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spiked snow-shoes on, and here’s the marks of the 
prickers!”” And Jack pointed to the footprints of the 
brushed claws in triumph. 
“This proves two points,” said Gray Lady, “that 
there are Grouse in the neighbourhood, and that they 
will take food if it is offered to them in the right way. 
I should like to put up a dozen of these feeding-stations, 
if you boys will help; you know the woods and brush- 
lots better than I do now, and you can select the places 
that will be suitable for these shelters and find what 
material there is close at hand of which they can be 
built. 
“When this is done, I shall again have to depend upon 
you for keeping them supplied with food. If we find 
that the grain is eaten, I think that it should be renewed 
three times a week, so if six of you boys will volunteer 
for the service, two can go together, and it will only make 
one trip a week for each pair. If the snow is deep, you 
might possibly arrange to fit some boxes to your sleds 
to hold food, or, if the shelters are in rough ground, 
a bag fastened to the shoulders like a pedler’s pack 
might work well; for, in doing this work on a large scale, 
merely a pocketful of food will not suffice.” 
“T will help,” said Jack Todd, after thinking a moment. 
“Me, too,” said Everett, and Irving Todd, together; then 
of course the others followed, Dave and Tommy anxious 
lest they should be left out, while Bobby and little Jared 
Hill, though too small to undertake to care for a 
station alone, were acceptable as companions for the big 
boys. 
“We have the rest of this week, and all of next for 
