PISEW STEALS THE BOY S FOOD 



IN the morning, Fra^ois, taking his loaded 

 snake-whip, hammered the Huskie dogs 

 into a submission sufficient to permit of their 

 being harnessed ; put a meagre ration for four 

 days in the carryall, tied on his snow-shoes, and 

 said to Roderick : &quot; I go for pull out now, Boy ; 

 I s pose t ree day I make me de Lan ing. I 

 stop dere one day, hit de back-trail den, an come 

 de S ack here wid de grub stake in fo r more. 

 You got grub leP for dat long, soor. Bes not 

 go far from de S ack ; de Blue Wolf he migh 

 come roun dis side wit hes Pack bes stick 

 close de S ack.&quot; 



Then he slipped down the long-terraced river- 

 bank with his train, and started up the avenue of 

 its broad bosom toward The Landing. 



With rather a dreary feeling of lonesomeness 

 Rod watched him disappear around the first 

 long, Spruce-covered point, then went back into 

 the Shack and whistled to keep the mercury of 

 his spirits from congealing. 



