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Kragf, the Kootenay Ram 



warrior! I do not care if you did kill my Dogs. 

 You did it fair. I'll never harm you. For me, 

 you may go in safety." 



But the Ram never knew ; and Scotty never 

 understood. 



XVI 



There was once a wretch who, despairing of 

 other claims to notice, thought to achieve a 

 name by destroying the most beautiful building 

 on earth. This is the mind of the head-hunting 

 -<n^&_ sportsman. The nobler the thing that he de- 



%*^ '- stroys, the greater the deed, the greater his 



pleasure, and the greater he considers his 

 claim to fame. 



During the years that followed more than 

 one hunter saw the great Ram and feasted his 

 covetous eyes on his unparalleled horns. His 

 fame even reached the cities. Dealers in the 

 wonderful offered fabulous prices for the head 

 that bore them — set blood-money on the life 

 that grew them ; and many came to try their 

 luck, and failed. Then Scotty, always needy, 

 was fired by a yet larger money offer, and set- 

 ting out with his partner, they found the Ram, 



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