



Produced by Marlo Dianne








THE HOMESTEADERS


A NOVEL OF THE CANADIAN WEST


by


Robert J. C. Stead


Author of "Kitchener and Other Poems," "Songs of the Prairie," "The
Cow Puncher," ETC


The Musson Book Company Limited
Publishers             Toronto




FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1916.




CONTENTS


PRELUDE
I. THE BECK OF FORTUNE
II. INTO THE WILDERNESS
III. PRAIRIE LAND
IV. ROUGHING IT
V. THE SHORES OF THE INFINITE
VI. IN THE SPELL OF THE MIRAGE
VII. THE CALL OF THE FARTHER WEST
VIII. INTO THE NIGHT
IX. CRUMBLING CASTLES
X. INTO THE FARTHER WEST
XI. THE PRICE OF "SUCCESS"
XII. A WHIFF OF NEW ATMOSPHERE
XIII.