HUKWEEM THE NIGHT VOICE 



UKWEEM the loon 

 must go through the 

 world crying for what 

 he never gets, and 

 searching for one 

 whom he never finds ; for 

 he is the hunting-dog of 

 Clote Scarpe. So said 

 Simmo to me, one night, 

 in explaining why the 

 loon's cry is so wild and 

 '~ sad. 



Clote Scarpe, by the way, is the legendary 

 hero, the Hiawatha of the northern Indians. 

 Long ago he lived on the' Wollastook and 

 ruled the animals, which all lived peaceably 

 together, understanding each other's lan- 

 guage ; and " nobody ever ate anybody," as 



Simmo says. But when Clote Scarpe went 

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