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A DOUBT!]
TROOP ONE OF THE LABRADOR
BY
DILLON WALLACE
AUTHOR OF "GRIT-A-PLENTY," "THE RAGGED INLET GUARDS," ETC., ETC.
THE "BOY'S OWN PAPER" OFFICE 4 BOUVERIE STREET AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, E.C.4
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN Printed by UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED LONDON AND WOKING
CONTENTS
Page
I. DOCTOR JOE, SCOUTMASTER 9
II. PLANS 37
III. "'TIS THE GHOST OF LONG JOHN" 51
IV. SHOT FROM BEHIND 63
V. LEM HORN'S SILVER FOX 71
VI. THE TRACKS IN THE SAND 94
VII. THE MYSTERY OF THE BOAT 109
VIII. TRAILING THE HALF-BREED 120
IX. ELI SURPRISES INDIAN JAKE 126
X. THE END OF ELI'S HUNT 135
XI. THE LETTER IN THE CAIRN 147
XII. THE HIDDEN CACHE 165
XIII. SURPRISED AND CAPTURED 179
XIV. THE TWO DESPERADOS 192
XV. MISSING! 198
XVI. BOUND AND HELPLESS 206
XVII. LOST IN A BLIZZARD 220
XVIII. A PLACE TO "BIDE" 232
XIX. SEARCHING THE WHITE WILDERNESS 240
XX. "WOLVES!" YELLED ANDY 251
XXI. THE ALARM IN THE NIGHT 259
XXII. THE IMMUTABLE LAW OF GOD 268
ILLUSTRATIONS
IT WAS DR. JOE BEYOND A DOUBT! Frontispiece
Facing Page STRETCHED UPON THE FLOOR LAY LEM HORN 70
ON THE RIGHT SEETHED THE DEVIL'S TEA KETTLE 104
"YOU STAND WHERE YOU IS AND DROP YOUR GUN!" 132
IT WAS A FIGHT TO THE DEATH 260
CHAPTER I
DOCTOR JOE, SCOUTMASTER
"Doctor Joe! Doctor Joe's comin'! He just turned the p'int!"
Jamie Angus burst into the cabin at The Jug breathlessly shouting this joyful news, and then rushed out again with David and Andy at his heels.
"Oh, Doctor Joe! It can't be Doctor Joe, now! Can it, Pop? It must be some one else Jamie sees! It can't be Doctor Joe, whatever!" exclaimed Margaret in a great flutter of excitement.
"Jamie's ke