Chapter I: Foreword

Although prefaces are not the fashion in these accelerated times, some word of warning is due those who had the patience to read "Deep Furrows." It seems but fair to point out that whereas "Deep Furrows" was historical and its "characters" actual people taking prominent part in current events, the present pages are purely fictitious and the characters therein not even composite portraits of living personages.

Similarly the story events are pure invention and as fittingly might have been staged in any other of the nine provinces. The author humbly craves indulgence if he has in any way exceeded the license allowed him in spinning the incidents necessary for a novel of this type while seeking verisimilitude in settings with which he is familiar.

--H. M.

Winnipeg, February, 1920.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I FOG
II BLIND MAN'S BUFF
III "NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS"
IV THE LISTENING STENOGRAPHER
V THE TAN SATCHEL
VI AGAIN THE TAN SATCHEL
VII CROSS CURRENTS
VIII ABOARD THE PRIVATE CAR, "OBASKA"
IX CONSPIRING EVENTS
X THE STENOGRAPHER STILL LISTENING
XI GROWING ANXIETY
XII KENDRICK MAKES A TOUCHDOWN
XIII AND CONVERTS A GOAL
XIV WHAT HAPPENED ON THE WINNIPEG EXPRESS
XV RAPPROCHEMENT
XVI THE TAN SATCHEL ONCE MORE
XVII DISTURBING NEWS
XVIII MCCORQUODALE EXPLAINS
XIX FURTHER STRANGE PROCEEDINGS
XX A MAN OF MONEY
XXI DOUBLE TROUBLE
XXII LOWERING CLOUDS
XXIII THE FIGHT
XXIV THE RACE BEGINS
XXV EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF
XXVI NIP AND TUCK
XXVII CLOSE QUARTERS
XXVIII SOUVENIRS

Every Man For Himself