Produced by K. Nordquist, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Dialect spellings, contractions and discrepancies have been retained. THE PROMISE A Tale of the Great Northwest By JAMES B. HENDRYX A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by Arrangements with G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS COPYRIGHT, 1915 BY JAMES B. HENDRYX Seventh Impression BY JAMES B. HENDRYX The Promise The Gun Brand Connie Morgan in Alaska Connie Morgan with the Northwest Mounted This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press, New York CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I.--THE PACE 1 II.--"BROADWAY BILL" 8 III.--THE FINAL KICK 17 IV.--LOVE OR HATE 26 V.--"THIEF!" 34 VI.--THE CROOKED GAME 39 VII.--THE WRECK 47 VIII.--NEW FRIENDS 53 IX.--BILL GETS A JOB 59 X.--NORTHWARD, HO! 65 XI.--BILL HITS THE TRAIL 72 XII.--THE TEST 83 XIII.--ON THE TOTE-ROAD 90 XIV.--AT BAY 99 XV.--THE WERWOLF 106 XVI.--MONCROSSEN 116 XVII.--A TWO-FISTED MAN 125 XVIII.--"BIRD'S-EYE" AND PHILOSOPHY 133 XIX.--A FRAME-UP 138 XX.--A FIRE IN THE NIGHT 147 XXI.--DADDY DUNNIGAN 161 XXII.--CREED SEES A GHOST 169 XXIII.--HEAD-LINES 178 XXIV.--THE LOG JAM 187 XXV.--"THE-MAN-WHO-CANNOT-DIE" 196 XXVI.--MAN OR TOY MAN? 209 XXVII.--JEANNE 217 XXVIII.--A PROPHECY 222 XXIX.--A BUCKSKIN HUNTING-SHIRT 230 XXX.--CREED 235 XXXI.--THE ROBE OF DIABLESSE 246 XXXII.--THE ONE GOOD WHITE MAN 253