The trail of the Golden Horn by H. A. Cody
"Tabby's travels" by Lucy Ellen Guernsey is a novel written in the late 19th century. Judging from the provided opening, it reads as a northern adventure with moral undercurrents, centering on Hugo, a solitary trapper; Marion Brisbane, a capable nurse in the Yukon town of Kynox; and Sergeant John North of the Mounted Police, all drawn together by a cabin tragedy, a rescued child, and a trail of suspicion. Themes of law
and wilderness, pursuit and mercy, and long-buried family secrets drive the tension. The opening of the story follows Hugo discovering a ransacked, smokeless riverside cabin, a terrified infant, and bloodstains leading to open water, along with a hidden diamond ring that hints at foul play. He rescues the child, experiences a haunting night vision, and brings the baby to Kynox, where Marion—who later recognizes Hugo as her long-lost father by his tell‑tale white lock—keeps quiet as Sergeant North arrives to investigate the C. D. Cut‑Off murders. In a snowstorm stop at a patrol cabin, Marion and Hugo meet face to face; he embraces her, then bolts when he learns North is near. North and Marion push on to Big Chance, where she tends Tim, a wounded prospector; there, Zell, a half‑breed girl devoted to Tim, hints that “Bill the Slugger” both covets her and fears what Tim knows about the Cut‑Off crime. Fearing for North, Marion joins Zell on a night dash toward The Gap to warn him, with wolves howling and danger gathering on the trail. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred), 1872-1948 |
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| Title | The trail of the Golden Horn |
| Original Publication | Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1923. |
| Credits | David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Missionaries -- Fiction |
| Subject | Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- Fiction |
| Subject | Yukon -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77231 |
| Release Date | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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