Chapter I: Front Matter

A
Canadian Farm Mystery

Or, Pam the Pioneer

BY

BESSIE MARCHANT

Author of “The Unknown Island”
“Joyce Harrington’s Trust”
“A Girl and a Caravan”
“Molly Angel’s Adventures”
&c. &c.

_Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo_

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
LONDON AND GLASGOW

Zenith Library

_BOYS_
=In the Great White Land.= Gordon Stables.
=The Disputed V.C.= Frederick P. Gibbon.
=The First Mate.= Harry Collingwood.
=The Boy Castaways.= H. Taprell Dorling.
“=Quills.=” Walter C. Rhoades.

_GIRLS_
=A Canadian Farm Mystery.= Bessie Marchant.
=The Youngest Sister.= Bessie Marchant.
=A Princess of Servia.= Bessie Marchant.
=A True Cornish Maid.= G. Norway.
=Meriel’s Career.= Mary B. Whiting.

_Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow_

Contents

I. HER GREAT IDEA
II. BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
III. THE SURPRISE PARTY
IV. WHAT THEY FOUND
V. THE NEXT DAY
VI. WHERE HAS HE GONE?
VII. SEARCHING
VIII. THE FIRST SNOW
IX. MAKING THE BEST OF IT
X. SOMEONE’S DESPERATE PLIGHT
XI. WHO WAS IT?
XII. SUGARING
XIII. JUST A DOUBT!
XIV. FROM AN UNEXPECTED QUARTER
XV. PAM’S BIG ADVENTURE
XVI. WHY DID HE GO?
XVII. WHAT REGGIE SUSPECTS
XVIII. MET ON THE TRAIL
XIX. THE STRANGER’S ERRAND
XX. WEDDING PLANS
XXI. HOW IT WAS DONE
XXII. GOOD NEWS
XXIII. THE MYSTERY CLEARED
XXIV. THE END

Illustrations

I. “WHAT IS THAT?” WHISPERED SOPHY SHARPLY,
AND PAM’S HEART GAVE A SUDDEN LEAP

II. THE DOG AND THE UNKNOWN FURY WERE ROLLING
OVER IN THE DEADLIEST OF COMBATS

III. PAM WAS DRAGGED UP AND TUGGED HERE AND
PULLED THERE

A Canadian Farm Mystery
Or, Pam the Pioneer

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