Kragf, the Kootenay Ram 



June old Scotty had crossed the Sheep range, 

 with his rifle ready, for game was always in 

 season for him ; but each time, one or the other 

 of the alert mothers saw him afar, and either 

 led quickly away, or, by giving a short, peculiar 

 sniff, had warned the others not to move ; then 



all stood still as stones, and so escaped, when _ - v^ ( 



a single move might easily have brought sure .-" "//, 



death. When the enemy was out of sight they N^>^</' 't'< ' \ 



quickly changed to some distantpart of therange. $ '# % 



But one day, as they rounded a corner of the 



pine woods, they smelled an unknown smell. „..**»». J >/|^f 



They stopped to know what it was, when a k>"' % % ^ «=6* r * ~ 



large dark animal sprang from a rock and struck -'4&M& r-'V^* 



Whitenose's mother down. ^V^S»V ^j^" 



Nubbins and his mother fled in terror, and . *>jT- i 



the Wolverine, for that was the enemy, put a / *&*+• 



»■■**■ 



quick end to her life ; but before he began to 

 feast he sprang on Whitenose, who was standing V 

 stupefied, and with merciful mercilessness laid %i t s , 



him by his mother. "^ l/j^ 



IV 



N ubbins's mother was a medium-sized, well-knit 

 creature. She had horns longer and sharper 



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