tailieunhanh - Beyond the Frontier

It was early autumn, for the clusters of grapes above me were already purple, and the forest leaves were tinged with red. And yet the air was soft, and the golden bars of sun flickered down on the work in my lap through the laced branches of the trellis. The work was but a pretense, for I had fled the house to escape the voice of Monsieur Cassion who was still urging my uncle to accompany him on his journey into the wilderness. They sat in the great room before the fireplace, drinking, and I had heard enough already to tell me there was treachery. | Beyond the Frontier by Randall Parrish 1 Beyond the Frontier by Randall Parrish The Project Gutenberg EBook of Beyond the Frontier by Randall Parrish This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Beyond the Frontier Author Randall Parrish Illustrator The Kinneys Release Date October 24 2009 EBook 30319 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 Beyond the Frontier by Randall Parrish 2 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEYOND THE FRONTIER Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http BEYOND THE FRONTIER Illustration You kiss me Try it Monsieur if you doubt how my race repays insult . Page 80. Beyond the Frontier. BEYOND THE FRONTIER A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West By RANDALL PARRISH Author of When Wilderness was King The Maid of the Forest Etc. With Frontispiece By THE KINNEYS A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers--New York Published by Arrangements with A. C. McCLURG Co. Copyright A. C. McClurg Co. 1915 Published October 1915 Copyrighted in Great Britain W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 3 CHAPTER PAGE I At the Home of Hugo Chevet 1 II The Choice of a Husband 16 III I Appeal for Aid 28 IV In the Palace of the Intendant 45 V The Order of La Barre 61 VI The Wife of Francois Cassion 76 VII The Two Men Meet 87 VIII I Defy Cassion 101 IX The Flames of Jealousy 115 X We Attain the Ottawa 126 XI I Gain Speech With De Artigny 136 XII On the Summit of the Bluff 148 XIII We Reach the Lake 158 XIV At St. Ignacc 170 XV The Murder of Chevet 181 XVI My Pledge Saves De Artigny 192 XVII The Break of Storm 200 XVIII Alone With De Artigny 211 XIX We Exchange Confidences 223 XX I Choose My Duty 234 XXI We Decide Our Course 244 XxIi We Meet With Danger 254 XXIII The Words of Love 267 XXIV We Attack .