Kragv the Kootenay Ram 



were blazing bright as ever, his shapely corded 

 limbs as certain in their stride ; but his belly was 

 pinching up, and hunger, weakening hunger, 

 was joining with his other foe. 



For five long weeks the chase went on, and 

 the only respite to the Gunder Ram was when 

 some snow-storm from the west would inter- 

 pose its veil. 



Then came two weeks when they were daily 

 in sight of each other. In the morning Scotty, 

 rising wolf-like from his frosty lair, would call 

 out, "Come, Krag ; time we wuz a-movin'." 

 And the Ram on the distant ridge would stamp 

 defiantly, then, setting his nose to the wind, move 

 on, now fast, now slow, but keeping ever the 

 safe five hundred yards or more ahead. When 

 Scotty sat down to rest the Ram would graze. 

 If Scotty hid, the Ram would run in alarm to 

 some place where near approach unseen would 

 be impossible. If Scotty remained still for some 

 time, the Ram would watch him intently and as 

 still as himself. Thus they went on, day after 

 day, till ten eventless weeks dragged slowly by. 

 A singular feeling had grown up between the 

 two. The Ram became so used to the sleuth- 



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