVI. [The Tepees of the Sapis]
XVII. [Ascota Escapes]
XVIII. [The End of Ascota]
XIX. [An Old Score Is Charged Off]
XX. [The Little Great World]

ILLUSTRATIONS

["Such was Jack Chanty, sprawling on his little raft"] . . . . . . Frontispiece

["Tempted by the hand that lay on the ground beside him, he caught it up and pressed it to his lips"]

["He's not here!" she cried hysterically]

["F. G." he said grimly, "Francis Garrod"]

["Come and get me, white man!" cried Jean Paul, over his shoulder]