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January, 1909

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.The First Sowing [7]
II.The Church Parade [16]
III.“The Land of Promise” [25]
IV.An Unpleasant Apprenticeship [35]
V.A Bid for Fortune [46]
VI.The First Crop [56]
VII.Harvest Home [66]
VIII.Held Up [77]
IX.A Reckoning [91]
X.A Forward Policy [105]
XI.On the Railroad [117]
XII.The Unexpected [128]
XIII.Advocates of Temperance [138]
XIV.The Hired Teamster [151]
XV.Under the Shadow of Death [163]
XVI.When the Waters Rose [175]
XVII.The Return [184]
XVIII.The Opening of the Line [195]
XIX.A Generous Offer [209]
XX.The Return to the Prairie [220]
XXI.The Stolen Cattle [231]
XXII.A Race with Time [242]
XXIII.On the Gold Trail [253]
XXIV.The Brink of Eternity [267]
XXV.Ormond’s Last Journey [280]
XXVI.The Trial [291]
XXVII.The Road to Dakota [305]
XXVIII.The Recall of Adam Lee [316]
XXIX.Concerning the Day Spring Mine [326]
XXXI.The Deposed Ruler [350]
XXXII.The New Ruler of Carrington [362]
XXXIII.A Bountiful Harvest [375]

LORIMER OF THE NORTHWEST

PROLOGUE

Fairmead, Western Canada.