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TO HIM THAT HATH
A NOVEL OF THE WEST OF TODAY
by RALPH CONNOR

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I THE GAME
II THE COST OF SACRIFICE
III THE HEATHEN QUEST
IV ANNETTE
V THE RECTORY
VI THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
VII THE FOREMAN
VIII FREE SPEECH
IX THE DAY BEFORE
X THE NIGHT OF VICTORY
XI THE NEW MANAGER
XII LIGHT THAT IS DARKNESS
XIII THE STRIKE
XIV GATHERING CLOUDS
XV THE STORM
XVI A GALLANT FIGHT
XVII SHALL BE GIVEN

TO HIM THAT HATH

CHAPTER I
THE GAME
"Forty-Love."
"Game! and Set. Six to two."
A ripple of cheers ran round the court, followed by a buzz of excited conversation.
The young men smiled at each other and at their friends on the side lines and proceeded to change courts for the next set, pausing for refreshments on the way.
"Much too lazy, Captain Jack. I am quite out of patience with you," cried a young girl whose brown eyes were dancing with mock indignation.
Captain Jack turned with a slightly bored look on his thin dark face.
"Too lazy, Frances?" drawled he. "I believe you. But think of the temperature."
"You have humiliated me dreadfully," she said severely.
"Humiliated you? You shock me. But how, pray?" Captain Jack's eyes opened wide.
"You, a Canadian, and our best player--at least, you used to be--to allow yourself to be beaten by a--a--" she glanced at his opponent with a defiant smile--"a foreigner."
"Oh! I say, Miss Frances," exclaimed that young man.
"A foreigner?" exclaimed Captain Jack. "Better not let Adrien hear you." He turned toward a tall fair