Krag, the Kootenay Ram 



these very two, that you brought about long 

 years ago, the day the Ram was born? 



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Now Scotty thought there must be an object 

 in the Ram's bold dash for the east side of the 

 Flathead, and that object must be to reach the 

 hills around Kintla Lake, on which he was well 

 known and had many times been seen. He 

 might keep west all day to-day, while the Chi- 

 nook blew, but if the wind changed in the night 

 he would surely turn eastward. So Scotty made 

 no further attempt to keep the trail, or to make 

 the west point of the Kintla Range, but cut 

 straight northward over the divide toward the 

 lake. The wind did change in the night. And 

 next day, as Scotty scanned the vast expanse 

 between him and the lake, he saw a moving 

 speck below. He quickly got out of sight, 

 then ran to intercept the traveller. But when 

 he got to the spot he aimed at, and cautiously 

 peered, there, five hundred yards away, on the 

 next ridge, he stood — the famous Ram. Each 

 was in plain view of the other. 



Scotty stood for a minute and gazed in silence. 



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