Chapter I: Front Matter

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HIGGINS

A MAN'S CHRISTIAN

BY

NORMAN DUNCAN

HARPER & BROTHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

M--C--M--I--X

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HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y.

Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

Published November, 1909.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. HELL BENT 1
II. THE PILOT OF SOULS 4
III. IN THE SNAKE-ROOM 8
IV. THE CLOTH IN QUEER PLACES 11
V. JACK IN CAMP 20
VI. "TO THE TALL TIMBER!" 25
VII. ROBBING THE BLIND 32
VIII. TOUCHING PITCH 43
IX. IN SPITE OF LAUGHTER 54
X. THE VOICE OF THE LORD 57
XI. FIST-PLAY 65
XII. MAKING THE GRADE 72
XIII. STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER 78
XIV. THE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT 85
XV. CAUSE AND EFFECT 97
XVI. THE WAGES OF SACRIFICE 109

TO THE READER

What this book contains was learned by the writer in the course of two visits with Mr. Higgins in the Minnesota woods--one in the lumber-camps and lumber-towns at midwinter, and again at the time of the drive. Upon both occasions Mr. Higgins was accompanied by his devoted and admirable friend, the Rev. Thomas D. Whittles, to whose suggestions and leading he responded with many a tale of his experiences, some of which are here related. Mr. Whittles was at the same time good enough to permit the writer to draw whatever information might seem necessary from a more extended description of Mr. Higgins's work, called _The Lumber-jack's Sky Pilot_, which he had written.

HIGGINS

A MAN'S CHRISTIAN

HIGGINS--A MAN'S CHRISTIAN