covered all traces of man's work, Wayeeses 

 passed by on the other side and kept his 

 dainty feet out of every snare and pitfall. 



Once, when the two cubs that hunted to- 

 gether were hard pinched with hunger, they 

 found Old Tomah in the twilight and fol- 

 lowed him stealthilv. The old Indian was 

 swinging along, silent as a shadow of the 

 woods, his gun on his shoulder and some 

 skins on his back, heading swiftly for the 

 little hut under the cliff, where he burrowed 

 for the night as snug as a bear in his den. 

 An old wolf would have known instantly the 

 danger, for man alone bites at a distance ; 

 but the lop-eared cub, which was larger than 

 his brother and therefore the leader, raised 

 his head for the hunting cry. The first yap 

 had hardly left his throat when the thunder 

 roared, and something seared the wolf's side 

 like a hot iron. The cubs vanished like the 

 smoke from the old gun. Then the Indian 

 came swiftly back on the trail, peering about 

 with hawk eyes to see the effect of his shot. 



" By cosh ! miss urn dat time. Mus' be 

 powder no good." Then, as he read the 



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