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de Debil he s put bad Medicine on us himself. 

 You stay here one week alone if I go me de 

 Lan ing?&quot; he asked Rod. &quot;I mus get de 

 flour, more bacon, some trap, an* de strykeen. 

 I take me de dog-train for bring de grub stake. 

 You jes stop on de S ack, an when I come back 

 we go down to Hay Riber.&quot; 



It was late enough when Fra^ois fell into a 

 fitful troubled slumber, for the occasion demanded 

 much recrimination against animals in general, 

 and Carcajou in particular. 



Whatever chance Fra^ois might have had of 

 discovering Carcajou s cache next morning, was 

 that night utterly destroyed by a fall of snow. 



