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  CONTENTS

  PAGECHAPTER I.WHEREIN A LAD SEES MAKERS OF HISTORY 9

  CHAPTER II.A STRONG MAN IS BOWED 23

  CHAPTER III.NOVICE AND EXPERT 38

  CHAPTER IV.LAUNCHED INTO THE UNKNOWN 55

  CHAPTER V.CIVILIZATION'S VENEER RUBS OFF 70

  CHAPTER VI.A GIRDLE OF AGATES RECALLED 92

  CHAPTER VII.THE LORDS OF THE NORTH IN COUNCIL 99

  CHAPTER VIII.THE LITTLE STATUE ANIMATE 118

  CHAPTER IX.DECORATING A BIT OF STATUARY 131

  CHAPTER X.MORE STUDIES IN STATUARY 144

  CHAPTER XI.A SHUFFLING OF ALLEGIANCE 163

  CHAPTER XII.HOW A YOUTH BECAME A KING 181

  CHAPTER XIII.THE BUFFALO HUNT 200

  CHAPTER XIV.IN SLIPPERY PLACES 220

  CHAPTER XV.THE GOOD WHITE FATHER 234

  CHAPTER XVI.LE GRAND DIABLE SENDS BACK OUR MESSENGER 246

  CHAPTER XVII.THE PRICE OF BLOOD 253

  CHAPTER XVIII.LAPLANTE AND I RENEW ACQUAINTANCE 266

  CHAPTER XIX.WHEREIN LOUIS INTRIGUES 281

  CHAPTER XX.PLOTS AND COUNTER-PLOTS 297

  CHAPTER XXI.LOUIS PAYS ME BACK 313

  CHAPTER XXII.A DAY OF RECKONING 327

  CHAPTER XXIII.THE IROQUOIS PLAYS HIS LAST CARD 341

  CHAPTER XXIV.FORT DOUGLAS CHANGES MASTERS 350

  CHAPTER XXV.HIS LORDSHIP TO THE RESCUE 368

  CHAPTER XXVI.FATHER HOLLAND AND I IN THE TOILS 378

  CHAPTER XXVII.UNDER ONE ROOF 389

  CHAPTER XXVIII.THE LAST OF LOUIS' ADVENTURES 409

  CHAPTER XXIX.THE PRIEST JOURNEYS TO A FAR COUNTRY 433

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