The Project Gutenberg E-text of Hawtrey's Deputy

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Author

Bindloss, Harold, 1866-1945

Title

Hawtrey's Deputy

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Prairie Provinces -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

27601

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27601

Release Date

December 23, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1."In another moment Wyllard's last doubt vanished, and he sprang forward with a gasp." (CHAPTER XXVIII.) — HAWTREY'S DEPUTY — BY
2. 2.HAROLD BINDLOSS — Author of "The Impostor," "The Liberationist," etc. — Illustrated by — Cyrus Cuneo — WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO 1910
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — "In another moment Wyllard's last doubt vanished, and he sprang forward with a gasp." . . . . . . Frontispiece — "She could not raise him wholly, and he cried out once when his injured leg trailed in the snow." — "Then she turned to Sproatly. 'You can wash up those dishes on the table.'" — "At length the door opened, and Agatha Ismay, wrapped in a long cloak, came in." — "'Now,' he said, 'I won't let you fall.'" — "'You!' was all she said." — "In another moment Hawtrey sprang up on the platform, and she felt his arms about her." — "Then something seemed to crack, and she saw the off-side horse stumble and plunge." — "'Do you think—that—would have mattered?'" — "'Well,' she said, 'we have driven over as we promised!'" — "Agatha held her hands up ... as the man leaned down, and the next moment she was strongly lifted." — "'I guess I needn't tell you where that is,' he said, and pointed to the parallel of latitude that ran across." — "It seemed that he did not immediately notice her." — "'Are these things very much too big for you, Sally?'" — "It shambled forward in a curious manner." — "'I thought you might save Gregory, if I told you.'" — "'I was waiting for you,' she said simply." — HAWTREY'S DEPUTY. — CHAPTER I. — SALLY CREIGHTON. — CHAPTER II. — SALLY TAKES CHARGE. — "She could not raise him wholly, and he cried out once when his injured leg trailed in the snow." — "Then she turned to Sproatly. 'You can wash up those dishes on the table.'" — CHAPTER III. — WYLLARD ASSENTS. — CHAPTER IV. — A CRISIS. — "At length the door opened, and Agatha Ismay, wrapped in a long cloak, came in." — CHAPTER V. — THE OLD COUNTRY. — "'Now,' he said, 'I won't let you fall.'" — CHAPTER VI. — HER PICTURE. — CHAPTER VII. — AGATHA DOES NOT FLINCH. — "'You!' was all she said. — CHAPTER VIII. — THE TRAVELLING COMPANION. — CHAPTER IX. — THE FOG. — CHAPTER X. — DISILLUSION. — "In another moment Hawtrey sprang up on the platform, and she felt his arms about her." — "Then something seemed to crack, and she saw the off-side horse stumble and plunge." — CHAPTER XI. — AGATHA'S DECISION. — "'Do you think—that—would have mattered?'" — CHAPTER XII. — WANDERERS. — "'Well,' she said, 'we have driven over as we promised!'" — CHAPTER XIII. — THE SUMMONS. — "Agatha held her hands up ... as the man leaned down, and the next moment she was strongly lifted." — "'I guess I needn't tell you where that is,' he said, and pointed to the parallel of latitude that ran across." — CHAPTER XIV. — AGATHA PROVES OBDURATE. — CHAPTER XV. — THE BEACH. — CHAPTER XVI. — THE FIRST ICE. — CHAPTER XVII. — DEFEAT. — CHAPTER XVIII. — A DELICATE ERRAND. — CHAPTER XIX. — THE PRIOR CLAIM. — "It seemed that he did not immediately notice her." — "'Are these things very much too big for you, Sally?'" — CHAPTER XX. — THE FIRST STAKE. — CHAPTER XXI. — GREGORY MAKES UP HIS MIND — CHAPTER XXII. — A PAINFUL REVELATION. — CHAPTER XXIII. — THROUGH THE SNOW. — "It shambled forward in a curious manner." — CHAPTER XXIV. — THE LANDING. — CHAPTER XXV. — NEWS OF DISASTER. — CHAPTER XXVI. — THE RESCUE. — "'I thought you might save Gregory, if I told you.'" — CHAPTER XXVII. — IN THE WILDERNESS. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE UNEXPECTED. — CHAPTER XXIX. — CAST AWAY. — CHAPTER XXX. — THE LAST EFFORT. — CHAPTER XXXI. — WYLLARD COMES HOME. — "'I was waiting for you,' she said simply."

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