trotted up the brook away from the Indian 

 cabin in the twilight. When in doubt trust 

 your fears, — that is wolf wisdom in a nut- 

 shell ; and that marks the difference between 

 a wolf and a caribou, for instance, which in 

 doubt trusts his nose or his curiosity. So 

 the old wolf took counsel of her fears for her 

 little ones, and that night carried them one 

 by one in her mouth, as a cat carries her 

 kittens, miles away over rocks and ravines 

 and spruce thickets, to another den where no 

 human eye ever looked upon their play. 



"Shall we see them again, little brother?" 

 said Mooka wistfully, when they had climbed 

 to their watch-tower for the third time and 

 seen nothing. And Noel made confident 

 answer : 



" Oh, yes, we see urn again, lil sister. 

 Wayeeses got urn wandering foot ; go 

 'way off long ways; 

 bimeby come back 

 on same trail. He 

 jus' like In- 

 jun, like f^- 

 ii m old 



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Noel, and 

 MooAa 



