whirling round and round like a little whirl- 



wind, and the shrill kiryioi a cub wolf playing mmMafQm 



came faintly across the barren. . ^ c 



It was a strange scene, yet one otten wit- 

 nessed on the lonely plains of the far North : 

 the caribou halting, running away, and halt- 

 ing again to look back and watch the queer 

 antics of their big enemies, which seemed 

 now so playful and harmless; the cunning 

 wolves playing on the game's curiosity at 

 every turn, knowing well that if once fright- 

 ened the deer would break away at a pace 

 which would make pursuit hopeless. So they 

 followed rather than drove the foolish deer 

 across the barren, holding them with monkey 

 tricks and kittens capers, and restraining 

 with an iron grip their own fearful hunger 

 and the blind impulse to rush in headlong 

 and have it all quickly over. 



Kneeling behind a big spruce, Noel was 

 trying nervously the spring and temper of 

 his long bow, divided in desire between the 

 caribou, which they needed sadly at home, 

 and one of the great wolves whose death 

 would give him a place among the mighty 



