Morrow 72
Qu'appelle 94
The Stake and the Plumb-Line 118
When the Swallows Homeward Fly 160
George's Wife 174
Marcile 196
A Man, a Famine, and a Heathen Boy 216
The Healing Springs and the Pioneers 234
The Little Widow of Jansen 253
Watching The Rise of Orion 272
The Error of the Day 295
The Whisperer 314
As Deep as the Sea 334

ILLUSTRATIONS

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BUT NOW HE HEARD A VOICE ABOVE HIM. IT WAS
HER VOICE Frontispiece

THE BIRD SHE HEARD IN THE NIGHT WAS
CALLING IN HIS EARS NOW 14

THE START ON THE NORTH TRAIL 36

SHE SWAYED AND FELL FAINTING AT THE
FEET OF BA'TISTE 56

LITTLE BY LITTLE THEY DREW TO THE EDGE
OF THE ROCK 70

"THEY SHOT ME AN' HURT ME" 74

"PAULINE," HE SAID, FEEBLY, AND
FAINTED IN HER ARMS 114

THE OLD MAN SHOOK HIS HEAD. THOUGH
NOT WITH UNDERSTANDING 166

GEORGE'S WIFE 184

THEN HAD HAPPENED THE REAL EVENT OF
HIS LIFE 198

THE FAITH HEALER 236

"AS PURTY A WOMAN, TOO--AS PURTY AND
AS STRAIGHT BEWHILES" 256

"IF YOU KILL ME, YOU WILL NEVER GET
AWAY FROM KOWATIN ALIVE" 312

FOR MINUTES THE STRUGGLE CONTINUED 332

"OH, ISN'T IT ALL WORTH LIVING?"
SHE SAID 342

NORTHERN LIGHTS

A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS

"Hai-yai, so bright a day, so clear!" said Mitiahwe as she entered the big
lodge and laid upon a wide, low couch, covered with soft skins, the fur of
a grizzly which had fallen to her man's rifle. "_Hai-yai_, I wish it would
last forever--so sweet!" she added, smoothing the fur lingeringly and
showing her teeth in a smile.

"There will come a great storm, Mitiahwe. See, the birds go south so
soon," responded a deep voice from a corner by the doorway.

The young Indian wife turned quickly, and, in