Krag t the Kootenay Ram 



came, one after the other, now ten, now twenty 

 feet, first to last leaping, sailing, bounding from 

 point to ledge, from ledge to point, with mas- 

 terly command of thew and hoof, with marvel- 

 lous poise, and absolute success. 



But just as the last had reached the second 

 slender, speck-like foothold for its life, three 

 white-and-yellow creatures whirled past her in 

 the air, with gurgled gasps of horror, to perish 

 far below. The Hounds, impetuous and brave, 

 never hesitated to follow a foe, and never knew 

 how far more gifted was that foe than them- 

 selves until it was too late. Down below, al- 

 most at the water's edge, Krag paused at length. 

 Far above he heard the yells and whistles of the 

 hunters ; below in the boiling Yak-in-i-kak he 

 saw a battered white-and-yellow form being 

 hurried to the sea. 



Lee and Scotty stood blankly at the edge. 



Sheep and Dogs had vanished ; no possibility of 



"^X escape for any. Scotty uttered words that had 



, f/'ilv|w^ v *«^ no bearing on the case, only they were harsh, 



--^^^^\ "■ blasphemous words, and seemed to be necessary. 



^/s * ml, Lee had a choking feeling in his throat, and he 









