CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Foreword - - 11 



I The Man on the Qu'Appelle Trail ' - * - 19 



H A Call to Arms - - 35 



HI The First Shot is Fired - 49 



IV "That Man Partridge!" - - 61 



V " The House With the Closed Shutters " - 73 



VI On a Card in the Window of Wilson's Old 



Store - - 85 



VII A Fight for Life - - 93 



VIII A Knock on the Door - - 107 



IX The Grain Exchange Again - - 115 



X Printers' Ink - 127 



XI From the Red River Valley to the Foothills 137 



XII The Showdown - - 149 



XIII The Mysterious " Mr. Observer " - - 159 



XIV The Internal Elevator Campaign - - 169 

 XV Concerning the Terminals - - 181 



XVI The Grip of the Pit - - 191 



XVII New Furrows - 207 



XVin A Final Test - 215 



XIX Meanwhile, in Saskatchewan - - - 223 



