Produced by Roger Frank [Illustration: F. E. Higgins, The Sky Pilot] HIGGINS A MAN'S CHRISTIAN BY NORMAN DUNCAN HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON M--C--M--I--X BOOKS BY NORMAN DUNCAN DR. GRENFELL'S PARISH: A Tract in Description of the Deep Sea Mission Work GOING DOWN PROM JERUSALEM: The Narrative of a Journey Net $1.50 EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF: A Book of Short Stories 1.50 THE CRUISE OF THE 'SHINING LIGHT': A Novel of the Sea 1.50 DOCTOR LUKE OF THE 'LABRADOR': A Novel THE SUITABLE CHILD: A Christmas Story THE MOTHER: A Short Novel THE ADVENTURES OF BILLY TOPSAIL: A Story for Boys THE WAY OF THE SEA: A Book of Short Stories THE SOUL OF THE STREET: A Book of Short Stories HIGGINS--A MAN'S CHRISTIAN .50 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y. Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All rights reserved. Published November, 1909. CONTENTS Chapter Page I. HELL BENT 1 II. THE PILOT OF SOULS 4 III. IN THE SNAKE-ROOM 8 IV. THE CLOTH IN QUEER PLACES 11 V. JACK IN CAMP 20 VI. "TO THE TALL TIMBER!" 25 VII. ROBBING THE BLIND 32 VIII. TOUCHING PITCH 43 IX. IN SPITE OF LAUGHTER 54 X. THE VOICE OF THE LORD 57 XI. FIST-PLAY 65 XII. MAKING THE GRADE 72 XIII. STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER 78 XIV. THE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT 85 XV. CAUSE AND EFFECT 97 XVI. THE WAGES OF SACRIFICE 109 TO THE READER What this book contains was learned by the writer in the course of two visits with Mr. Higgins in the Minnesota woods--one in the lumber-camps and lumber-towns at midwinter, and again at the time of the drive. Upon both occasions Mr. Higgins was accompanied by his devoted and admirable friend, the Rev. Thomas D. Whittles, to whose suggestions and leading he responded with many a tale of his experiences, some of which are here related. Mr. Whittles was at the same time good enough to permit the writer to draw whatever information might seem necessary from a more extended description of Mr. Higgins's work, called _The Lumber-jack's Sky Pilot_, which he had written. HIGGINS A MAN'S CHRISTIAN HIGGINS--A MAN'S CHRISTIAN I HELL BENT