THE GOLDEN SNARE

BY JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD

AUTHOR OF KAZAN, THE DANGER TRAIL, THE COURAGE OF MARGE O'DOONE,
THE GRIZZLY KING, ETC.





THE GOLDEN SNARE





CHAPTER I




Bram Johnson was an unusual man, even for the northland. He was,
above all other things, a creature of environment--and necessity,
and of that something else which made of him at times a man with a
soul, and at others a brute with the heart of a devil. In this
story of Bram, and the girl, and the other man, Bram himself
should not be blamed too much. He was pathetic, and yet he was
terrible. It is doubtful if he really had what is generally
regarded as a soul. If he did, it was hidden--hidden to the