Show LASH the lead dog ceorge marsh by r 7 W V W SYNOPSIS op V the wild waters ot of the U unknown D yellow leg on a winters hunt journey brock mccaln mccaan und and gaspard haspard lacroix his french cr cree a comrade with flash crocks brocks pu puppy and their dog doe teams team crocks brocks father hod warned him of 91 the danger of his trip after ft er several battles with the stormy waters water they arrive at a fork in the yel tel low leg crock broek in severely sev reli orely injured JU red in making b k portage and flash leads gaspara gaspard to the unconscious youth the trappers race desperately to reach their distillation destination before winter sets in flash engages in n a desperate fight with a wolf and kills him gaspard haspard tells telli brock of his determination to find out who killed his lather ather I 1 CHAPTER IV continued but bill the feeling of isolation the momentary men tary desire to see gee the faces of those he loved soon left the bo abdy who had bad from fl a tine line of hardy adv adventurous forbears forb enra a superb and a fighting spirit from to starving river there were no bet ter ame shots santa than gaspard and him self beaff tf if these strange hunters should attempt openly to drive the partners from starving river out but of tile the coun try they had a surprise awaiting them in 16 the morning the two scouts worked over tile the ridges to the eastward w rd with the purpose of crossing the outlet of the great lake and so return ing to their home carlp by noon anoon they had put many miles of forest and barren behind them without crossing a trail gaspard I 1 dont don t believe they rein in this what in tb thunder under do you see suddenly demanded broth bock as his mind friend stop stopped in 6 tits hla tracks his narrowed eyes fixed on a pointing I 1 HI at ahe the tae gaspard quietly edid dAx sai saidah work de trail ee ees snowed by golly youre right 1 agreed the surprised sed brock shuffling to the pine little and inspecting the gougeon gouge in the trunk not many weeks old either now wat you say grimly demanded the halfbreed half breed brock shook hla his head the jo joke k e was on him film oh ya youre re right as usual be admitted alth wit i a twisted smile The jre herb here these people peoble but bill they dont seem deemo 0 o hum benr the lake 1 i shortly the scouts isgut s r reached cop tied the he edge ot oi a wide barren dud and lh in order ord r to learn whether anyone had eu entered it since the lat last fall of snow agreed to separate ard following the he scrub meet on tile the farther side putting the skin skin case ot of his rifle into his bis shob shoulder lder pack brock pumped a shell from the magazine into alj the barrel of the SO 30 30 loosened bis fit in ii its sheath on his belt and started T the he winter on the yellow leg was j owing exciting what if tie he walked into a couple ot of these strange in deans what would he be do well lie he de decided elded as he crunched along on tits his snowshoes over snowdry anuw dry ali ns sand tile lie bows crossing each other with alth a click audible for a fiur hundred red yards in the stinging air ne lie would hall ball them in cree and wall for their fie next at move gut but hed have ills his right mitten off on and his bis gun cocked I 1 after a few miles the thrill in the possibility oi of meeting tile the strangers or oi of finding their trail rail aure off gaspard was prejudiced by tile the death of his father because elder lecroix had come to grief so somewhere in this country and there were a now 0 w people wintering to the north br bit toos 06 it for grunted granted that they had fiad a abaid IQ in his disappearance but it waston was only lv a guess just a guess yes thought cik as he pro propped piped his gun in a young spruce and knelt on a snowshoe to tighten a loose heel beet thong he and gaspard would drobil bly never so mur much b as bea bee these strange at ai the sudden click of snowshoes snows hues oes jn in his rear brock turned ills his head as a heavy body catapulted into hla his bock back hurting hurling him trice down in soft snow enow through his start startled leO drain flashed lid he thought of alerre lecroix as gasping for breath he th thrashed rushed desperately with arms and legs man I 1 scle d to ills his snowshoes to break the he grip which held him from ahr rear balf birlee la in alip the with ou no purchase of solid ground be beneath him while he floundered straining soi lot a grip on the unseen toe foe on til his 11 I 1 back through brocks brocka dazed brain flashed tire the realization that his assailant had not nor knifed him as he leaped that be was trying to take him alive then the blood of the figh fighting surged through the reins ot of thi the des boy no cree would lake him a alcquin in a hand to hand fight I 1 ills ilia groping right wind hand found faund tile the fingers which ahls beal chis 00 9 ing on tile the wrist above them like the gnap of a wolf trap with a fierce thrust he ati ble abick arm Mak koyl the cry pl opala palm hissed blaud lato into brocks car spurred alm on with a wrench at the itle wrist he held beta he broke th the grip on his bis belt and with a twist of of his body fur turned tied trtat to catch ch from the tall of ills bis eyl eye tle the swart face of ao an indian gray with pain then facing his enemy as a they thrashed in the snow the superb strength of the boy was waa onlea unleashed shed with his legs gripping the others the cree strained to bury teeth in the corded neck exposed by brocks torn sopnie but the fighting rage of the furloni youth louth confident in tits his strength would knot flot be denied S slow I 1 ow ly he forced the fhe writhing indian beneath him then reached grimly for the knife tn the sheath at his hl back but the sheath was empty lifting his head as the hie vrees left hand desperately groped tor lite his throat bro broche drove a smashing uppercut upper cut into the chin of the man beneath him again tile be hard fast ast crashed into the be exposed jaw withal with al a shiver the in dlan toy lay limp on the snow enow then as the joy of triumph surged through him and brocks heart beat high he be heard the click of snowshoes snows hoea all right cried brock getting to his bis feet alue he jumped rn me from behind but I 1 got him I 1 then the heart heair of the iho victorious boy suddenly faltered his smile faded as he faced two advancing strangers stran atran gerB gem an indian and a bearded white man get him I 1 roared the latter us he be circled around the body of the unconscious cree to brocks rear while the indian ran straight at the surprised boy panting from his recent exertion his bis startled blue eyes watching his bis then alier 13 blod of infighting mt me cains S through oh th vein of the ho Y wittie wit tie bukea a way from rom the circling alrita man M itoney ia n plash lash and yellow eye were with him no lovyl brock th therewa rewa glance at his rifle it atts Ts f leaen lie he kept edging attly his ristp clenched led but with a rush the cree closed in to meet meef a g sn ing w which bowled alm him into the enow ane white man reached brock froth from th the 6 side blocking the blow aimed at ills his fae fa e brock hooked fiercely into the jaw of the othir other as they clinched and rolled in the snow then the son eon of andrew mccain pr proved aved ile lie MY stuna of w which lilea 6 he avii was made fighting fightlin g like a demon brock blocked with chin jabbed on chest the fingers straining fj al ang for a grip on ills bis throat while he wrenched an arm free to drive his fist into the others jaw Str 9 bewis the beard bearded ed stranger could oot not ra reach the mad bened boys thick throw throat nor furn turn him on his back again over the others shoulder brocks hard fist hooked into the jaw once jonce rn mo dorethe or rethe e 1 ahe last crushed crashed brock felt the grip of his foes arms weaken and wah effo effort tore aim himself sela free again his elbow lifted but the sama instant two knees drove into tits bick while the he horn born handle of a knife smashed into info his bis heal head twice three times tile the cree ham tile the head fiend of the defenseless lad ind the knotted face of tile the man in brocks arms blurred the snow went black then nil consciousness faded TO BID BE CONTINUED |