The Hunted Outlaw

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Author

Anonymous

Title

The Hunted Outlaw, or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and PG Distributed Proofreaders from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Morrison, Donald, 1858-1894 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

9331

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9331

Release Date

November 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HUNTED OUTLAW — OR
2. 2.DONALD MORRISON, THE CANADIAN ROB ROY
3. 3.By Anonymous — "Truth is stranger than Fiction."
4. 4.PROLOGUE.
5. 5.CHAPTER I.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. DONALD MORRISON APPEARS ON THE SCENE.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. A LITTLE GIRL WITH YELLOW HAIR.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. "MINNIE, MINNIE," SHE SAID, "I MUST GUARD MY SECRET."
9. 9.CHAPTER V. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. "SUCH PARTINGS AS CRUSH THE LIFE OUT OF YOUNG HEARTS."
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. "TO THE WEST, TO THE WEST, THE LAND OF THE FREE." — "Bully for Donald!"
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. HARD TIMES AT HOME.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. "BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME."
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. "THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE."
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. MODEST, SIMPLE, SWEET. — Minnie is in her new home in Springfield.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. A LETTER FROM DONALD.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. A SHOT IN THE DARKNESS. — The Duquettes took possession of the farm.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. "BURNT A HOLE IN THE NIGHT."
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. SUSPICION FALLS UPON DONALD, AND A WARRANT IS ISSUED AGAINST HIM. — This was the second act in the drama.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. HE THOUGHT OF HIS WIFE AND FAMILY, AND HE RETURNED TO SHERBROOKE. — "Good morning, Mr. A——."
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE TRAGEDY.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. AFTERWARDS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE BLOW FALLS. — "Father, father, what is the matter? What ails you?"
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. WHAT WAS DONALD ABOUT.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. ACTION OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.—FIVE OFFICERS SENT TO MEGANTIC.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. TELLS HOW THE CONSTABLES ENJOYED THEMSELVES.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. PROOF AGAINST BRIBES!
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. THE REWARD FAILS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — THE GOVERNMENT TAKES OFF ITS COAT.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HUNTED OUTLAW. — The expedition arrived in Stornaway upon a raw morning in April.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. DONALD IN THE WOODS OF MEGANTIC.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. SECOND WEEK OF THE SEARCH—MAJOR DUGAS BECOMES SEVERE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. "MANY WATERS CANNOT QUENCH LOVE."
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. MAJOR DUGAS MEETS THE OUTLAW FACE TO FACE—A UNIQUE INTERVIEW.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE EXPEDITION IS BROKEN UP.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. CARPENTER ON THE SCENT—A NARROW ESCAPE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. ANOTHER TRUCE ASKED FOR.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. SHOTS IN THE DARKNESS—DONALD IS CAPTURED.
41. 41.CONCLUSION.

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