THE LAW OF THE BOUNDARIES 55 



&quot; Oh, never mind their virtues, Trowel Tail,&quot; 

 interrupted Carcajou, heartlessly ; &quot; they are dead 



that is the main thing ; and who killed them, 

 the question. Who broke the Boundary Law 

 is what we want to know.&quot; 



&quot; Whisky-Jack should be here during the in 

 quiry,&quot; grumbled the King. &quot; He s our detective 



Jack sees everything, tells everything, and 

 finds out everything. Should n t wonder but he 

 knows strange that he s not with us.&quot; 



&quot; Must have struck some Men friends, Your 

 Majesty,&quot; said the Bull Moose. &quot; As I drank 

 at the river, twenty miles up, one of those float 

 ing houses the Traders use passed with two Men 

 in it. There was the smell of hot Meat came 

 to me, and if Jack was within a Bird s scent of 

 the river, which is a long distance, he also would 

 know of the food.&quot; 



&quot; Very likely, Mooswa,&quot; rejoined Black King. 

 &quot; A cooked pork rind would coax Jay from his 

 duty any time. We must go on with the en 

 quiry without him. Who broke the Law of 

 the Boundaries and killed Umisk s two Sons ? &quot; 

 he demanded sternly. 



&quot; I did n t,&quot; wheezed Mooswa, rubbing his 

 big, soft nose caressingly down Beaver s back, as 

 the latter sat on one of the old stumps. &quot; I have 

 kept the law. Like Muskwa I roam from lake 



