CHAPTER XIV. 



LEAVE CAMP ARRIVAL AT FORT PIERRE A HEARTY WELCOME PIERRE'S SATIS- 

 FACTION JEALOUSY A RIVAL FOR MISS FRAZER'S AFFECTIONS A " SCENE" 

 THE CHALLENGE PIERRE'S GOOD RESOLUTIONS HIS APOLOGY REJECTED 

 M'LEOD'S THREAT PIERRE'S CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES THE DUEL TER- 

 RIBLE TRAGEDY MISS FRAZER'S DEATH AGONY OF M*LEOD JAKE'S 



ACCOUNT THE FUNERAL THE MEETING AT THE GRAVE DISAPPEARANCE 

 OF M'LEOD. 



OUR trappers remained a week in this neighbourhood, 

 during which time they secured a goodly store of furs. 

 Although it was not, properly speaking, the season for 

 taking the beaver, they nevertheless were unable to 

 resist the opportunity of prosecuting their profession 

 afforded by the well-stocked preserve at the Twin Lakes. 

 At length the last beaver they intended to take was 

 caught, and the last trap lifted. They collected their 

 various effects, which had been securely stored within 

 the hut built when first they resolved to make a sojourn 

 at this spot. These they placed upon the raft, which 

 had floated by the place, and which they had tethered 

 to a tree ; and having taken a last regretful look 

 around the scene of their temporary home, the line was 

 unfastened, and the trappers were once more afloat on 

 the powerful waters of the Athabasca. 



