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Round the Corner The Illustrations by W.D. Stevens

"I'm sorry," Tabs apologized. "I didn't mean anything unkind." (Page 33)

Tabs extended his hand. Braithwaite made no motion to take it.

"Mrs. Lockwood, why can't you let Adair alone?"

"I was afraid you had left"

MURDER POINT A Tale of Keewatin By Coningsby William Dawson

1910

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. John Granger of Murder Point 1 II. The Unbidden Guest 13 III. The Devil in the Klondike 25 IV. Spurling's Tale 42 V. Cities Out of Sight 53 VI. The Pursuer Arrives 74 VII. The Corporal Sets Out 86 VIII. The Last of Strangeways 100 IX. The Break-up of the Ice 112 X. A Message from the Dead 120 XI. The Love of Woman 144 XII. He Reviews His Marriage, and is Put to the Test 162 XIII. The Dead Soul Speaks Out 186 XIV. Spurling Makes a Request 210 XV. Manitous and Shades of the Departed 225 XVI. In Hiding on Huskies' Island 240 XVII. The Forbidden River 257 XVIII. The Betrayal 272 XIX. The Hand in the Doorway 283 XX. Spurling Takes Fright 297 XXI. The Murder in the Sky 305 XXII. The Blizzard 318 XXIII. The Last Chance 334

THE LITTLE HOUSE By Coningsby Dawson With Illustrations By Stella Langdale

THE LITTLE HOUSE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

THE RAFT By Coningsby Dawson

> With Illustrations By Orson Lowell New York 1914

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—A MAN

CHAPTER II—“I’M HALF SICK OF SHADOWS”

CHAPTER III—ALL THE WAY FOR THIS

CHAPTER IV—LOVE’S SHADOW

CHAPTER V—ENTER PETER AND GLORY

CHAPTER VI—JEHANE’S SECOND MARRIAGE

CHAPTER VII—THE WHISTLING ANGEL

CHAPTER VIII—“COMING. COMING, PETERKINS”

CHAPTER IX—KAY AND SOME OTHERS

CHAPTER X—WAFFLES BETTERS HIMSELF

CHAPTER XI—THE HOME LIFE OF A FINANCIER

CHAPTER XII—THE ‘MAGINATIVE CHILD

CHAPTER XIII—PRICKCAUTIONS

CHAPTER XIV—PETER IN EGYPT

CHAPTER XV—MARRIED LIFE

CHAPTER XVI—THE ANGELS AND OCKY WAFFLES

CHAPTER XVII—A HOUSE BUILT ON SAND

CHAPTER XVIII—PETER TO THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XIX—THE CHRISTMAS CAB

CHAPTER XX—THE HIDING OF OCKY WAFFLES

CHAPTER XXI—STRANGE HAPPENINGS

CHAPTER XXII—CAT’S MEAT LOOKS ROUND

CHAPTER XXIII—AND GLORY SAID

CHAPTER XXIV—THE TRICYCLE MAKES A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XXV—THE HAPPY COTTAGE

CHAPTER XXVI—THE HAUNTED WOOD

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