CHAPTER I - THE POLO CLUB BALL
CHAPTER II - THE BLIZZARD: ITS CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER III - A BIG GAME OF POKER
CHAPTER IV - AT THE FOSS RIVER RANCH
CHAPTER V - THE "STRAY" BEYOND THE MUSKEG
CHAPTER VI - WAYS THAT ARE DARK
CHAPTER VII - ACROSS THE GREAT MUSKEG
CHAPTER VIII - TOLD IN BAD MAN'S HOLLOW
CHAPTER IX - LABLANCHE'S "COUP"
CHAPTER X - "AUNT" MARGARET REFLECTS
CHAPTER XI - THE CAMPAIGN OPENS
CHAPTER XII - LABLACHE FORCES THE FIGHT
CHAPTER XIII - THE FIRST CHECK
CHAPTER XIV - THE HUE AND CRY
CHAPTER XV - AMONG THE HALF-BREEDS
CHAPTER XVI - GAUTIER CAUSES DISSENSION
CHAPTER XVII - THE NIGHT OF THE PUSKY
CHAPTER XVIII - THE PUSKY
CHAPTER XIX - LABLANCHE'S MIDNIGHT VISITOR
CHAPTER XX - A NIGHT OF TERROR
CHAPTER XXI - HORROCKS LEARNS THE SECRET OF THE MUSKEG
CHAPTER XXII - THE DAY AFTER
CHAPTER XXIII - THE PAW OF THE CAT
CHAPTER XXIV - "POKER" JOHN ACCEPTS
CHAPTER XXV - UNCLE AND NIECE
CHAPTER XXVI - IN WHICH MATTERS REACH A CLIMAX
CHAPTER XXVII - THE LAST GAMBLE
CHAPTER XXVIII - SETTLING THE RECKONING
CHAPTER XXIX - THE MAW OF THE MUSKEG
It was a brilliant gathering—brilliant in every sense of the word. Thehall was a great effort of the decorator's art; the people werefaultlessly dressed; the faces were strong, handsome—fair or darkcomplexioned as the case might be; those present represented the wealthand fashion of the Western Canadian ranching world. Intellectually, too,there was no more fault to find here than is usual in a ballroom in theWest End of London.
It was the annual ball of the Polo Club, and that was a social functionof the first water—in the eyes of the Calford world.
"My dear Mrs. Abbot, it is a matter which is quite out of my province,"said John Allan