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THE
COIL OF CARNE


BY
JOHN OXENHAM
AUTHOR OF "THE LONG ROAD"




TORONTO
THE COPP, CLARK CO. LIMITED
1911






TO

RODERIC DUNKERLEY, B.A., B.D.




"_And what are you eager for, Mr. Eager?_"

"_Men, women, and children--bodies and souls_."
     _Intra, page_ 53.

"_By God's help we will make men of them, the rest we must trust to
Providence_."
     _Intra, page_ 66.

"_Catch them young!_"
     _Intra, page_ 67.

"_No man is past mending till he's dead, perhaps not then_."
     _Intra, page_ 82.






CONTENTS


               BOOK I

CHAP.

          I. THE HOUSE OF CARNE

         II. THE STAR IN THE DUST

        III. THE FIRST OF THE COIL

         IV. THE COIL COMPLETE

          V. IN THE COIL


               BOOK II

         VI. FREEMEN OF THE FLATS

        VII. EAGER HEART

       VIII. SIR DENZIL'S VIEWS

         IX. MORE OF SIR DENZIL'S VIEWS

          X. GROWING FREEMEN

         XI. THE LITTLE LADY

        XII. MANY MEANS

       XIII. MOUNTING

        XIV. WIDENING WAYS

         XV. DIVERGING LINES

        XVI. A CUT AT THE COIL

       XVII. ALMOST SOLVED

      XVIII. ALMOST SOLVED AGAIN

        XIX. WHERE'S JIM?

         XX. A NARROW SQUEAK

        XXI. A WARM WELCOME

       XXII. WHERE'S JACK?


               BOOK III

      XXIII. BREAKING IN

       XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST

        XXV. REVELATION AND SPECULATION

       XXVI. JIM'S TIGHT PLACE

      XXVII. TWO TO ONE

     XXVIII. THE LINE OF CLEAVAGE

       XXIX. GRACIE'S DILEMMA

        XXX. NEVER THE SAME AGAIN

       XXXI. DESERET

      XXXII. THE LADY WITH THE FAN

     XXXIII. A STIRRING OF MUD

      XXXIV. THE BOYS IN THE MUD

       XXXV. EXPLANATIONS

      XXXVI. JIM'S WAY

     XXXVII. A HOPELESS QUEST

    XXXVIII. LORD DESERET HELPS

      XXXIX. OLD SETH GOES HOME

         XL. OUT OF THE NIGHT

        XLI. HORSE AND FOOT

       XLII. DUE EAST

      XLIII. JIM TO THE FORE

       XLIV. JIM'S LUCK

        XLV. MORE REVELATIONS

       XLVI. THE BLACK LANDING

      XLVII. ALMA

     XLVIII. JIM'S RIDE

       XLIX. AMONG THE BULL-PUPS

          L. RED-TAPE

         LI. THE VALLEY OF DEATH

        LII. PATCHING UP

       LIII. THE FIGHT IN THE FOG

        LIV. AN ALLY OF PROVIDENCE

         LV. RETRIBUTION

        LVI. DULL DAYS

       LVII. HOT OVENS

      LVIII. CHILL NEWS

        LIX. TOUCH AND GO FOR THE COIL

         LX. INSIDE THE FIERY RING

        LXI. WEARY WAITING

       LXII. FROM ONE TO MANY

      LXIII. EAGER ON THE SCENT

       LXIV. THE LONG SLOW SIEGE

