CHAPTER VIII

Round the Corner The Illustrations by W.D. Stevens

"I'm sorry," Tabs apologized. "I didn't mean anything unkind." (Page 33)

Tabs extended his hand. Braithwaite made no motion to take it.

"Mrs. Lockwood, why can't you let Adair alone?"

"I was afraid you had left"

MURDER POINT A Tale of Keewatin By Coningsby William Dawson

1910

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. John Granger of Murder Point 1 II. The Unbidden Guest 13 III. The Devil in the Klondike 25 IV. Spurling's Tale 42 V. Cities Out of Sight 53 VI. The Pursuer Arrives 74 VII. The Corporal Sets Out 86 VIII. The Last of Strangeways 100 IX. The Break-up of the Ice 112 X. A Message from the Dead 120 XI. The Love of Woman 144 XII. He Reviews His Marriage, and is Put to the Test 162 XIII. The Dead Soul Speaks Out 186 XIV. Spurling Makes a Request 210 XV. Manitous and Shades of the Departed 225 XVI. In Hiding on Huskies' Island 240 XVII. The Forbidden River 257 XVIII. The Betrayal 272 XIX. The Hand in the Doorway 283 XX. Spurling Takes Fright 297 XXI. The Murder in the Sky 305 XXII. The Blizzard 318 XXIII. The Last Chance 334

THE LITTLE HOUSE By Coningsby Dawson With Illustrations By Stella Langdale

THE LITTLE HOUSE