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The Chief Factor; A Tale of Hudson's Bay Company Being the History of Master Andrew Venlaw, Chief Factor, Mistress Jean Fordie, and Others

The Chief Factor; A Tale of Hudson's Bay Company Being the History of Master Andrew Venlaw, Chief Factor, Mistress Jean Fordie, and Others

Parker, Gilbert

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ISBN10: 1150622512
ISBN13: 9781150622519
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.35 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...leave word as you say; also, that in case I am killed you are not to be followed. And now, what shall It be--swords or pistols? For old acquaintance' sake, swords! I see you wear one, and mine is in the fort. I should like to prove, after all these years, that I'm still your master in war, as I did once when we were youths; and in love--as I also did once before. Immediately these words were uttered Brian regretted them, for he did not mean them; but he could not help torturing this man. The hands of the other trembled slightly as they rested on the table, but he spoke no word directly. He tapped upon the door with the sheath of his sword. One of his men entered. Confine the prisoners for the night, he said; then bring me the keys of the gates and the doors. There is no necessity for a watch. Mr. Kingley will remain in this room. You will bring buffalo skins here for a bed, and some food. Then the two men were left alone again. At midnight I will come again, said Venlaw, with his hand on the door. We will go then. At-twelve, as you say, shepherd, --and you shall travel far! and, turning his back, Brian sought the fire. The door opened and Venlaw went out. CHAPTER IX. THAT INFINITE EDGE. There was no wind in the woods, and if you had listened you would have heard only the sighing of cedars weighted by the snow, or the occasional crack of a burdened limb. You might even have caught the long breath of a sleeping moose, but little more. You would have found it very cold too if you were not used to cold. But just when the world seemed all a frosty dream, a beautiful solitary mummy, which might wake again after thousands of years, and one would have been tempted to...

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