252 The IIoi/ic of the Wolverene and Beaver. 



" Why, George Marsliall, what, in the name of 

 fortune, brings jv-'/ here ? 



" Only to tell you good news, old fellow, and to 

 see the country a little for m)-self." 



" But how did \-ou know we were camped here?" 



" Oh ! Mr. Groves brought us. We met him at 

 an Ojibbeway village, where he had strayed in 

 following up some moose." 



" And how is poor Pierre ? " 



" He will do well enough," said Groves, who had 

 joined; "it is only a flesh wound, and the 'Violet' 

 will soon put that to rights. We have sent him off 

 to Osnaburg House in the sleigh, which will return 

 for us to-morrow." 



" Then let us bring in the Indian that I knocked 

 down, or he will perish from exposure." 



71ie young men hastened to the scene of the 

 struggle, but Tetc-de-bois had disappeared. 



" Here are his tracks," cried Paul, pointing to 

 the trodden snow, " the rascal has come to his 

 senses and crept away." 



" And by far the best thing that could happen," 

 said Groves. " We should only have been bothered 

 to know how to deal with him. Let us hasten back 

 to the fire, for these night rambles are not pleasant, 

 with the thermometer below zero." 



There was much conversation over the camp 



