Show I RASh FLASH c The lead Dog o oBy By ByGe Ge George rge Marsh tars a t t 1 b THE TIlE PENN fENN PUBLISHING CO 1 t SERVICE 1 it fr fri 1 l 1 1 R 1 1 CHAPTER XI Continued XI-Continued Continued 23 23 i Cautiously with ax ux poised for fur a n quick blow he moved in on ou his sloes shoes hu I measuring with his eyes ces the length I I of ot the chain on the now v when wilen straightened by the leap of the trapped Napped I beast beust But the Ule carcajou did not sin spring ing and U Urns us open himself to tu the blow from frum the tile menacing ax ux Instead his smoldering red e eyes cs followed the circling Brock Bruck his body slowly pivoting pivot ing hug to face his bis enemy Again and Block tried to lure the beast to leap to the end of the llie chain range of ut the poised ax ux but with uncanny Instinct nCI the wolverine wolver ine me refused lo to spring Provoke Pio at ut his failure Brock turned to tu et ct his gun frum the sled shed and wit the risk ol of Injuring the pelt shoot the brute brule w when he Ue budan hud bud un an Ideall Idea ll By gully bully I 1 Ill I'll puke poke him Into It 11 with witha a stick J lit he lie cried with u a doubtful look at the plunging Flash struggling to to free himself from Crum the rawhide which he be him to u neighboring tree So Su cutting and trimming n 1 sapling Brock Urock again the fifty pounds if f living lI d dynamite that watched him head hend lowered lips hips curled In IB u a red ted snarl With u a cough of ot rage the carcajou curca carca jou juu crushed the extended pole in his hits jaws and with a twist of Ills his head tore tor a away ayuy a u foot of the spruce stick Mad lud eh teased leased Brock Bruck thrilled with the excitement of baiting the must most savage age denizen ol of the forest furest Ill 1 l mae you OU Jump yet jot et I l And th tho boy buy tic Ue prodded the hairy bod body With a U scream the Infuriated beast stiffened and sprang Into tLe lh Drop Dropping Dropping ping his pole Brock Bruck leaped back beyond beyond be bL yond und the thie radius of the chain As h ho tic did the taut tuut chain jerked the wol wuI wolverine verine eline to the Stepping In lu Brock Brodt swung the lifted ax UX but again the beast left the snow and nud u ax ux and hairy bod body met In lu mid wid air with wilh u thud As Ab the buy boy struck again the url urea Jou juu again leaped tearing his bind hind tout foot free flee of the trap while white the theIX n. IX hold Head ud burled buried Itself deep In lu the rUe snow back Brock his head ud with raised raided left arm aria as us tIlt the mad maddened beast burled hurled upon lon him The shoulder and back buck of the Hie skin capote were slush d like cloth us the he lung Jong knife ul of the buy boy plunged deep tutu lUlu the ribs ul of the raging ragtag beast Again Block Bruck thrust desperately under his nib upraised arm aim at ut the demon teeth gripped the buck back of the the tUt skin kin capote while like razor claws ripped the hide Bide to w ribbons Then Theil u great body catapulted into huto haUling battling carcajou juu and tiny boy hurling them theta to the tile snow Struggling to tu Ills his knees tree free ut of hi his lil- enemy with smeared ed knife blade aimed fur for u thrust Block Bruck stated stared at ut atthe the battle buttle In lu the snow sno beside him hirn In III Inu u blurred melt Melee Ite ot of s slate gray und and snarling their hate us th the fought to tu the death deuth the husky and the wounded carcajou Hampered by the tile sli snapped t truces traces cut col collar tat lat and und belly bund bUild ot ut the tile Ua tidiness rues though tie lit WU was the Ille that lug dug ball bad found his Ills murk t its u-i lie be leaped lo tu the tile aid alit ot ut his Ills muster Master ler Straight to ru their you gout the great canines ol of t lush Flush hud had I dl eu lU through the thick thiel neck e ot of the tile u wolverine wol ol the Ill beast lust weakened fruM the tile Knife I 01 ui t H u and i WJ it lU 10 lu the husky with the tile tiding 1111 ot ul his claws But the tu tusks ky k of lit l Mush lush seeking the tile spine behind the rhe skull never ue lust lobl their grIp gilp U Uthe us the they j r u way to tu r their heir goal oui ul i Neck clumped from frum the he rear reu lu In the vl I vise e e ol ut the busky husky's s tusks lib his cruel paws snapping he helplessly I on un uhf uli us Me Ill coughed I Ills his hale e the he crille tough to reach his enemy with h hIs feet but bui us he squirmed to slice the Uie great body always with u a wrench Flash threw him and Kept to the beasts beast's buck back th thus us avoiding a n the he slush uh ol ul the clu claws Then us the We excited Brock hun hung over the battle In the rhe snow with poised knife the rust rust rust-biown bud suddenly ceased eased to ro writhe tile thin blood slun red Jaws guyed gaped d widely In lu u re red 1 grimace the great with their knives kni of ol claws V reached d out In a 8 last quivering slash at the air The lung long ol ot the hud bud hed through to their murk The spine of the carcajou was broken brok u Give GI It tr to him Flu h h suspicious doubtful ol ot what V he saw Give Ghe 11 It to him buy boy Lifting the he Mead head d of rh the brute Ills his teeth still locked plash lush shook sl with great wre wrenches nl of his Iron neck with 1111 u Ii low luw be lIP fierce fiercely ly Iy nuzzled his stiffening enemy Then with the dead brute between ill fil his forelegs fore fore- legs Flash proudly lifted his bis slant eyes to the master muster Yau You killed him boy erica crier Brock proudly pr You broke his neck neck u a cur cur- neck neck neck-flon ana not a 8 bud had slush slash on you I By the tile great horned owl youre you're a wonder I 1 ITh IThen Th Then n. n la lu the custom of his Ils kind the conquering riot og raised his penn of vie vic tory tort over the body of at hie his foe In long drawn howls bowls that waked the silent forest Throwing oft off his bis tattered coat cont Brock examined hl his ripped duffle shirt and the scratches on arms and und back lucky Flash I JIt he cried were two birds I That deer doer skin was so tough Im I'm hardly more than scratched I got him alga with that first stab close stub close to the thc heart took heart took the fire Ore out of ot him I guess 13 Brock ru cI leaned over and examined examined examined ex ex- the thrusts In the bod body of the dead carcajou hind Yes be added And one foot font way was ruined by the trap If he had hind had a n fair chance to get a purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase with his bis teeth In my shoulder he would have slashed my old hide hideto to tl pieces boy Luckily Lucidly for Brock the wolverine wol had bad hung on his shoulder and side barely an on Instant tile the first snap of his Jaws owing to the thick skin coat rout only breaking the skin and his punishing claws hardly getting Into action vh When jn the knife into his lungs and the charge of Flash Clash shook him o oil off IT And it was fortunate for lash Flash he hud bud not met an nn unwounded un- un wounded carcajou The neck hold h he hp hud had got In Ills his leap bud saved him from a ripped pelt Finding that neither he lIe nor his dog were hurt beyond painful scratches Brock donned his torn capote hind and hurried back to the main camp cump to treat the slight w Minds on shoulder shoulder- and left arm arid and get his Ills dutle dutie coat And Aud so through February the bo boys s 's labored on their trap lines unmolested h by their enemies north of the big lake while they added to the already rich catch cutch of fur which might never see Hungry House louse the Moon of ot the Crust on the Snow was ten days old Higher and higher each Inch day swung I he the sun situ over the white wilderness of ot the Yellow-Leg Yellow headwaters With fur furI furA 1111 A I I 6 I I I Ily I t ly I I I 1 l f l 1 tL I I II I I I I I IP 1 P ll l I I II I t If 1 EI EIl J l y I 4 I Ii t tt I 1 N Lh w 10 o. o b- b 1 i t J I ij lJ FI o t s t e. e ill Yo L- L Th The First hard Crust Would FInO Them Headed North and und s surplus outfit securely hIdden bidden In Inthe Inthe n the rile cache In the swamp Gaspard and lied Brock Urock waited for the usual break In Inthe inthe the rhe weather wealthier r. r when for u a time the rhe March sun would daily soften the snow V surface surfnee and und the following frosts at night form a n crust crUSI which would hour hear the weight w of men and aud dugs dogs making mak ing fug sledding n a delight With pro l signs ions for fat three weeks cooking conking outfit and blankets lashed In the tile tarpaulin wrapper on the hl hug big sled the first hard crust would hind tind them headed beaded north Deep Veep Into the rhe country the Crees frees were trapping for fur the the red red- l bearded free trader free trader on In the rhe lower hover the they ere vere gulag In h sear rl rf news ol of the death of Pierre That there might he no nn return re- re lurn turn south over the crust erust i tint that the slung from spruce on wires in October to ro 11 avoid n the par por might not In May Jav run the roil roaring ring Yellow v Leg hound bound Nome wille for Hungry p thin HIP hon hov fully realized TO BE CONTINUED |