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Copyright, 1914, by
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CONTENTS

[I.] SHAD TROWBRIDGE OF BOSTON
[II.] THE LURE OF THE WILDERNESS
[III]. UNGAVA BOB MAKES A RESCUE
[IV.] AWAY TO THE TRAILS
[V.] IN THE FAR WILDERNESS
[VI.] OLD FRIENDS
[VII.] WHERE THE EVIL SPIRITS DWELL
[VIII.] AFTER THE INDIAN ATTACK
[IX.] THE INDIAN MAIDEN AT THE RIVER TILT
[X.] THE VOICES OF THE SPIRITS
[XI.] MANIKAWAN'S VENGEANCE
[XII.] THE TRAGEDY OF THE RAPIDS
[XIII.] ON THE TRAIL OF THE INDIANS
[XIV.] THE MATCHI MANITU IS CHEATED
[XV.] THE PASSING OF THE WILD THINGS
[XVI.] ALONE WITH THE INDIANS
[XVII]. CHRISTMAS AT THE RIVER TILT
[XVIII.] THE SPIRIT OF DEATH GROWS BOLD.
[XIX.] THE CACHE ON THE LAKE
[XX.] THE FOLK AT WOLF BIGHT
[XXI.] THE RIFLED CACHE
[XXII.] MANIKAWAN'S SACRIFICE
[XXIII.] TUMBLED AIR CASTLES
[XXIV.] THE MESSENGER
[XXV.] A MISSION OF LIFE AND DEATH
[XXVI.] "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
[XXVII.] SHAD'S TRIBUTE TO THE INDIAN MAIDEN
[XXVIII.] TROWBRIDGE AND GRAY, TRADERS
[XXIX.] THE FRUIT OF MANIKAWAN'S SACRIFICE

THE GAUNT GRAY WOLF

I

SHAD TROWBRIDGE OF BOSTON

On a foggy morning of early July in the year 1890, the Labrador mail boat, northward bound from St. Johns, felt her way cautiously into the mist-enveloped harbour of Fort Pelican and to her anchorage.