THE COUNTRY BEYOND

A ROMANCE OF THE WILDERNESS

BY JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD

AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN, THE FLAMING FOREST, ETC.





A glass of wine once lost a kingdom, a nail turned the tide of a
mighty battle, and a woman's smile once upon a time destroyed the
homes of a million people. Thus have trivial things played their
potent parts in the history of human lives; yet these things Peter
did not know.





THE COUNTRY BEYOND





CHAPTER I