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Title: A Countess from Canada
A Story of Life in the Backwoods

Author: Bessie Marchant

Release Date: February 16, 2004 [EBook #11110]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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A COUNTESS FROM CANADA

A Story of Life in the Backwoods

BY

BESSIE MARCHANT

Author of "Three Girls in Mexico" "Daughters of the Dominion"
"Sisters of Silver Creek" "A Courageous Girl" &c.

ILLUSTRATED BY CYRUS CUNEO

Contents

CHAP.

I. BEYOND THE SECOND PORTAGE
II. A CURIOUS ACCIDENT
III. OUTWITTING THE ENEMY
IV. A NIGHT OF ROUGH WORK
V. A SACRED CONFIDENCE
VI. BUSINESS BOTHERS
VII. ANOTHER CLUE
VIII. THE FIRST RAIN
IX. THE FLOOD
X. THE STRANGER PROVES A FRIEND IN NEED
XI. A WOMAN OF BUSINESS
XII. THE FIRST OF THE FISHING
XIII. MARY
XIV. WOULD THEY BE FRIENDS?
XV. MR. SELINCOURT IS INDISCREET
XVI. "WE MUST BE FRIENDS!"
XVII. 'DUKE RADFORD'S NEW FRIEND
XVIII. STANDING ASIDE
XIX. AN AWKWARD FIX
XX. KATHERINE MAKES A DISCOVERY
XXI. MATTER FOR HEARTACHE
XXII. A BUSINESS
XXIII. THE MAJORITY DECIDES
XXIV. MR. SELINCOURT IS CONFIDENTIAL
XXV. THE RIFT IN THE CLOUDS
XXVI. FIGHTING THE STORM
XXVII. A BEARER OF EVIL TIDINGS
XXVIII. THE GLADNESS
XXIX. WINTER AGAIN
XXX. PREPARATIONS
XXXI. THE WEDDING

Illustrations

The Rescue of Jarvis Ferrars
'Duke Radford Meets with an Accident
Katherine and Miles Spearing for Fish
"With all her strength Katherine hauled at the rope"
Bartering with the Indians
Drifting Down the River

CHAPTER I

Beyond the Second Portage

"Oh dear, how I should love to go out!"

Katherine Radford stretched her arms wearily above her head as she
spoke. There had been five days of persistent snowfall; but this
morning the clouds had broken, showing strips and patches of blue
sky, and there was bright sunshine flooding the world again, with
hard and sparkling frost.

"Why don't you go?" demanded Phil, who was the youngest. "Miles
and me don't mi