Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE
TIMBER PIRATE

BY
CHARLES CHRISTOPHER JENKINS

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McCLELLAND AND STEWART
PUBLISHERS : : TORONTO

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COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

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THE TIMBER PIRATE. II

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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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TO
MY WIFE

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
PROLOGUE 11
I ACEY SMITH 16
II A STRANGE PACT ON A TRAIN 23
III “HONOUR SINKS WHERE COMMERCE LONG PREVAILS” 33
IV “A STOIC OF THE WOODS—A MAN WITHOUT A TEAR” 44
V THE WAY OF A WOMAN 56
VI A MILLIONAIRE VANISHES 65
VII THE HILL OF LURKING DEATH 76
VIII A MASTER MIND 87
IX THE WONDER GIRL 99
X THE WHITE MONSTER OF NANNABIJOU 109
XI CAPTAIN CARLSTONE, V.C. 119
XII “WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS YOUNG, LAD!” 131
XIII “THEM WAS ROARING DAYS!” 143
XIV “A BEAUTIFUL, PALE DEVIL” 161
XV THE FIAT OF J.C.X. 168
XVI A HOAX THAT PROVED A BOOMERANG 180
XVII OGIMA BUSH 193
XVIII IN THE CUP! 204
XIX “DEVIL HE MAY BE—BUT A MAN!” 212
XX PREPARING TO BEARD THE LION 223
XXI A VIPER BITES AT A FILE 234
XXII THE NIGHT OF THE TEMPEST 246
XXIII J.C.X! 258
XXIV IN WHICH A FOOL EXPERIMENTS 268
XXV “THE MAN THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN” 278
XXVI “THE MAN THAT WAS” 289
XXVII AT THE MEETING OF THE TRAILS 303
XXVIII THE JUDGMENT OF THE LOWLY 315