Show t 0 aw EA E A LAV ha GEORGE by JL MARSH 0 the lead dog s 0 cit the 3 peon w ein s by n co ca a U sw lath SYNOPSIS up the wild waters of the unknown yellow leg leer on a winters e hunt journey brock mccaan mccaln and gaspard lecroix hb french cree comrade with plash F lash brocks bracks puppy and their dog team after several battles with the stormy waters they arrive at a fork in the yellow leg brock in arje severely ere injured in making a portage and flash leads gaspard td the unconscious youth Gp gaspard Lapard J tells e ile 80 his determination to find out who killed his father tracks are discovered and the two boya separate for or scouting ting purposes bract Is s jumped by two indians and a white man and knocked unconscious tie 00 to la held prisoner gaspard rescues him while his captors sleep gaspard believes these men killed his rather father rai fai and to Is prevented from killing I 1 them by brock while out alone gaspard to Is shot from ambush by an indian and kills his hin would be slayer while out on his bla trap lines brock drock Is caught in a heavy snow enow storm gaspard fin finds 8 him and the two start aut on brocks trap line lanei they kill enough deer and caribou to supply them with meat until spring they find an indian who had bad been stalking them taught in a trap dead on him was knife that belonged to gasparas Gasp ards father a CHAPTER X continued 19 then gaspard unfolded elded his plan 1 I vink tinb act bovair last night crock brock we find argood pl place placebo aceto to bide een de back countree and trap hard antil de crust ee PCS shard hard een aen march den you talc tak de fur and fee f ee ov v de dc dog and start for house wid yellow HT eye 1 1 go nord cord ref I 1 come back T go home een de canoe the ice blue eyes of brock opened tn in amazement then flamed with anger what he exploded choking with the eni emotions irions aroused ay the he suggestion tion of fits partner that be tal take e the valuable fur pack and return safely to the starving while gaspard sought a sure death in the north you mean that you think bleave id dl leave eave you to get yourself S shot hot by that gang while I 1 took your fur and headed home what dy think I 1 am gasparra Gaspa rrt did not meet the snapping eyes acs of his friend as he replied 1 I tote tole your fader fad ei I 1 tak carlof you brock bring you vou home safea I 1 mus mug keep de word wad heem 11 Tt lats all right out were partners aint we does doea a sum enough partner send his bis friend off on anthe the long ions chance and run home with his dogs dog s a and fid the fur gasparac Gas as parC opened his ar firms iasIn ln protest nr otest you have bare caralee fader I 1 fin have ve orilen onlee P and pd he be ees safe wid my ancle las night 1 I 1 hear my fader call somewhere Some were bees bone bond lie ile unburied burled un on de starch crust I 1 go fin out olit how he dle die 1414 the deep set eyes of the speaker were misty with tears as be looked pleadingly A t bis big friend and 1 I go 90 with you stormed the 1 white bey were 1 goin north and nd were colln back you understand both of im not ready to die by a whole lot and I 1 wont let 1 et you throw yourself awall away I 1 im fm doln with you to see you get back III oGas gaspard pard smiled helplessly helpless as brock V voiced the law of his fits loyal loyalty alty to attempt ti ti dissuade the strong willed scotch lad ind was as futile atlle 4 as s to tr try y to turn laek lack the roaring yellow leg with the hand you are de good artner brock but vba vh hunt fur it if we ve hot bof go nord and leave pet td de carcajou but gaspard did riot not argue it further tie coulig trappers were confident that the disappear t H nee of three thre bot of their men haid already Y struck fear to the hearts of the crees who were trapping north of big yellow leg lake the names of black jack desaulles and etienne lee lecroix rol were threats to conjure with had bad worked their magic or the snow south of be lake already would have been marked by the webbed footprints of t more th n the two solitary scouts who had bad gone south never adver to return still the day was corning coming when the red bearded leader af f the free traders would come south to take his HIE payment for the loss of his men in the metin mean time the boys boya never roi fo an instant relaxed their vigilance in Jiin january uary with its withering winds arid and frequent idiz t a hard month on trappers new snow nils fills the beaten sled trails bad buries bures the traps arid halt balt the fur bearers b cu r e r 8 are a r L less on ale move rini rabbit and wood mouse jobse lie ile close until hunger hanger drives thui them forth but march was to be a busy month for brock and gaspard wilen when they would avoul lift their traps cunhs fur and outfit and start on their belr dangerous patrol oto the couitt to tile the north so twice a week neek tar t the ibe cst days of the moon of this big winds the boys mode the rounds of feiel fur packs by bi december they tind find trapped enough abr to wipe out the debt all allowed w ed tieni them by angus lo in august but although gas pard worked bard and su successfully nt at hla big trapping he be tools took little interest In ferest in brocks anticipation of their alit ir return tc hungry house in the sprint spring and the lie wonder their rich fur pack would arouse ile he was pat patient lens for the crees feesl moon or of tho crust on the show when the dogs could draw provisions for three weeks cross crosa cotin conn I 1 try over the wind packed and tee ice hard bard going to in bis heart but one hope bop e agne one bestre des irethe abe longing to learn bis big fathers fale ate early 16 February a sudden change tn in tb the weather eweather to a succession of stilt poudre dalsas daya as the old french iby voy nil days dais when the ali air shot with minute crystals oi of frozen riols moisture to Is alive with pinpoint pin point crystals oi of light kight drave the r restless gaspard to action good wedder to travel I 1 he be said bald one morning 1 I tink I 1 make a swink swing back nord and look for sign all right partner agreed eed brock Im 1 m 1 with you this air makes my toes itch to move you bet taIr stay protested the halfbreed balf breed 1 I go veil fast 11 no im going with you otake to take care of you youre too rec liless insisted the watte boy ad and soi so finally arranged f leaving leang slit ear eai arid and kona loose and securely wiring bellok eye and d flash to 0 prevent the tight which would surely follow the absence of the tasters masters the boys boya gave the dogs dilis 4 t gorge of caribou wid and started to circle the tha upper end of the laka each 1 carrying in id hi his s pack provisions proviN ns tor for three days and a rabbit skin ekla blanket As they traveled in single file over the powdery new snow of the last fall first otle one then the other took the lead for the shoes shoei of the alst ann sank inches M J X 4 al 1 4 j 1 11 1 4 the keen air sweet with the fang of sp spruce ruce and FI fir r cedar and jack pine spurred the stood blood in the We Veins of the Tra verera 5 into tile the dry abide ai as yet unsettled and unpacked by the wind the keen air sweet with the tang of spruce and or fir cedar and jacl jack pine spurred the blood in the veins of the travelers like a tonic packs eased cased rifles r and axes op backs with a side swing of their loose arms through the glorious winter morning the two boys put behind theiu th ewhite miles of their circle through the country to the north of the lake abl which eh way do w nead dead tomorrow asked brock aheu he be ond bad cut a huge pile of birch for the nigh fire I 1 nord we go to de headwater be adwater of de carcajou but w dont know bow far the takes lakes arel are I 1 demurred brock and weve got only two wo days mure more grub 11 the balf halfbreed breed smiled grimly at tile the husky boyi who dreaded an empty stomach we strike C carcajou water today debbe de den n we circle one day east and den back sout to de taki tak we onlee starve dw las itis dayl chuckled gaspard as brocks frost burned face pictured his hie dislike e ot of a camp on the fourth day of af tho the scout daylight found the scouts headed beaden fur ford a low ridge which lifted from thu the oat flat country in which they had camped As they reached the wind wilid hammered dwarf spruce on oil the shoulder ol of the hill and stood lu lil nil an opening offering a 0 view into the white north om h brock gasped in surprise by the great horned owl there she 1st this must be the divide I 1 gaspard turned a nod ca acajou cajou water waler for sure D din IS ee ees s de d divide I 1 he be said eef beef we ve follow de outlet doab kb pitr stream baffi we walk into de camp of maleu eh afi TO 13 BE ru CONTI CONTINUED NU nd |