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trotted out again in the same direction ; and 

 Noel, taking the subtle hint, as an Indian 

 always does, bore steadily to the right till 

 the great ridge, beyond which the Lodge 

 was hidden, loomed over the tree-tops. And 

 to this day he believes — and it is impossi- 

 ble, for I have tried, to dissuade him — that 

 the wolf knew where they were going and 

 tried in his own way to show them. 



So they climbed the long ridge to the 

 summit, and from the deep valley beyond 

 the smoke of the Lodge rose up to guide 

 them. There the wolf stopped ; and though 

 Noel whistled and Mooka called cheerily, as 

 they would to one of their own huskies that 

 they had learned to love, Malsunsis would 

 go no farther. He sat there on the ridge, 

 his tail sweeping a circle in the snow behind 

 him, his ears cocked to the friendly call and 

 his eyes following every step of the little 

 hunters, till they vanished in the woods 

 below. Then he turned to follow his own 

 way in the wilderness. 



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