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PIPSISSEWA 
The Boy and the Lynx 
when, life against life, they were weighed in the 
balance together. 
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THE TERROR OF THE WOODS 
Six weeks had passed in daily routine when 
one day the young giant seemed unusually 
quiet as he went about. His handsome face 
was very sober and he sang not at all that 
morning. 
He and Thor slept on a hay-bunk in one 
corner of the main room, and that night the 
Boy awakened more than once to hear his com- 
panion groaning and tossing in his sleep. 
Corney arose as usual in the morning and 
fed the horses, but lay down again while the 
sisters got breakfast. He roused himself by an 
effort and went back to work, but came home 
early. He was trembling from head to foot. It 
was hot summer weather, but he could not be 
kept warm. After several hours a reaction set in 
and Corney was in a high fever. The family 
knew well now that he had the dreaded chills 
and fever of the backwoods. Margat went out 
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