CONTENTS

PART ONE: THE NATURAL MAN

I.	“Help!”	[9]
II.	The Girl	[16]
III.	Toppy Gets A Job	[21]
IV.	“Hell-Camp” Reivers	[31]
V.	Toppy Overhears a Conversation	[39]
VI.	“Nice Boy!”	[44]
VII.	The Snow-Burner’s Creed	[51]
VIII.	Toppy Works	[62]
IX.	A Fresh Start	[67]
X.	The Duel Begins	[74]
XI.	“Hell-Camp” Court	[77]
XII.	Toppy’s First Move	[94]
XIII.	Reivers Replies	[100]
XIV.	“Joker and Deuces Wild”	[106]
XV.	The Way of the Snow-Burner	[115]
XVI.	The Screws Tighten	[131]
XVII.	Tilly’s Warning	[139]
XVIII.	“Canny by Nature”	[145]
XIX.	The Fight	[150]
XX.	Toppy’s Way	[162]
XXI.	The End of the Boss	[165]

PART TWO: THE SUPER MAN

XXII.	The Cheating of the River	[175]
XXIII.	The Girl Who Was Not Afraid	[183]
XXIV.	The Woman’s Way	[193]
XXV.	Gold!	[202]
XXVI.	The Look in a Woman’s Eyes	[212]
XXVII.	On the Trail of Fortune	[219]
XXVIII.	The Snow-Burner Hunts	[229]
XXIX.	The White Man’s Will	[233]
XXX.	Any Means to an End	[238]
XXXI.	The Squaw-Man	[241]
XXXII.	The Scorn of a Pure Woman	[245]
XXXIII.	Shanty Moir	[251]
XXXIV.	The Bargain	[256]
XXXV.	The Test of the Bottle	[261]
XXXVI.	The Snow-Burner Begins To Weaken	[265]
XXXVII.	Into the Jaws of the Bear	[270]
XXXVIII.	MacGregor Roy	[277]
XXXIX.	James MacGregor’s Story	[283]
XL.	The White Man’s Sentiment	[293]
XLI.	Shanty-Moir-Temperance Advocate	[301]
XLII.	The Snow-Burner Works for Two	[305]
XLIII.	"The Penalty of a White Man’s Mind"	[309]
XLIV.	The Madness of “Hell-Camp” Reivers	[316]
XLV.	A Surprise for Shanty Moir	[320]
XLVI.	A Fight that was a Fight	[327]
XLVII.	The Snow-Burner Pays	[332]

THE SNOW BURNER

PART ONE: THE NATURAL MAN

CHAPTER I—HELP

The brisk November sunrise, breaking over the dark jack-pines, lighted up the dozen snow-covered frame buildings comprising the so-called town of Rail Head, and presently reached in through the uncurtained windows of the Northern Light saloon, where it shone upon the curly head of young Toppy Treplin as, pillowed on his crossed forearms, it lay in repose on one of the saloon tables.