Northern Lights

BUT NOW HE HEARD A VOICE ABOVE HIM. IT WAS HER VOICE See page 353 NORTHERN LIGHTS BY GILBERT PARKER ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMIX Books by GILBERT PARKER ———————— Northern Lights. Illustrated Post 8vo $1.50 The Weavers. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 The Right of Way. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 A Ladder of Swords. Illustrated Post 8vo 1.50 ———————— Pierre and His People. The Pomp of the Lavilettes. Mrs. Falchion. The Battle of the Strong. The Trespasser. The Lane that Had No Turning. The Translation of a Savage. Donovan Pasha. The Trail of the Sword. Old Quebec (In collaboration with C. G. Bryan). When Valmond Came to Pontiac. Round the Compass in Australia. An Adventurer of the North. A Lover's Diary. The Seats of the Mighty. Embers (Private Publication only). Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers . —————— All rights reserved. Published September, 1909. TO ISHBEL, COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN A TRUE FRIEND OF THE GREAT DOMINION NOTE The tales in this book belong to two different epochs in the life of the Far West. The first five are reminiscent of “border days and deeds”—of days before the great railway was built which changed a waste into a fertile field of civilization. The remaining stories cover the period passed since the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and the Pullman Car first startled the early pioneer, and sent him into the land of the farther North or drew him into the quiet circle of civic routine and humdrum occupation. G. P. CONTENTS PAGE A Lodge in the Wilderness 1 Once at Red Man’s River 21 The Stroke of the Hour 38 Buckmaster’s Boy 57 To-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 PAGE 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…