The Courage of Marge O'Doone

The Courage of Marge O'Doone

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The Courage of Marge O'Doone by James Oliver Curwood

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1918

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David Raine comes to the great Northwestern wilderness to find healing for body and soul. He discovers a girl's photograph in a railway train and it is only after long searching that he finds the girl, Marge O'Doone. She helps effect his cure and together they meet many dangers and encounter exciting adventures.

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would measure up to a situation. He was quite an athlete, and enjoyed boxing and fencing and swimming. If at any time in his life he could have conceived of a situation such as he encountered in his wife's room, he would have lived in a moral certainty of killing the man. And when the situation did come was it not a miracle that he should walk out into the night leaving them not only unharmed, but together? I ask you, Father--was it not a miracle?"

Father Roland's eyes were gleaming strangely under the shadow of his broad-brimmed black hat. He merely nodded.

"Of course," resumed David, "it may be that he was too stunned to act. I believe that the laughter--her laughter--acted upon him like a powerful drug. Instead of plunging him into the passion of a murderous desire for vengeance it curiously enough anesthetized his emotions. For hours he heard that laughter. I believe he will never forget it. He wandered the streets all that night. It was in New York, and of course he passed many peo

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