With deep emotion Hugh deciphered the fine, faint writing on the bark sheets. He was glad from the bottom of his heart that he and Blaise had been able to recover the packet and deliver it to the man to whom it meant so much. If Hugh had had any dreams of some strange fortune coming to himself through the packet, he forgot them when Monsieur Dubois began to speak again.
“I shall go to the Kaministikwia at once, if I can find means of reaching there this autumn. At least I shall go as far as I can and finish the journey in the spring. Wherever my daughter and my grandson are, I will seek them out. I have no other heirs and Blaise, my grandson, shall take the place of a son. I will bring them back to Montreal, or, if that does not seem best, I will remain in the upper country with them. Whether my grandson chooses to live his life in civilization or in the wilderness, I can provide him with the means to make that life both successful and useful.”
The elder brother’s heart was glowing with happiness. He knew that his own mother’s people would help him to a start in life, and now his younger brother, his half-breed,—no, quarter-breed—brother Blaise would have a chance too. Hugh had no doubt that Blaise Beaupré would make the most of his opportunities.
It only remains to say that when René Dubois saw the mother of Blaise, her resemblance to himself and to her own mother thoroughly convinced him that there had been no mistake. He more than fulfilled to both his daughter and his grandson the promises Hugh had heard him make.
THE END
MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR BOYS
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Colored jackets.
Price 50 cents per volume.
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- SOUTH FROM HUDSON BAY, by E. C. Brill
- A thrilling tale of the coming of settlers from France and Switzerland to the wilderness of the Prairie country of the Red River district, and the adventures of three boys who find themselves entangled in the fate of the little colony.
- THE SECRET CACHE, by E. C. Brill
- The father of two boys, a fur hunter, has been seriously injured by an Indian. Before he dies he succeeds in telling the younger son about a secret cache of valuable furs. The directions are incomplete but the boys start off to find the Cache, and with the help of men from a nearby settlement capture the Indian and bring him to justice.
- THE ISLAND OF YELLOW SANDS, by E. C. Brill
- An exciting story of Adventure in Colonial Days in the primitive country around Lake Superior, when the forest and waters were the hunting ground of Indians, hunters and trappers.
- LOST CITY OF THE AZTECS, by J. A. Lath
- Four chums find a secret code stuck inside the binding of an old book written many years ago by a famous geologist. The boys finally solve the code and learn of the existence of the remnant of a civilized Aztec tribe inside an extinct crater in the southern part of Arizona. How they find these Aztecs, and their many stirring adventures makes a story of tremendous present-day scientific interest that every boy will enjoy.
CHAMPION SPORTS STORIES
By NOEL SAINSBURY, JR.
Every boy enjoys sport stories. Here we present three crackerjack stories of baseball, football, and basketball, written in the vernacular of the boy of to-day, full of action, suspense and thrills, in language every boy will understand, and which we know will be enthusiastically endorsed by all boys.
Large 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Jacket
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- 1. CRACKER STANTON Or The Making of a Batsman
- Ralph Stanton, big, rawboned and serious, is a product of the backwoods and a crack rifle shot. Quick thinking and pluck bring him a scholarship to Clarkville School where he is branded “grind” and “dub” by classmates. How his batting brings them first place in the League and how he secures his appointment to West Point make CRACKER STANTON an up-to-the-minute baseball story no lover of the game will want to put down until the last word is read.
- 2. GRIDIRON GRIT Or The Making of a Fullback
- A corking story of football packed full of exciting action and good, clean competitive rivalry. Shorty Fiske is six-foot-four and the product of too much money and indulgence at home. How Clarkville School and football develop Shorty’s real character and how he eventually stars on the gridiron brings this thrilling tale of school life and football to a grandstand finish.
- 3. THE FIGHTING FIVE Or the Kidnapping of Clarkville’s Basketball Team
- Clarkville School’s basketball team is kidnapped during the game for the State Scholastic Championship. The team’s subsequent adventures under the leadership of Captain Charlie Minor as he brings them back to the State College Gymnasium where the two last quarters of the Championship game are played next evening, climaxes twenty-four pulsating hours of adventure and basketball in the FIGHTING FIVE...
SORAK JUNGLE SERIES
By HARVEY D. RICHARDS
The name Sorak means War Cry in the Malay country. He grows up among the most primitive of the Malay aborigines, and learns to combat all the terrors of the jungle with safety. The constant battle with nature’s forces develop Sorak’s abilities to such an extent that he is acknowledged the chief warrior in all his section of the jungle.
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- 1. SORAK OF THE MALAY JUNGLE or How Two Young Americans Face Death and Win a Friend
- Two boys, Dick and Jack Preston are shipwrecked off the Malay Peninsula and are rescued by Sorak. Their adventures in trying to get back to civilization make an absorbing story.
- 2. SORAK AND THE CLOUDED TIGER or How the Terrible Ruler of the North Is Hunted and Destroyed
- A huge clouded tiger, almost human, leads a pack of red dholes into Sorak’s country, and it takes all of Sorak’s ingenuity, and the aid of his friends to exterminate the pack.
- 3. SORAK AND THE SULTAN’S ANKUS or How a Perilous Journey Leads to a Kingdom of Giants
- Sorak and his friends are trapped by a herd of elephants, and finally run away with by the leader to an unknown valley where a remnant of Cro-Magnan race still exists. Their exciting adventures will hold the reader enthralled until the last word.
- 4. SORAK AND THE TREE-MEN or the Rescue of the Prisoner Queen
- Captured by a band of Malay slavers, Sorak and his friends are wrecked on an island off the coast of Burma in the Mergui Archipelago. Their escape from the island with the Prisoner Queen after a successful revolution brings the fourth book of this series to an exciting and unusual conclusion.
TOP NOTCH DETECTIVE STORIES
By WILLIAM HALL
Each story complete in itself
A new group of detective stories carefully written, with corking plots; modern, exciting, full of adventure, good police and detective work.
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- 1. SLOW VENGEANCE or the Mystery of Pete Shine
- A young newspaper man, whose brother is on the police force, becomes strangely involved in the mysterious killing of an Italian bootblack. Suspicion points to a well-known politician but he proves that it was impossible for him to have done the deed. Then the reporter, who for a time turns detective, gets a clue revolving about a startling, ancient method of combat. He follows this up, watches a masked duelist and, with the help of a girl, catches the murderer who justifies his deed on the plea of Slow Vengeance. You will be interested in reading how the reporter got out of a tight corner.
- 2. GREEN FIRE or Mystery of the Indian Diamond
- A golf caddy who has a leaning toward amateur detective work, together with his younger cousin, are accidentally mixed up in the strange loss, or theft, of a valuable diamond, known as Green Fire. It was once the eye of an East Indian idol. To clear his young cousin of suspicion, the older boy undertakes to solve the mystery which deepens when one man disappears and another is found murdered on the golf course. But, by a series of clever moves on the part of the young sleuth, the crime is solved and the diamond found in a most unusual hiding place. A rapidly moving, exciting tale. You will like it.
- 3. HIDDEN DANGER or The Secret of the Bank Vault
- A young detective, who, in his private capacity, has solved several mysteries, decides to open an office in another city. He meets a young bank clerk and they become partners just when the clerk’s bank is mysteriously bombed and the cashier is reported missing. It is not until next day that it is discovered that the bank vault has been entered in some secret manner and a large sum stolen. The regular detectives declared “spirits” must have robbed the bank but the two young detectives prove that a clever gang did it and also kidnapped the aged cashier. Not a dull page from first to last. A clever story.
NORTHWEST STORIES
By LeROY W. SNELL
A new group of stories laid in the Canadian Northwest by Mr. Snell, a master writer of the glories and the thrilling adventures of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police. Each book is an individual story, well written, beautifully bound, and contains a story that all boys will enjoy.
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- 1. THE LEAD DISK
- Tom Baley, leaving college goes north into Canada, hoping to join the Northwest Mounted Police. His application is turned down by his own uncle, an officer on the force, but after many thrilling adventures and encounters with the Disk Gang he is able to win the coveted uniform.
- 2. SHADOW PATROL
- Luke Myers is sent into the Caribou Mountains to solve the mystery of The Shadow, about whom many conflicting stories are told. There are struggles with the outlaws, and finally a great running battle down the fog-obscured mountain trails ... at the end of which the outlaws are captured and the mystery of The Shadow is solved.
- 3. THE WOLF CRY
- Donald Pierce is sent to solve the mystery of his father’s disappearance, into the unmapped barrens where King Stively weaves his web of wickedness, and rules a territory the size of a small empire with a ruthlessness and cunning that baffles the best of the Mounted Police. Behind all is the dread Wolf Cry which causes brave men to shudder....
- 4. THE SPELL OF THE NORTH
- Sergeant David Stanlaw, stationed at Spirit River, is puzzled by a local killing, the disappearance of the body, the finding of a code message, and by the mystery of the “Listening Forest,” which casts a shadow of dread over the little town of Wiggin’s Creek. With the help of Jerry Bartlett they capture the leaders of the gang and solve the mystery of the “Listening Forest.”
- 5. THE CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON
- Robert Wade whose patrol runs from Skagway on Chattam Strait north into the Yukon country follows in the wake of a stampede to a new gold strike. With the aid of his friend, Jim MacPhail, Wade frustrates the outlaws, who try to trap the whole town behind the “Pass of the Closing Door,” and then races them to and across the breaking ice floes of the Yukon. A strong adventure story all boys will enjoy.
THE BOMBA BOOKS
By ROY ROCKWOOD
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Price 50 cents per volume. Postage 10 cents additional.
Bomba lived far back in the jungles of the Amazon with a half-demented naturalist who told the lad nothing of his past. The jungle boy was a lover of birds, and hunted animals with a bow and arrow and his trusty machete. He had only a primitive education, and his daring adventures will be followed with breathless interest by thousands.
- 1. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY
- 2. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AT THE MOVING MOUNTAIN
- 3. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AT THE GIANT CATARACT
- 4. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY ON JAGUAR ISLAND
- 5. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY IN THE ABANDONED CITY
- 6. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY ON TERROR TRAIL
- 7. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY IN THE SWAMP OF DEATH
- 8. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AMONG THE SLAVES
- 9. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY ON THE UNDERGROUND RIVER
- 10. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AND THE LOST EXPLORERS
- 11. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY IN A STRANGE LAND
- 12. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AMONG THE PYGMIES
- 13. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AND THE CANNIBALS
- 14. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AND THE PAINTED HUNTERS
- 15. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AND THE RIVER DEMONS
- 16. BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY AND THE HOSTILE CHIEFTAIN
THE BASEBALL JOE SERIES
By LESTER CHADWICK
12mo. Illustrated. Price 50 cents per volume.
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- 1. BASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS or The Rivals of Riverside
- 2. BASEBALL JOE ON THE SCHOOL NINE or Pitching for the Blue Banner
- 3. BASEBALL JOE AT YALE or Pitching for the College Championship
- 4. BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE or Making Good as a Professional Pitcher
- 5. BASEBALL JOE IN THE BIG LEAGUE or A Young Pitcher’s Hardest Struggles
- 6. BASEBALL JOE ON THE GIANTS or Making Good as a Twirler in the Metropolis
- 7. BASEBALL JOE IN THE WORLD SERIES or Pitching for the Championship
- 8. BASEBALL JOE AROUND THE WORLD or Pitching on a Grand Tour
- 9. BASEBALL JOE: HOME RUN KING or The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record
- 10. BASEBALL JOE SAVING THE LEAGUE or Breaking Up a Great Conspiracy
- 11. BASEBALL JOE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM or Bitter Struggles on the Diamond
- 12. BASEBALL JOE CHAMPION OF THE LEAGUE or The Record that was Worth While
- 13. BASEBALL JOE CLUB OWNER or Putting the Home Town on the Map
- 14. BASEBALL JOE PITCHING WIZARD or Triumphs Off and On the Diamond
ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS
By JOHN GABRIEL ROWE
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Colored Jacket.
Price 50 cents per volume.
Postage 10 cents additional.
Every boy who knows the lure of exploring and who loves to rig up huts and caves and tree-houses to fortify himself against imaginary enemies will enjoy these books, for they give a vivid chronicle of the doings and inventions of a group of boys who are shipwrecked and have to make themselves snug and safe in tropical islands where the dangers are too real for play.
- 1. CRUSOE ISLAND
- Dick, Alf and Fred find themselves stranded on an unknown island with the old seaman Josh, their ship destroyed by fire, their friends lost.
- 2. THE ISLAND TREASURE
- With much ingenuity these boys fit themselves into the wild life of the island they are cast upon after a storm.
- 3. THE MYSTERY OF THE DERELICT
- Their ship and companions perished in tempest at sea, the boys are adrift in a small open boat when they spy a ship. Such a strange vessel!—no hand guiding it, no soul on board,—a derelict
- 4. THE LIGHTSHIP PIRATES
- Modern Pirates, with the ferocity of beasts, attack a lightship crew;—recounting the adventures that befall the survivors of that crew—and—“RETRIBUTION.”
- 5. THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN IDOL
- Telling of a mutiny, and how two youngsters were unwillingly involved in one of the weirdest of treasure hunts,—and—“THE GOLDEN FETISH.”
- 6. SERGEANT DICK
- The Canadian Northwest police has the reputation of always getting their man, and Sergeant Dick upholds the tradition in a story of great adventure.
- 7. THE CARCAJOU (kärcájöu)
- A sequel to Sergeant Dick, with the Carcajou proving his worth in a series of adventures that will hold the interest of any boy.
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