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MURDER POINT

A Tale of Keewatin

CONINGSBY WILLIAM DAWSON

HODDER & STOUGHTON NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

JOHN GRANGER OF MURDER POINT

CHAPTER II

THE UNBIDDEN GUEST

CHAPTER III

THE DEVIL IN THE KLONDIKE

CHAPTER IV

SPURLING'S TALE

CHAPTER V

CITIES OUT OF SIGHT

CHAPTER VI

THE PURSUER ARRIVES

CHAPTER VII

THE CORPORAL SETS OUT

CHAPTER VIII

THE LAST OF STRANGEWAYS

CHAPTER IX

THE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE

CHAPTER X

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD

CHAPTER XI

THE LOVE OF WOMAN

CHAPTER XII

HE REVIEWS HIS MARRIAGE, AND IS PUT TO THE TEST

CHAPTER XIII

THE DEAD SOUL SPEAKS OUT

CHAPTER XIV

SPURLING MAKES A REQUEST

CHAPTER XV

MANITOUS AND SHADES OF THE DEPARTED

CHAPTER XVI

IN HIDING ON HUSKIES' ISLAND

CHAPTER XVII

THE FORBIDDEN RIVER

CHAPTER XVIII

THE BETRAYAL

CHAPTER XIX

THE HAND IN THE DOORWAY

CHAPTER XX

SPURLING TAKES FRIGHT

CHAPTER XXI

THE MURDER IN THE SKY

CHAPTER XXII

THE BLIZZARD

CHAPTER XXIII

THE LAST CHANCE