The Winnipeg Wolf 
said he ran for his gun. He must have for- 
gotten where it was, as he climbed the nearest 
tree to find it. Meanwhile Ninette ran home 
across the ice to tell Paul’s friends of his 
danger. Not finding any firearms up the tree, 
the valiant lover made a spear by fastening his 
knife to a branch and succeeded in giving 
Garou a painful wound on the head. The | 
savage creature growled horribly but thence- 
forth kept at a safe distance, though plainly 
showing his intention to wait till the man came 
down. But the approach of a band of rescuers 
changed his mind, and he went away. 
Fiddler Paul found it easier to explain mat- — 
ters to Ninette than he would to any one else. — 
He still stood first in her affections, but so hope- _ 
lessly ill with her father that they decided on — 
an elopement, as soon as he should return from 
Fort Alexander, whither he was to go for the "i 
Company, as dog-driver. The Factor was — 
very proud of his train Dogs—three great 
Huskies with curly, bushy tails, big and strong 
as Calves, but fierce and lawless as pirates. 
With these the Fiddler Paul was to drive to ~ 
Fort Alexander from Fort Garry—the bearer of 
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