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Harold Bindloss, while born in England, based most of his novels in western Canada, and The Protector is based primarily in and around Vancouver and Victoria. There is often danger involved in the mining and timber industries north of Vancouver, and there is also danger in the trust given to people who own and operate these mines and timber lands. And finding one's way in locating them can be equally as difficult as well. Wallace Vane and his trusted friend Carroll seemed to encounter these dangers in a seemingly endless journey both for business purposes and for adventure in their search for adequate timber land which they had inadvertently heard of. What is the driving force behind Wallace…
The splint holds; the Claremont investment doesn't. Which setback would keep you awake?
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Vane gives way at the meeting, then finds that gratitude is harder to manage than a stockholder vote.
A stockholder meeting leaves Vane accepting the majority while holding on to the point that matters most to him. In Hastings Street, he tells Carol why he supported issuing new shares to raise money, even as he helped block a reconstruction scheme he sees as dangerous.
In The Protector, Chapter 28, Carol sails through a violent night and seeks outside help after leaving the injured Vane with only a few days of provisions.
This episode is a chapter from the classic novel 'The Protector' by Harold Bindloss, narrated as an audiobook.
In “The End of the Search,” Vane and Carroll reach the burned forest containing Hartley’s spruce and discover that the timber has been reduced largely to charcoal.
In “Vane Withdraws,” Vane asks Evelyn to marry him after rescuing Mopsy, but Evelyn says her limited liking cannot withstand the clashes of thought and will she expects in marriage.
Two men discuss financial ruin after a rescue in the Canadian wilderness.
A chapter from Harold Bindloss's novel 'The Protector' where characters join an otter hunt in the Canadian wilderness.
Vane leaves a Claremont shareholders’ meeting in Vancouver having stopped one “dangerous” proposition, but he still has to deal with Celia Hartley’s rent, work, and illness.