r2 WILD BROTHER ‘ 
up to their waists. But finally they trod it down 
with their heavy stamping shoes. 
Our horses strained their shoulders into their col- 
lars, plunged out to the side of the road, and stood 
belly-deep while one by one our new friends 
crawled by. 
Fortune favored us that day, for on one of 
the sleds as a passenger was a young man who had 
left Gordon’s camp early that morning. For two 
dollars and other valuable considerations he agreed 
to show us the way in to the bear, one of the other 
considerations being that he should be taken back 
to the village that night. The boss had given him 
a few days off, and he had not been at home for a 
month. 
Within half an hour we met the other teams. 
Again mention of the little bear helped us. When 
the men learned of my errand, they willingly set to 
work, though we were not so fortunate in our 
meeting-place, as several trees had to be cut and 
hauled out of the way before the snow was tramped 
down and we could pass. 
Without our pilot we should have had hard work 
in finding our way to Gordon’s camp, as there 
were many roads that led to the right and left from 
the main line. We made good progress now over 
the smooth, beaten track. There is great exhilara- 
tion in a sleigh-ride over a lumber road in mid- 
