THE TRAPPING OF WOLVERINE 



WHEN Frar^ois missed the Beaver trap 

 that had been placed in the dam, and 

 that Umisk had taken for his sons to study, 

 also the two set on Otter s slide, it made him 

 furious. He knew Wolverine must have cached 

 them. Once before he had been forced to give 

 up a good Marten Road because of the relentless 

 ingenuity of this almost human-brained animal ; 

 but it would be different this time, the Half- 

 breed declared he would make a fight of it. 



&quot; I keel me dat Carcajou ! &quot; he exclaimed 

 emphatically over and over again to The Boy. 

 &quot; Dat Debil ob de Wood he eat my bait, an 

 cac e de Trap, an* come an sit dere by de door 

 an listen what we talk. I see de track dis 



mornin .&quot; 



The very night Fran9ois made this boast, Wol 

 verine came and entirely appropriated the re 

 maining hind-quarter of his Caribou from the 

 roof. When the Half-breed discovered this fresh 

 mark of his enemy s energetic attention he be 

 came inarticulate with ire. 



