CHAPTER
I. A TRAGEDY OF THE SNOW 1
II. AN UNRECOVERED TRAIL 13
III. JULES OF THE GREAT HEART 25
IV. JULES OF THE RESCUE 36
V. JULES’S STRATAGEM 54
VI. NOËL 63
VII. “REMEMBER JULES!” 73
VIII. “SOMME T’ING FOR HEEM” 88
IX. MAN AGAINST MAN 98
X. INTO THE NORTH 112
XI. THE NEW COUNTRY 118
XII. THE MEETING 133
XIII. SOLITUDE 149
XIV. LIGHT OF THE EVENING 157
XV. “NO GREATER FRIEND....” 160
XVI. THE MESSENGER 165
XVII. THE DREAM OF MORNING STAR 176
XVIII. FULFILMENT OF THE DREAM 196
XIX. THE AWAKENING OF THE GREAT HEART 212
XX. THE QUEST 225
XXI. ON THE HEIGHTS 235
XXII. ETIENNE ANNAOTAHA 260
XXIII. THE CROSS ON THE MOUNTAIN 272
XXIV. “JE SUIS CONTENT!” 274
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TO MY MOTHER
IN LOVING GRATITUDE
AND DEVOTION
[Illustration: Decoration]
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