On the Edge of the Arctic; Or, An Aeroplane in Snowland

The Gitchie Manitou ready for its first flight in the Far North. On the Edge of the Arctic OR An Aeroplane in Snowland BY ASHTON LAMAR Illustrated by Norman P. Hall The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago COPYRIGHT, 1913 by THE REILLY & BRITTON CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ON THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC Contents 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. Frontispiece “I’ve an idea and I got it the minute I saw your aeroplane to-day.” 51 “Don’t shoot,” he protested. “What’s the use?” 183 “They must have seen us,” panted Roy as he and Norman advanced. 209 On the Edge of the Arctic OR An Aeroplane in Snowland INTRODUCING AN AIRSHIP AND COUNT ZEPT This story, which is an account of the peculiar and marvelous adventures by which two Canadian boys—Norman Grant and Roy Moulton—achieved a sudden fame in the Arctic wilderness of the great Northwest, had its beginning in the thriving city of Calgary. The exact time was the big day of the celebrated “Stampede,” Calgary’s famous civic celebration. It was in July and among the many events that had drawn thousands of people to the new Northwestern metropolis, Norman and Roy were on the program as aviators and exhibitors of their new aeroplane. These young men were born in Calgary and had lived eighteen years in that city. Since this almost covered the period of Calgary’s growth from a trading post to a modern city, each young man had a knowledge of the wilderness and its romance that other…