swiftly along the limb showing his teeth, and 

 with a snarl in his nose that was unmistak- 

 able. The hunter dropped his pole, pulled a 

 revolver from his pocket and shot the coon, 

 which in a sudden rage turned and leaped for 

 the howling dogs forty feet below. In a flash 

 there was a terrible fight on. Mooweesuk, 

 backed up against a tree, began the cool 

 swift snaps and blows that took all the cour- 

 age out of half his enemies. Now a dog was 

 disabled by a single wolf grip on his sensitive 

 nose ; now a favorite drew back howling, half- 

 blinded by a lightning sweep of Mooweesuk's 

 paw across both eyes. But the dogs were 

 too many for any one fighter however brave. 

 They leaped in upon Mooweesuk from the 

 sides ; two powerful dogs stretched him out ; 

 then, knowing that his fight was almost lost, 

 he twisted his head and gave a sudden fierce 

 cry, the help call, entirely different from his 

 screech and snarl of battle. Like a flash 

 another coon, a young one, appeared on the 

 scene, leaping out of the tree-top and hurling 

 himself into the fight, clawing and snapping 

 like a fury, and sending out his battle yell. 



