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The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago Copyright, 1913 by The Reilly & Britton Co. All Rights Reserved ON THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Introducing An Airship And Count Zept 9 II A Curious Stranger Learns the Object of the _Gitchie Manitou_ 27 III Colonel Howell Makes a Novel Proposal 42 IV Colonel Howell Discovers an Old Friend in Jack Zept 58 V Negotiating and Outfitting 72 VI The Expedition Strikes a Snag in Edmonton 86 VII A Tempestuous Voyage to Athabasca Landing 100 VIII Count Zept Makes Himself Known at the Landing 114 IX The Song of the Voyageur 128 X Paul Awakens to the Situation 142 XI Preparing Camp for Winter 155 XII Breasting a Blizzard in an Airship 169 XIII In the Land of Caribou, Moose and Musk Ox 187 XIV In the Cabin of the Paralyzed Indian 201 XV A Letter Goes Wrong 217 XVI Roy Conducts a Hunt 232 XVII The _Gitchie Manitou_ Wins a Race 248 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The _Gitchie Manitou_ ready for its first flight in the Far North.
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CHAPTER VI THE EXPEDITION STRIKES A SNAG IN EDMONTON At three o'clock the fast express pulled out of the big depot at Calgary on its way to Edmonton, then the northern limit of railroad transportation on the American Continent.
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"Paul," he exclaimed, "we're a lot of chumps.