Show 1110 aw ft A A H GEORGE 0 B RGE fall fla J MARSH A R S H 0 0 T the lead dog h P W N X U P bu dx C ta SYNOPSIS up the wild waters of the unknown it wn yellow log on a winters hunt no journey journe birck bt acte mccain mccaan an and d G gaspard asp ard decro lecroix x his French Cree c comrade with flash brocks puppy and their dog doff team crocks father had warned him bilm or of the dancer of his trip after several battles batles with the stormy waters they th ay arrive at it a fork in the yel low lem leg brock Is in severely injured I 1 in making a portage and flash leads gaspard to the unconscious youth the trappers race desperately reach their destination before W winter anter so sets to in flash engages in a desperate de sper ate debt with a wolf and kills h him gaspard tells brockob Brock of bf his determination to find out who killed his father tracks are discovered and and the two boys separate for scouting pur purposes posen brock Is jumped jumped by two indians anti and a white man and knocked unconscious ile he Is hold held prisoner gaspard rescues him bim while his captors sleep CHAPTER V continued 9 the lean features oi of gaspard twisted alt hate as ho he replied IN no 0 we dem bowl brock held the arm otliss of his friend they shoot or knife me today when they had the chance they fought md ma with their hands W cant canado do this after afier lecroix scowled ufa hla baak atac k eyes narrowed A a he met mei his friends pleading look then with a nod tie he agreed we go and like the feather patrols of the forest night the two drifted silently froni from the steeping camp As rf if bitter dawn slashed the eastern horizon with blue and gray aud and the st stars ars faded gaspard and brock crossed the ice fee of the outlet and built a fire in n a cedar swamp to boll their heir ten tea eat and rest why do you think they tried to take me ollre allva queried brock when he bad gaspard the fuli details OL 01 the tight fight and capture by golly alm m not to be stiff in the snow this minute full of knife jabs ah ba hahl li I 1 E beet et ees ces ver str strange arige agreed bis his friend Buty rut yon mak mistake to ftp me last night four of dem I 1 ox dein all wad de knife now dey hunt us tru de long snow 1 I im muot bot so BO that from brom the i way the they Y opened their e eyes ei when n I 1 told thirn them that your uncle etienne and black i jack Deso desaulles ulles were here F ill bet you leave the country bellig hunted s they dont want to meet that pat pair wal wac de der will be minted hunted said gaspard grimly one of dem will tell md dept ampt lie he know arout my fader before de goose goos efly fly nord 1 im with you part the bumps on my for revenge im with you yoi to tho the finish ive told you once and ad I 1 tell sou again that ill never forget what you did tor for me lue last night when aliea I 1 heard that ibia old signal of dourif ours I 1 thought my heart would jump clear butof my mou tb youre a sure enough partner parner before we leave this country well do some tall hunting bunting on our own account eh you keep your eye open altair dis said soberly beef eef dey dek shoot at you a miss mak demmink dem tink you are re hit bit 1 ill all down find and wait valt ald your gun cocked fordem for deni to look for you ol oh I 1 ive ve learned my lesson to 01 think ik of that indian getting so close without without my knowing it As the de sun turned abe white lake below them into a of name flume the partners followed the rock outcrop plugs pings of f the ilie long ridge which wiped out their trail and baffled any immediate pursuit in tiie the middle of the forenoon four hungry hung and delighted huskies bush lew welcomed them home now weve got some fur to trap gaspard sold said brock as the part partners took council for foi the tut future fre you and I 1 ure are ench each in debt at hungry house about four hundred dollars and weve got our hearts set on bu owning a first class we haspard id nodded as he smoked well continued crock brock my idea la Is to io con concentrate cen on fur until th the eJan jan uary enry Pl blizzards lizaldi while its prime prim e after that it if weve had good glodi luckard luc kand d these people let la us ua alone we can canstatt can start Mart when the sledding Is better and the snow packed looking for them what do you say saya 0 1 it gasparas Gasp ards black brows contracted contract edIn in a frown browni dey ne nevalee valre keep away so long tam tarn w dese people come and look for trail for sure some day dey cley work sout bout of de laland walk into camps camp well we cant help that admitted brock to cross crosa our trap line trails if they come far enough and and the ifie snow holds OIL oft it they find the tha camp while were away shoot the dogs and wait for u us a H how r w can we avoid it we mak new cache for half de grub first ting pack een dat swamp on de h head ead of dla dis brook and leep keep away tram fram it ft so de snow show no trall rall den we always travel wid g dog kind and sen heem ahead vicin aeo we cone come bazi back to camp dey got to sho shoot of or bo be smell dero dem an boiler ller dat but wee eel save us from ambush Tl flints ints a cracken crack ln idea gasparde Gaspar dl cried crock brock then tits bis eyes shifted to the great slate pray gray puppy lying in the snow if tb iy ay shoot that feller over there though he be nodded at his bla dog got to get matoo me too th they ey pup the husky bushy rose from hla his bed his oblique eyes intently watching the speaker but how shall wo we leave the other dogs loose ilioyd hunt of course be around probably yo so BO that help any no we leave dew deca tied on weak rawhide raw hide dat hold dem but beet dey smell uree cree dey go wild nn an break beet we ve hide dem een de Aa scrub spruce each side de camp its thebert the th ebest best we can do unless we quit the country gaspard knocked out hla his pipe on a fire lagand log and rose ayou you coln leeve dis countree cou entree brock he asked the wraith of a 11 smile curling lifs his stiff lips ny by the great horned owl and all tits his descendants no ciol 1 and sucking a long breath into his deep chest brock rose and clapped hla his friend on the ibe back im goin to help you find ont about your father aitner artner mit rr ner you soil know that t ah hahl I 1 tot sol the eyes of gaspard pictured hla his gratitude CHAPTER VI ho he laughs hea best who laughs last laist As their traps needed their attention tife the boys lost no time in sledding half their meat and fish and nil all their furnad fur i and er to ao the bid hidden cache tn in the thick spruce swamp at the head of the stream there it would be safe after the next snow enow IR by golly golli im fm lucky N not ot to be stiff in the snow athla minute full of knife jabs had wiped out their trall then with kona and yellow eye hidden in scrub on elther either side alde of and d a hundred yards from the camp the trappers hitched the other doga to their hand sleds and started south before dawn when brock rolled out but of ills fits robes to start star the tent ten t stove store he had stared in surprise at the empty blankets blanie tb of his partner but by the time breakfast was ready a dark face thrust through gli the double flani of the tent come an see how you lak ink some taing out liere here amid the halfbreed half balf breed with a grin what you been up to gaspard led his partner a short abort distance in the direction of the alie lake then stopped beside a fresh trall trail when did sou male make this demand ed the perplexed boy this trail here yesterday k ah hili dis trail run run quite a piece 1 male pet why so they can walk into our camp I 1 yes yea dat ees edt so dey walk right inin info dis dig t flog I 1 log I 1 well ill be skinned the bear trap I 1 epard 1 youre a genius I 1 cried alip ali delighted brock r beef eef dey work als far back de lak dey hit my trail and i find do da camp and de bear trap den he go click I 1 so with A a heavy sara sapling illing as a lever the boys pried praed down the trap a spring pring and set the dio terrible toothed jaws ag agape ape under a covering of light snow on which they left the webbed print of bf a shoe and lightly swept sveri it with a ravens wing to wake make it appear natural the foot which stepped on that engine of steel was doomed to freeze stiff in a matter of minutes TO BM BE CONTINUED |