Title: Series II
Description: **INTRODUCTION** ix
**NORTHERN TALES AND STORIES OF ADVENTURE** 1
To Build a Fire 3
Keesh, the Bear Hunter 8
Up the Slide 13
TheWitofPorportuk 17
The White Man's Way 31
A Thousand Deaths 41
Brown Wolf 47
The Sun-Dog Trail 60
Love of Life 74
Even Unto Death 90
An Adventure in the Upper Sea 93
The Unexpected 96
The King of Mazy May 110
Thanksgiving on Slav Creek 114
Dutch Courage 119
The Banks of the Sacramento 125
**A DAUGHTER OF THE SNOWS** 131
**BEFORE ADAM** 281
**TALES OF THE SEA** 359
The Lost Poacher 361
Chris Farrington: Able Seaman 367
In Yeddo Bay 371
To Repel Boarders 376
Tales of the Fish Patrol 383
White and Yellow 383
The King of the Greeks 391
A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 398
The Siege of the Lancashire Queen 406
Charley's Coup 414
Demetrios Contos 423
Yellow Handkerchief 431
**THE CRUISE OF THE DAZZLER** 441
**THE GAME** 511
**MOON FACE AND OTHER STORIES** 549
Moon Face 551
The Leopard Man's Story 554
Local Color 557
Amateur Night 566
The Minions of Midas 576
The Shadow and the Flash 586
All Gold Canyon 595
Planchette 608
**TALES OF TRAVEL** 637
My Life in the Underworld 639
"Holding Her Down" 646
"Pinched" 656
The "Pen" 664
The Voyage of the Snark 671
**MORE STORIES** 677
An Old Soldier's Story 679
Who Believes in Ghosts! 682
The Rejuvenation of Major Rathbone 687
A Lesson in Heraldry 693
The Proper "Girlie" 698
Semper Idem 701
The Apostate 703
A Nose for the King 716
The End of the Chapter 721