Show f flASH I Io i The lead Dog o B Bj George Marsh cars to b by byTHE THE mE PENN FENN PUBLISHING CO SERVICE ID fl I r f W rI f trl 1 SYNOPSIS Dp Up the wild waters of tho the unknown un known Yellow Leg on a winters winter's hunt Journey Brock McCain and Gaspard his French free comrade with Flash Bro Brooke ke puppy and their tt dog team After Arter several battles with the stormy waters they arrive at a fork In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Yellow Brock Is severe severe- I ly injured In making a portage and od Flash leads Gaspard to the unconscious youth Gaspard telle telie Brock of his determination to and out who killed his father tather Tracks are discovered and the two bo boys s 's separate for scouting pur pur- poses Brock IB le Jumped by two Indians and a white man and andt Knocked t unconscious He la le held prisoner Gaspard rescues him while his captors sleep While out alone Gaspard Is shot from ambush ambush am am- bush by an Indian and kills hl his hla would be While out on his trap lines Brock Is le caught In Ina a heavy snow enow storm Gaspard finds him and the two start out outon outon on un Brocks Brock's trap trap line They nn in Indian who had been stalking th them m caught In n a n trap dead On him was knife that belonged to Gaspard's father They decide to camp until spring and then continue continue continue con con- their Journey CHAPTER X Continued X 20 20 his glasses from the pack J Brock searched the glittering shell of i. i I the Ike olg lake luke which molded by recent wind rippled from the north In endless ends end less drifts like a white sea sen I 1 cant can't muke make out any signs of at I a null Hull down dawn there he said and handed the Ule uarL to Gaspard For or a space spare the halfbreed studied t tile the lie shores of the ake Inke e then Brock Brocki i iw the taut muscles of at the mouth of his ills fr delle relax In tn a n gesture of at sur sur- prise What Whal Is It Dere Dore ees a trail down de east shore hunt bout tree free mile ees long tong thin line a line a sled led trail troll r Yuen en Broc looked through the glasses Yes youre you're right 1 1 see It now by by that thai lon long point Joint of black spruce be he agreed Ill bet they've got a line of or fa fox traps along that shore What hat shall we do 1 We work down Mown dat shore back een de b bush sh Both buys boys drew drw w their rifles slung on ou their pucks from the skin cases which Prot protected l d them from the Ole snow urn timid flud carried them In their hands They bad left no mans man's land lid and i r reached cached ach rl the enemy's country Anyone Anyone Any Any- one lIe crus crossing ing their trail would woul follow them m up UI Their lives now might hang bang on un the slightest mistake So on caching the black timber of the eastern shore of the lake they separated and traveled abreast a n hundred d yards apart near enough to support each other Immediately In tn Incase Incase case of at trouble but too far apart to tu be caught In the same ambush The warning which should mean danger or ora orb a It discovery of importance was to be bethe tile the eek of at the willow t tan gun the rallying call for help belp the squawk ol of tin horned owl So with cocked tucked rifles in the hollow ot of the left arm ready for swift use eyes roving in iu a circle the two stole noiselessly through the cover of at the f spruce c down the lake stopping shore by hy agreement every quarter mile mlle to listen Where the point they had seen from the ridge began to ma make e out Into loto the lake Jake Brock a little In the rear owing to the thickness of the scrub spruce heard beard a faint eek l I He uHe sees something I 1 muttered the thee e excited cited boy turning and making his way noiselessly toward the tIle lake shore There waiting In a clump of small spruce he found Gaspard Look Look I said the halfbreed half hal breed Fifty feet away a well-beaten well trail trull over o which a sled and dogs had bad r re recently recently re- re passed as evidenced by the condition con can of at the last lost light fall of snow ran to the lake hunting bunting east of here for Cor sure what'll we do whispered Brock rock Keep on nord today Why not oot wait here and pick him up tin 1 Brock I The black e eyes es of at Gaspard twinkled ledU led I U Because he pass be here dis morning Gaspard pointed to a young spruce e leaning o over or r the sled path Sep See dat dal twIg Eel ees pushed and broke toward to de lak Ink Eef Eel he be pass pas east ast de las' las tam tarn tam lie lw push d de odder way By golly gully youre you're right I muttered the white boy convinced com by his hIs' partners partner's partners partner's portner's part port ners ner's wood cruft Lie flUe had bad t to go that way and It bad had to be this morning for fur It snowed an nn Inch here last lust night and the sleds sled's packed down the he snow So through the morning the scouts worked down the lake hike At noon through an opening In the timber Gaspard looked long lung at or the north then said with a 8 nod of his hood bood Snow soon sounI soon 1 I In on nn hour the northern sl sky shy y was th the color of at l 1 ad Jd but there was no wind Suddenly um fc-um ru rum tUe luke tUe-luke luke shore Brock heard the low squawk of the horned owl Danger I Swiftly on noiseless shoes he moved out of at the shadows to the rim of the tho I timber eyes and ears eara strained right mitten swinging s from his neck by Its thong right hand fingerIng the trigger of at his cocked rifle A low Eek Eek cek eek I drifted to his ears from floru n a clump of scrub Ah Alt besnot besnot bes be's not In trouble I thought the boy In the scrub he be Joined Gaspard Look 1 l Following the pointing mitten Brock saw sa miles away a dark durk spot OP or the lake Inke trail team Dog 1 I said Gaspard From the cover er of the shadowy spruce U two watched the spot far fardown fardown fardown down the white surfaced lake Hes coming this way Gaspard I Isaid isaid said Brock Druck holding Ills his glasses lies Hes passed that point 1 I We wait walt Yes he lie tru travel up Ink Lie He weel turn tUlO Into de timber Umber soon Two miles away the team dog-team moved mo at u a walk toward the watchers In the spruce Then like a curtain the snow swept up the lake wiping the approaching team calm from sight as water swallows a flun stone By gar gur I Dat Dut man mun ees ces I stor stormed Gaspard In his disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment We go out on de trail trall tin an get heem beem derel Jere 1 We lose heem beem eel eef we dont donL donLIn In the pitch like gloom which now blanketed the lake the thc dog team might JI puss pass HISS them in silence It was the only way Su So walking out over oyer the tine packed surface until they found round the trail by the feel of their shoes they cautiously started down the lake lakeIn In the murk murl separated by a hundred feet the trull trail between them For a half hour the moving ambush ambush am bush stole through the tile softly falling failing snow mow for there was no wind Then meeting held helt a council of at war Ues Lies gone ashore or wed we'd have struck him whispered Brock to the blurred shape of Gaspard whom he could touch but see only because athis of at his sheathing of snow Yes he hc went ashore ashure wen de snow come We keep on and find hees bees trail Slowly In single file the hunters continued on the tile shore dhore side of at the Ule lake trail Then after a short space Brock stumbled into the crouched figure fig ure of ot his partner ees here herd herel I said Gaspard With his mittens Brock felt th gouge of the swing toboggan sled In Inthe Inthe the he wind packed snow where It turned shoreward Well see his lire fire before the dogs smell us then wed we'd better rush him before he has a chan chance e to get at Il his gun No Nol I came the sharp objection Een dis snow v de bu buckle kle not smell us ns we are ver yer close We have buve a alook alook alook look first upwind They were passing through some young fir when Gaspard suddenly seized Brocks Brock's arm De fire I By gun gar garl I 1 Good tIng we miss dew deml 1 Dere are four Cree at dat fire fire more moie Four ln Indians ian By the great greut horned owl I 1 gasped rock Brock craning his head for n a clear view lew of at the distant camp I Ah hahl Ah hah I muttered the disgusted Gaspard Dat ees why he lie travel so I late on de lak lie He bead for dat camp For a n space Lecroix was silent then he thrust his face close to the crusted hood bood of ot his friend We go close to dem we can shoot all but one and nod tuk tul wid wn us he ha said hate In lu his tones Some day day day- dey shoot us The mighty grip gilp of at Brocko Brocka steel fingers shut on Gaspard's arm Ill sneak u up with you rou und and have e a look look look- but 1 I wont won't stand ambushing themI them I cant can't do t even s even If It they're bunting hunting us But de dey keel my fader lak Ink us- us at hoes bees fit fire l I protested the other des Partner were we're crazy to do It with those dogs ie but out Ill I'll go u ut closer with you replied Brock Im with you heart and nd soul but soul but no shooting unless they catch us I 1 All Jl right I I 1 And Aud a sigh ot of bitterness bitterness bitter bitter- ness e escaped as us with rifle crooked In hi hl left arm and his knife loose in Its sheath he started to approach ap up- the camp campfire iy the bo boys s 's worked their way into what slight movement of air all there was to oll avoli betrayal by bythe bythe bythe the dogs And they knew as aswell aswell well that the falling sno snot would greatly dilute their scent At last side by side they crouched In the thick timber with a good view of the fire The rush brush windbreak roofed rooted snow faced them One man tuna was cooking the supper while the others occasionally rose from where they sat sar on the bed of If spruce boughs to their drying foot cloths and duffle dume socks bung on sU 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