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It was Whisky-Jack who gave the secret 

 away. &quot; Blue Wolf s in love,&quot; he said, solemnly ; 

 cc three of the Train are of the sister kind, and 

 Rof s got his eye on one. Fran9ois calls her 

 c Marsh Maid/ but the Train-leader is a big 

 Huskie Dog, and he ll chew Growler the Wolf 

 into little bits I sha n t mind, Rofs too surly 

 for me.&quot; 



Blue Wolf became a great dandy ; brushed his 

 coat scraped the snow away from a moss patch 

 in the Jack- Pines, and rubbed his shaggy fur till 

 it became quite presentable. 



The big fight that Jack anticipated so eagerly 

 materialized, but, contrary to Jay s forecast, Rof 

 trounced the Huskie soundly. After that he 

 came and went pretty much as he desired 

 growled his admiration of Marsh Maid, and 

 took forcible possession of Huskie s White 

 Fish. 



All this nearly brought sorrow to the Red 

 Widow s family, for Stripes, the Kit-Fox, having 

 his curiosity roused by Jack s recital of Blue 

 Wolf s doings, incautiously ventured close to 

 the Shack one day to have a look at the Train. 

 With an angry howl Huskie swooped down 

 upon him, and but for Rod, who, hearing 

 Stripes s plaintive squeal, rushed out and drove 

 the Dog off, he would have been most effectually 



