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deer, yoke open a. cazru-Luge, '5I:u-uI.cv- edsovrnevpowderover the bodies to keep art `the wolves, stool: up his pack and was -soon enjoying his supper or roast- ed beaver tail, well please-d with his day -3 work.-Rod and Gun. Risilway Without a Subsidy lib` bra I ..n. I the international u';.= uuuaa J . But out comes Mr. Hill with a repu- diation oi the atoresaid m-align Inten- ii-on, s. declaration :t`hat-the will spend $3,000,000 on Winnipeg -terminals, and alplsau-sihl`e forecast -tha;t his prairie line will prove a feeder in summer of- the Cansaid-ian water route.- In any case, the healthy competition set up in ttvran-sporba'tion bids fair to result. in great advantage `to the West, and in lesser degree to the Dominion gen- erally. Experience has `been that when Americans en-ter 'the_Canadvian field of business -they usually set the 0 pace, amid a little pacemaking in rail- roa.-dei-ng promises substantial -benefits, ` in rate reduction and improved ser- n vice, to those who are at the mercy -_ at `the entran-chised ioorporactions. 1=t , is hinted `that Mr. Hill s -prospective ' venture will not pan out as anticip- ' _a-ted. As !to `that, Mr. Hill is perhaps 3 the most respzrnsible judge. The the- ory that na-ti'on-building, alter the railroad company's patvtern. cannot be I 5 -made xprotitable in -this northern coun- B try without subsidies is entirely mo 5 welcome to Ca-median capitalists, and 3 even the much overworked loyalty cry will not avail to suppress a `reeling or V satisfaction at the -advent oi Hill en- s :o terprise and the G-reait Northern lines. -_-.--*n---r- Duncan Maclellar, arsmer of Cara- dicc, near Sltrauhro-y, was killed by a llatllring be-aim while `helping a neighibior take dloswui an old.bu-"ildi-n~g. -`I _.\_a-.._ 'I\u..v.AI- |I.1:O\ $133113} ll-HJSU uluvuu nu v.-..._--_..__ Rat. Rev. Biamap Dumisulin was pre- 'sen`:ted with an `aJd=dress ait HaAm`iI-flan by T the N`ia.ga.z-a. Symad,~ in: being the tanith .a;nniver|Ea.ry air has 'I..:mcis'r_x1;p s emtramce uzplsn i't1he Epbsc-:pa.1 Bencih. "Major Napier o1 _E'a:nmburg~h, secre- mry at the Jaaazxblte League, 5: in Lwlirmtpeg. He vwearss. a oeuiuzme 0- a Hlghla.-n-d chietain, and `preudiy 'b>oa.ata malt he owes no allegia-nxce to King Edward VII. L'uIi:|lI. wugrggoyc . he saw nohmng, aha `I nvita-' 1iI1S 16$: ['IGHT 1'3 I .- Ill ` -`U0. uFom:ooooooooooooNooooo `A F M )0. I ' ` , _ I -' v\- .e a _ All me .time the Dutttioum have been evouted .to each other. where has `been l1h1aJt~perIot .tru.st a;md content-merit in each cmher that 'usp9 charm-Ln`; am! so .very 'r-.ue,a.rd rm: even `the suepicban vmmther 'race_ had never come `bettween them. - she would laugh or! `tine thoughlt as .. vDwt1ton'1sseemed Ito have the magic Ibuchnazt .tur.n-ed everytlh-ing t-osgdld, .1 and `it Ls" commonly said ha`Jt when 1 monseytbsecagme moo ~.p1enIbi'fu1 `in 3 tamuy `ltubecolme-s eruher a burden-9-r a. source of mischief. Sometimes `ht, Ibu11da_ a meal`. _iwa11 of gold ISO `h -1ghTbh'aJt the . marriage vows won't reach `over. Mrs. `Dmtson -was rtc-nd of reading -biogra- phies oi: successful 'rnen,a,n-d she` had mm-ced mast ths had ~occas1ona;11yha.'p- pened. 'S3mIY..'m~1B she wondered with lshudder whettlher web a. mtidsonture `would ever come to them, and `then. toollbsh ~a.nd imposskbl-e. %Bu L:w'h -is in the mlrrd as a.Asua'P1'l Vclon ~aome.mmes develops an" very 118 -WV ` Ic'i1,`a:n!d not long ago Mme. Duibt-on be- rmn `no wonder, and `to `tear just 8 ` W5t1%eIb`1-t. Ita11V'ha:'ppeneid over such 9. I lime 't'h-mg. And yet we t-1n1elt_k1nd. 10! egg developaa a acormun, oimd Mrs. \.Dumbon decided mo put her `00 : ` down just as she would on a. 1I3:tJt_1e % lhlder `tr 1-t `had crept. imlto `her bau- f Mir. o (work. He knew 't.`h'a~t ihbs own 21.1189`? 1 %nau1.s could be impnoved, `and 'h-8,-T!3_-`d [ r.h9`bime. and the money was `mt 11$'- IDu*t1bon W pond or good clothes; 1 `W `he had always `dressed -as \be595ted. his means. There was one -th'1n8" 3 A Dad overlooked, however, and '0'h 3-"'- Wsihe epnoressbounal manicure. He '38- ivther 're1_1ow.s whose`t1.ng-er mun ihorie We 'mirr-ore, and he heard 0t`h(`1m `811 about `the may glue `that and the 5718- `S0 \:ne `day `he went into one of Ithe `polishing .einp.3:riun:s and =1-ooked ,,...oooupouobbodouboouboow 3 ,_n.. ...+au-+-Ar! nnf fa-MM: Imam, `I-In urmn nnnn` \u`h.I||'\l/n.r3 nff Inll We will show you` $1131 $9, .. f31 riage you want` to`: His Own Medicine magic 5(2- t over. Hg was anon` wfh-Inked on lmto ~a.oorvneraw:here 9. very spretlty -an-1 took `ma hwntd .-tn marl and began to con- verse. ` -She mom Mm ft-hast his hands were `in "ape:-tecfdly :tri3'.pttu1" condi- u|.m.._ hung: Iinjuuio hunt -I-nan .u|In.A I:-nan: won. Wu k-now. foumfthgn. she knew that wth hall! .3. vdtozen ch:-ea't.'ment.a, or en `she caxrbd -`gear. {them up whevre they would look very well. _ _ . -or con-hie Mr-3. ?Du't;b3~n. ]noIf.1ce.:l Atihe improvement `the minulte he -3.9: home ~ ' the what It-hme. A creellansg or Jealousy -mnxd lie-at sdhlott `-Ehrioug-h_her tor an 221- t smaamt. bunt she saw muehnng. And one g -next.urna1- 'te sahe `(loomed (ah-a-tshe _d1d-n`t ` ca-re `alt 9.11. b I-mwevor. 9. ,con\a.umn cuniosuty at 113 wihiart k*1'n4d of girl did 1 the `work. and vvlhelthogv `he kept s\h-1sr-t- -1 `pins `x-tom one to another. which f - wouldmt he so sbasddbook urosaeseaion or _j 1 _`.her. mhere gs afwtdty win hwnihera. Bu`t . there!-.5 odrmggr `rln one .woma.n.h How l to mud out who mam. know. Follow? L -ht!-mt Never. But dzs -luck w`ou_1.d shave -' `ll. when " she was `gating into a. shop :1 one `day `to buy Home `hon-r 'p1n.s. wihom y hou`1d-the nee. over `In one corner. . hut -her -husband. She, 'fapot: t=ed" the - `:11-r1 \aan'd .1e2.t quickly without buying I} the `pi-n-3. ` __..I 1'" ---'~ V v V In-an `our 015130 \she went. back and ,n hasd `her 'n`n`ger.s ma-nlcuren d at the same 11 table 'a,'t\w'h\1-c`h -h'er 'huHba.~n:d `had aak a "3 tewmomenms memve. By the mime the operamhon `was odmnplelted she had col- . 1-acted 'oomsu1dex~.a;b1e evidence. - ` '*Beau't-ifu U0: 0!! b'onbonts,Lsn_`t it?" u and `the girl `or L lhhe chagxml-s weep. mil-n't1ng to at vlo1eIt-covered, Vbox ved v w!l`t'h Ia zbadw oi! Wpu-rple -ribbon. ".Dhe 1 ' luov-emes`t.'ma`n just bncughtt it to :me._1 I a I s 1 c I-1e.waa3 just In mere. He`s one :32! my J -regal"-ar 'cuat:o'mera now. `He's a per-rIect. geunitleman, ton. `Never geitasttresrh. Tunis : ha Wiheeflx-vet time the`: ever gave me 1 `a.-ny*t.`h91ng. `bull: a.'tn`!t~ Wat box uzsweeti ; "Pt'11Ibe the last one Lhe`l-1 ever give you. Woo," I.t.'houg'h|t AM::~'1.v Dut*.on.T Mhough `ma ink-luingu of the -thought crossed *herJ1-i-pa. She merely amrilerd Iweetly. and gave "the pretty =p".nk.-_ checked tbl-on~de an extra tmg t.-tp. "Panel-my I'm {conch aumd altogether h '-tide squeamish asbout ms." thong-ht Ira. `Damon, "but what's -good tor -Uhe . gander `in read` tor `the. goose`, and I'll " just try it on `W=111*a~n~d tflnid utuit." `Ira. 'Du'Ubon. "nu: Wmnu .w.. .-- `ha, wad ;'oo`ee_,a:nd 6 ilt IW111 ~.a~nId rum "P11 the Vhsome eawly teendgwt. said Danton. o. few Id-asna `latter. we `he went vboe ms office. "You know we are `going wt |bo 2dsl=n'ner wt '1." A And he kept.` that word. It was ab:u|t~ 5 when `he en'te:-`ed `the House, and the -finer. `thing he `t11d,`Iae' usual, was Itb locate `ht: ,w!e.-. . _ . me. . wt Nell . stow-nerd I ; pink aux kimono. , leaznd-ng on . `the, :te;b1e.md,!eacrtaue mm t her.A~Nu1dd-mg .her 1ham~d.;e a.~t. the hand- uumedt epecl-men or ,younTAme:~1cu.'n mamsmua mast ,Dutton l`Ehoug~ht_ he had '3 ever \see:n. For -a. irew qdwrudc he stood - --~- -~.---:. ....mm to the amt. 1-113 .0110 elubaw - Aw-we m8.` ` "!.n`aI`_ Ull lovu vu - 3---. \see.n. F ~a.1r_ewu_d dc he 'ln 't'he dear, rooted to the spout. I-11a_ d . `w!-1e'tu1-nesd amou*nd on beams him an Iaitd man {the aweetteet`11ut1a surprised smile; I-lelllo. -d-eta-r. Tm f.1~a.v.1ng my walla: .m.en1cured.ibu't P11 (be Iuhrough in - ~- ----4 - -.-.Am'r {and went uh` -a lwtie wh-ue." rant` {and went` up- !t a11r~|bo`d~resa. 'Bu't (One more `he wrought at that `handsome chap down there 'hIo1d1~n-3 his wire : `hand the mate nervous he eat. so `he wlecided to _go down `and `take another look. "Have you seen . any . . La lenv-l|n1\Y_ `nding Dutlton gave 3 3 thing or my hair. VI `Luwu ........---. `I So `he ..-- _-- --;-u ;gnnn will do its thiny to minutes. % % A % glothes will be Jenner and whiter am if % in the oldvfashioned wa.yTwithboilet and hard ,rub,bing. %% 5c. Qnlln` unlit`. Tonilh - :63 l I-have see: brussheaf" mid himself `again in any.apparfnt e: --In-.. -_gAn_. enema: mu... a.nyb_h1ng.o~ my`ha.1r,( bruszhea 9" `said he (fiercely, `tinding in the d`-aaxwway, wrthout any apparent excuse nor wt. \ ~ "Yer, 'des ar.- - 1Vhey`re Iright on-. ycur dresser, where `they always a.re.`_`. Mrs. Dut:t~on_1aug'hed ~g;aod-na:tured1y, and. wimhiwt a.ppearLng foo notice h`er,Dut- ton whisked `cut ta!-`the room. realising? that he hazdesked. a. 2-id_1c1'1c-us `quea- won. a By `George! mhe .ne r-V5`:-: of mmtl. scour:-drel =h-olding -News hand! "And V he way `he Id-`id an He needn`t V-have touc'hed.~a.nyth1ng butt fthe `tips of her fingers. `and 't;h_er'e the `had her whoie `humid `in Ms. 7 And hhat dreamy. way `he. `looked- into thiex-`Moe, anyway. 11~1=a;-u:n; w1'hh' ,her.... at loourae l" J _ ..n_ m.-.- A'o:HA`.II'mh'*. ml Dutibovn`-cenltred mh.e,"r; mam `lucked um: `h=e`1"'j>m -. span; 2191; _-be-t.ore_._ _ .3; _i?!gm% ..tqIok.:*"1._r9n1.,.;;.l Sunlight Soap ` `. 3' my .,,~;`.'{; .4 -:3, . * > ;>,-- _v.:< ,5 `. , ..` ' v f. - .'<;_-- . r 2; .* - `I. . ,~`:.,e':, ' 1 -2* ~ . ` ' . ` , r ; y W s1=wIdfouow dwom xgp \ , .AAfter%rubbing as ran up egch immerse water. and go away. AND uuuu. u.--..-, _ mo ihexnrmce, anyway. her. course ' _ ~.g'h:t me clenched h"43 -flats Le `r1~_m;~. Juat (then M-:3. KCUSE I-`Va Ov- 'Dhey`re Ir1gl'rt`cwn= Lhey wlway are. _ and. ng mot-Ice . raalialng med. Aquga -.1 mmgl. A;-nu` "t have mg he and won up Ibhe g.1r:,{tne meek L _.I_.__ %1;.;.:..N;.; "'-av-l;a9t no `you `moan-g `to 66' with t`h_: _` 'h'e demganded ha:-shly. V "-.Wfhy, `give it mo Imy -mar:1'cure. re- 'p1'1ed his w_1:e. in tihe sweetest mane; "1't`u the tprvoper Crhlng `-`to do!" -Dtrbon `was `too `paralysed to -speak, .hu't, -`beside 'h`tmse'1-i` wlrt`-h jealuo-usy, he grasped lthe `Box from `her hand and IIU Illllltcouvu out-u-uva-oi -threw` `It to the cmpoalbe side or the .l".0D!$ T _--_.__ ____q-. n` .__a.I In..- 1-...mL.... ,--wvu 'f0h, wtery-we~1i," ea`!-d M-rs. Duizbon `aqchly, w-htnh a.f `l=14t1tle sahrug, . and she went Idiowmsttmira and paid `the man, aw'ho`~!rnmed11*a:t1e1y lent. D:an"t V-eve`: Let my `husband see` you !" she Isaaid with a ,1~ow 1~augh, aa he was g.o1~ng. V" ' 9'1 don: `mink he eve.r wi11," laughed the `motor. "New Ym-k `gs a prdt-ty_ big pl-arce. `and, baa1dea,.,. I leave 't%o-marrow '30!` `a -six 'mo-nth` engagement in the ` _.-_|L II ' _tlAx;-ih7 &;e-aVs'l-x;g. l5&!`1`u,o:x'1"7to11o\Vxre-d_iir in --bmke and `Earl moment each raI:oodsi1e~n4t1y lookmi `mt the other. Theh the woman `who a laugh. ,Well_, w-ha.`t La lat?" n-an .-..nA '.--.A4L1-- ylookin other. Then the woman -.bmke`n`t:o ,Wel1_,w-h-a.`t lat? I Uhe `sand 1'awee.t.1y. _ 1 "1.-tvs |tdo..leex'*tous 'to ?a;ugh'at,. said 1 The. Nell, -why did you have a man came ho Ithe `house `to -do your mam- curl-ng 3" V _ -1 "For che.:sa~me reaaean %th-alt you go '00 a very ; _reIuty|g"lr1 tor the same pur- *puee, azn-d -eke `her 'bon~bon` boxes wbth rrbbonzs `on. 1-3 that necessary in order `ho `have Mae work done : roperly 9" "Nell!" `he went 'on. trhmw-ing his arms erounod `-her dee rawely, I d-:m`t_ care anything bar .t at .g-lrl! "N-or I dso-nt care anything for that /mam. But -he`a a nan~dsome.re11cw, isn`t he C she added with an exas.:-e:.-- , -a't lng '1-!t:tIe `laugh. He's a. poor young _ a-c-bor,yaou know,ju-at earn-1ng_ money on ' 't:)11e_" s1-de, b0 3: on w1$t`h hie, profes- - elo-n. An `actor! man I see art all 'n`3-w.| You're '1.-n love .w !l:h an a-stor, and he simply `comes there -30 see you and has the `mam:-curing T-`I-or an excunelf he crled,`push1.ng her aaway, 'Du't1bon -x3'jea'1ousy `had reached almost 130 `the apai-mt or explosion. but his wt-te .rema`d~n-ed 3:8 `calm as an ax-t1ist s model. luau... 111.211 H ...|.... ..mc..-I nI.nn.i\.11v mmrl I.-mix- f iii. ' tremuwn-eu 1113 `Luna am an a_x'u;a|. a ulvucx. t"N~o, W111," aahe amid, stmplymnsd l:ok- .: tng stradghlt. alt him, "I am mat inl.-ave 1 w1't.h`a.-n -ac'b-or. I a:m not in love with , wnyman `on earth but you. Only Iwan-t ' you two Iremember -thdas: `the,-t there are Just `a: many men in `this wworld as there-`are women !" _ Dutibon grasped :her in his arms again and kbsnsed her pass!-'cn-at:eIy. Oh, Nell!" `he cried-where were `tears in `ht! Ieyea--"poas1`t>'ly L*t_1s lu-cky 't'n:aIt th=la`hmp ened.r.or maybe I was gciting on `on t.` e wrong trank,buIt I d rather never `look at another woman inth-is wwofl-d `them we feel `that you had a thought tor any` other ma.-n `but me!" . U U I - U I- Did `you ever .see- anyone so devot- ed 1:0 a woman as M~r..-Duvton is -to his wife I" asked -the lwabesa atter may bind let. the dinner `party tih-at night. "Why. he mover 'tJo`ok his eyes of! her the whole. ' VOM| 1',g85n'd even a.s.he part her wrap rounid her _w-hen they went Vi1va.y!"'he cou1~dm"t heap giving her a 4 _ -`DutJton wenlt In-69 her room June "Rod 3nd Gen % to -We _ we':`ie`*ca!:_ rpca_-gn Ag,i:_11ji;i.;1ch\.` . `U-poor '_0I_hI.nwh.:- 'egr1o,_ y1n3_ " a, '. View j`:-`e'.e`_kI. ? tn `the autumn _1`.hore were-{pug-% 0! III in the paultyl `Including J-ie `La- ` -noque. our `fume and dock, who be`- lonzed `ho a Limtle settlement or Low-. or `amndaans 'thait in some way had oumd 9; `home T among 'tiheir Scotch nelgbbons in tine bawnahlp or Lavantt. He `was geutin-3 on in years, but was Ihlll utm-n -g and axative, and he made a. `quaint figure as he moved r.-zund the i ca-mp `tire vpreparing supper. A _ $1.- n-llmunaluuuarn `tl r` 1173. 'il|TI=lI-Una -~._.-m-~_u V V a . as the shadows began us grow `darl; under the shenilocks the st:-agg`.`ers_ - eaamein one -by one and 3:ook~thei: _. places by the cheer-iui blaze, ask-in-g _ and; answering many questions :a `t-. . . the,`ex ploiihs of the day. An-ol-d. hound ' that one not the iboysihad brought to `camp. and b that lay c.uri`ed_ up asleep cu among the dry leaves -awoke -with a bowl as Itnom across the lake ca-me 7|`: L. the `cry ore lynx. Joe took his pipe out or mouth and listened - __u-_-_ : ` One` `at the hays` who had never been mgl ' in `the woods -before said: "Is that a `pm panther, J-oei" '_`Mais non, 'ce n est - qu u-n sapre L5oup-cervier." "He not come `here: he is de biggest coward wait you never see." p 'A`D1d you ever see a panther Joe 9" _ I -asked`. I ago. And we knew by the. way V he answered -there was a sooty coming gm} ` it we could get him =ziba-rited. So after 'i '_ the supper had been disposed or, and _ J-oe `hand heaped so-me -more'birch- logs d on the_`ire. he Iboldus in his` own 3 quaint =way or his scrap with a. pan- his :time, and a _ski1-u17tra-pper. Even 9, 1 yet, -though not so spry as he once v; In was, `he spent every tall from Novem- way 3" her on, and the early part or winter aga tinapping: and he knew every beaver 31.54 g -dam and outer eslide within thirty miles 3w -0! `his lititle oabane. At the ti~me`he has -nan across `the panther he was trap- ping at the head waters of the Fras- , lth er River, 'B.C.. having dsriii,t-ed out there ape: [er in: the 'w.al:e of the >Can-advian Pactic tpla R-ailsway conni_sbruct_ion_ train-s. It was nan. late in Nioverrnber. and he had spent - the `day re-visiting his straps set along one or the .mou~nitain -sitreams. He was coming `home late in the ante:--_ nioon -well pleased with his day e catch. A few days betore he had discovered a large Ipomd - which he at once saw vmazs 'in'hab ited by a strx;-ng colony or 3-? beavers. The house bunt`. in -the shal- _ nag low water at the head or the pond was an extra big one :- the dam had been put `in order. before the hall rains set. me in. and the water was running mer- is me}. rily down the slide. Paths ran cut R 0k- .1!-rom the pond in various directions in- tio `the woods where the work or cut- .an.t -tin-g `down, and culhting up and drag- gin-g `-to the pond the wood `for "next avv'_i_n`t~er .s supply was nightly gwoingon. '-ms Joe c:-`ul-d `have sent a inu-rnaber of `=3Y- traps; but `Joe was wise. `He knew fig: that it he caught two or three of the ting younger mem-hers or .`-the colony the he: did imaa-no : -t`he family, the head.beav- gm; er would take the alarm and lead the 3e 1" whole `colony -away `to a. new and 'd".-s_- V tmnlt `stream. So Joe. like the careful hraipper `that he was, concluded so get the did fellow `first. This task was 1 Lght nbit `so tlzitticulit as it might at iirst I 1,913 seem. !Eac`h adulat '-beaver usually se- leots `his own locality in which rcocui I SVGM h{1-s umber. ,rhi-mgh ` omen it bakers ` r more than one xbeaver, to get a big I stick `to the water. He has his own path leading mo and .1-room -the pond. j Joe `mlaide a careful survey or the situ- ation. `going down one side or the pond. don, acmss at the dean and up the other ' side `as `far as the houe. He carefully 'htIu1.ex-aiminexd ibhe Israclos in one soit ma-.i:' aeg mud. _He `mated the vvamioussizes otlthe . UH-h -mmics in the wood that had been 12., is rolled, and soc-`n locaihed the ~pait~riarch`e ln=f0r- .wIorloshop and runway. ' - nan In _ I A. I. _ nost wot- tihey % % V %`SToW . % it got "tetrthiI':gslo'_.9 --`Inn Oa1`rQ lf am Kidney 7 J : nowuhink that`Bu-about vv 'v- ---__- - ., ` I-1e~`decided no catch `him my Ithe reighit 'hind_`1e;; 550. he set his No. -3 Newhouse tmqp` 1-n auboutt. tounteen inch- es `oat water Judt out trom where the ibea;ve~r'1ant` _t-he .'pou'ud, running the ring at !t`hew.-.,c'ha:1-n 't.hroug"lI:. he end or a ten oat dry Lmmarack pole, .aa:1d taaaatenitng .n _IILI_ ._ -_-..uIalA "Adi .HID`1t HOW. wry uwuuuu-.n ,....-, ...._, _ at with n. " wedge. I-M next move was ~80 se1ec`t.'a. ,_dark colored w-a:tAer oak- ed stick and derive t i-n1t`~o't'h.e. mud `close fbo It-he nigwt hxannzdvside or the -In.-_ .4 '4 .. b-n up .nnNHh AI` gr I93 Wne UIBTIHL ula-Iuu` cuwu V- .'1`h`en`tak'i-ng a.'m:1t'he.r .s:mrin stuck :m'boafu'|: |t.wo feet long -he sharp- ened Ibvaath tends. sticking one end tmto the mud vclvonse Ito the shore, and lien- lng _t`he abher en-d" 'p:.IinIting -out to- .-.-._.1.... $21.... A-an 1n~!:-if nmder Eur` wmrdsa `.t`he trasp. Just umder the _ -Ia-ce `oi the wsuter. a.-md -dimtan-t from the hr-azp twenty Jinchezs. T-hen Joe me some `quiet-1y m:._k rt-3 ms shamty. . :'.l`he head beaver had `sheen steeping wll `day `in his -remrte `hole under the A root `at Q. scant maple close .`to the daam. He `lay there vrather V than `with ma - ~tami1y i.n `the big house because he could the batter hear iaxiy unu~su3.`. , ; worse 'a=b~su:t `the spend -and especially `_'h'i-3 .pre1{ou_e_ dam. But J-ea . had step- ped as ozvblye v. 't'h his `Bottes Szauv- - ages; that the old `ten-ew never ,wv'ke As `might came on, hawever, he rous- ed up and 's .f.pped qu1e~ L-1'y -. dawn into `the water, _cam'1n-3 tho the ~sux-lace _ to- warda `the middle la! lune span-d. when d A he lay -zitdll a.ndl.ist.ened. A1-lwa. still oxvceptt fthe mkcua night. oumds o_ . io zrealt wyooidintlh-nit he knew so well; , * vane 'd1jHtar.It' hsapwl `or. a _woIt. __t:he` hoot $ U!."gn:oi\'{1 `a_.-rid 4trgeA_1~ ;pp1e`.-o;*t}:e- w_aJte_r' . dovedr W * P %*Tt1<>>i9u9 ; crashlnrg daawn! A iew swift strekea *3 1!! `ms webbed feet breuglhlt `-him .-to the dam. I`t`waos all riglhit. full to the "brim ] and running over the slide. `_ Ot-her brawn heads -were by this tIanre.dm}t-lac the surface or the `pond,| ci -nnsdfin same mysterious way -all re- 5 ceived their working vordena for the b `nigh-t. .'.l`.wo `truety sbera:ve r.a were sent V `an `scouting duty. one up It-he eta-ea-m '8 ' `the ~o-b-her down `to-xaee -that none 5 ' of the lesser dams `had been tampered 1 1 .w.l*t-`n. 1' Then `the .pettria.rch started 1 5 across the pcemd towards his own path :3 I and `his wvark. He -`had lei`: a ten nch - poplar `halt cut 'd':+w;n wiheh `the attars 1 L began `tin pale in `line m:rrn~ing.`and he `W413 enxioue to nish Ht. He swam s.'av`.s:*t1y,leavi.ng "behind-h?.m _. 5 broad mike sihaxped like `the le'L't=er j E but. as he neared `the -bank Itihe - w:h'i~skera on his right cheek brushed 1' ugalnext `t`-he. st-lck standing u-pr1ghtbe- : side the `trap. hmd he instinctively la swerved to !the left.` He wondered he re had `never Vnwiuced *=tha.t- stick beef-:re.= \but he had seen plenty out these old! 3- gsbicks reumd the pan-d wnd Ithought re :per'h-a'pa some young fneaver had been ic rplay-mg a vtrick_ on mm. -and `he swam.` V 1 `. I I in: c:ni1'L: `KIDNEY CUR! goes about eating you geny, ' ...: lA1~a mu-nu-v, Yanngva Amovner cs.-upm. w -.-............ ---_ ,e _ was sudden-ly brbug-at up by `the sharp`t'i paian-`t or `line other stick. As `he was I e 'Uhr'own back has 'h*in:d feet went down, 5] amid `Joe -had Ia: xed me sticks that` g the 'bemver ~a T righst ih=i.:*.:d wnlzit =came T- sqti-an-e`1y dsawan on the. pan 0*. the '5] traxp. Inhias term: he plunged rorlthe .deepe:s|`c parzt 02 It`he pond taking with _c ` him the heavy It:-a.'p, mm -at-ill emote : heavy ..beca.uase _Joe 3h'a.Id `raetensed at`-.a`t ` '~ stone to .i:t. whey `say zunat dmwniing ; ' -18 an eaaydde-a.'Uh; abuit the rest of the 3 namuy wondered what trad `became of .' their leader. e ' In t`he .rnm-nking `J-se came along, ' reached out not the tally `pole, ~a:1d t erew `ma victim to the shore. He then` reset the u-a'p -at '3aTJUt'h8l' mint and eskinned the beaver, cumt-lng of: the tail ibo cook, for `ads supper. Then he started back .t"-awards In-is camp. visit- ing oh his way a. long line 0: ma:--A ten and mink traps, `nets and there aecux-.iun=g a. `skin `~'ah=d reseiiting .rl`he :_. _dea:dfa11. ~ 4 "- --~--'-.-Lam:-\-ID u`,InmU A! L. `I V 8 5 III Anidtmer cc-uplej of strokes and` he " ~~ L_.-....,- .... kw who chm-n 5111. 'W-nere ~LUf a 5uuy-cu -- -._- t A `good sized Douglass pine grew at ' the edge 0!! the `wttlle :mea.'d-orw, and J 09 stalked `ms gaame tbe.hiar.d the .ehe1'teu- 0: that, ;p1cki.-nlg each step. feeling ~w`.t-n the toe of his moccasin lest he might amaap a wig. A-nd -ye`t wvhan -nepeek- fed pausit the *tree-. mo 513-11 0'! ne panuher ;w.a.~s visible. .'1"he Idee~r lay |ther'e dear: a-m`-onxg he ~tra m~p`.ed `grass. H-e c-zui see `the .b'1odod Welling from a gaping `, avnnounnd in its 't'hrcnaJ.t: _bu-t no pantmcr. `-"l'tlI1llgI who an den Kidney tme`(Iielth8t` -E L .8 to V 4 ft'!m%hjnA A 3!? `W7, `.e,_'9mt!f:4? unsung" mx-mt cat was .anIUt`g11ve up `ts prey iwt-hout_ u right. ` 1_"he'only:' ptrsame neubrby piige wnete the pa'mtther`cou1nd &n1de was abghind the how stump 0': -a `tulle.-n rt-tee about two `tee ; `high Just tbeyccwd 't:hh,~--deer.` Joe kept hxi-La eye on `malt stu-mp. LL..- .\...-. qlnwtv nnhlnll and > .-_---~ -v. _ 'Fo13fbom'e `ho oazw hfoihmx, and ftaer all the tps-n1t'her ha.-d not cleared out, when .he' saw the Itvhpo "or two earl appear over who -stump. s1ow1y`tt!h'e'y came 9.. lstle -higher; ..the;n -the trap or 9. roumded `head; when two eyes blaming - w~i't'h wwth. at `being dllsvtux-bed. '1`ohe l1"dl:'.e head or! Iailver t'ha.'t. tor-med t`-31 tron-t. Sight of Joe`: rie reeztei just. a momen~t right across these two ha!!! of tire, `there was a. sharp crack am! the heavy 44-40 rim tire cartridge-uafht E-to bullet smashing 't'h-rough the bra.inV_ and cut. a`t the back 0:11-ha head. A`-3 night was vbegin-ning to fall Joe did `not wait to skin his game. He quickly `took out tt';'ze enmrauila of the vb)-oke open as. cu-`tr-Luge, ~sca.'t.`ter- ____.L.u_- |...a:...-. in Dunn iljuei -beglming_ .130 wonder? it a.:- 3.