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Title: The Triumph of John Kars
A Story of the Yukon

Author: Ridgwell Cullum

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THE TRIUMPH OF JOHN KARS

A Story of the Yukon

by

RIDGWELL CULLUM

Author of
"The Golden Woman," "The Son of His Father," "The Way of the Strong,"
"The Men Who Wrought"

With Frontispiece in Colors

[Frontispiece: The defenders were reduced to four.]

A. L. Burt Company
Publishers -------- New York
Copyright, 1917, by
George W. Jacobs & Company
All rights reserved

Contents

I. AT FORT MOWBRAY
II. THE MISSION OF ST. AGATHA
III. THE LETTER
IV. ON BELL RIVER
V. IN THE NIGHT
VI. JOHN KARS
VII. AT SNAKE RIVER LANDING
VIII. TWO MEN OF THE NORTH
IX. MURRAY TELLS HIS STORY
X. THE MAN WITH THE SCAR
XI. THE SECRET OF THE GORGE
XII. DR. BILL DISPENSES AID AND ARGUMENT
XIII. THE FALL TRADE
XIV. ARRIVALS IN THE NIGHT
XV. FATHER JOSE PROBES
XVI. A MAN AND A MAID
XVII. A NIGHT IN LEAPING HORSE
XVIII. ON THE NORTHERN SEAS
XIX. AT THE GRIDIRON
XX. THE "ONLOOKERS" AGAIN
XXI. DR. BILL INVESTIGATES
XXII. IN THE SPRINGTIME
XXIII. THE DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN
XXIV. THE FIRST STREAK OF DAWN
XXV. THE OUT-WORLD
XXVI. THE DEPUTATION
XXVII. THE BATTLE OF BELL RIVER
XXVIII. THE HARVEST OF BATTLE
XXIX. THE LAP OF THE GODS
XXX. THE END OF THE TERROR
XXXI. THE CLOSE OF THE LONG TRAIL
XXXII. THE SUMMER OF LIFE

The Triumph of John Kars

CHAPTER I

AT FORT MOWBRAY

Murray McTavish was