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_ {tor and - Pollux: ’ 4) heavy: mass
a snapping “jaws, the huskies, med with I'll be- back. shortly.”. And, stopping
excitement, tripped, ‘hampered by their |his team, ‘Garth walked into the murk.
5 traces, ‘ere slashingly wildly at their

Mereliésly swinging - the heavy
of the Whip, calling the dogs by name,

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enemy and each other. os
At last, taking | a ‘slash which ripped |
the Sleeve ‘of his parka. as he renebed|
}in- Garth’ got Shot’s colar in one Land
and lifting the: struggling dog while
he clubbed ‘the: others ° lack, dragged

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-{n- blow on. the ‘skull, and Guthrie was

ing to follow, Castor fell, stunned . by

free’ froii‘the ‘infuriated team, nnable,.
enmashed-in thetr’ traces, to ‘drag the
sled in pursuit of’ the atredate who
fought in- Guthrie’s arms, .to" return to

butt Castor! "

he blindly fought to, free the offending. and ‘the sled started, but from its tail
Shot from the knife-like fangs of Cas- (rose the howls of the: protesting Shot.

tance, doubled, over’ the ice, feeling his
way with’ his: mocassins, when che stop-
ped, as a ehill, like the tauch of a cold

knew,?

The “dogs leaned into their ‘collais
“Good Lord,’ Tve got to look into this

He. had advanced. but a short dis-

wind, cut through him, —
: “pide cracks!" he “gasped... Within
Ps step of the grey blur’ of i ice ou which:
he stood, a black atrenk,’ fading into
the enveloping gloom, barred his way.
“We're in‘ the river. mouth’. among
the tide cracks—Wtienj 2, warned ‘me!
Shot—old Shot, God. ; bless... him—be

. Shot’s actions were. cléar enough

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the battle,

“Oh, what. has’ happened? ?
Joan’s frightened voice.
nwtnl,.. What ‘started them?”.
"It's

minute. For some reason he piled in-
to: Castor. ” .
“Attacked Castor?’

sied where he mode him, fast. “Yes

the run,
tean.
of them are’ much - hurt.
we see to” ‘atrike—nnd.- their
saved \Shot.. . He's got ‘two .

shoulder, but their not” “deep.”

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“Er could. hear the’ “blows,” she said.

“It hurt; but I suppose it was s the ‘only,

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out. of it quickly, ” Guthrie. explained.
and calming his excited dogs, he sdor.

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Hinater:’ Shot?”

something. With We: “ whiiper. ‘he Tose
yon his. hind: legs and payed the: man's

Jon that shoke you: don't Wait.’ US, to
. see?? a
' “Tell ne: Shot" called: the ah and Castor, and Pollux, buts
the: do 1 tt :

had them on their feet with straight.
ened traces. Castor, Garth's favorite
who had taken. the bulk of the blows,
found the ‘hand of his master with bir
tongue as he rubbed ngninat Gutbrle's
lez. Garth rumpled the erect eurs of
the trembling Ungava.

“Poor old boy, it wasn’t your fault,
was it, if Shot went. crazy? Dén't
blame you a bit, old man, 1 had -ta
do it, but-its ‘forgotten, isn't It’? Yea;
good old Castor!” With a pat on’ the
massive ‘skull, Garth. went to - soothe
the still excited Poltux, and‘ the test,

. But all the while his brain was busy
with the. strange action of the aire-
dale. “They were close. to the bench.
Shot’ had " found—killed—soniething,
and refnsed. to share it with the ap-
prowchhig team, , But why did Ae leavi

it?

With Shot’ lished to. the éntt of the
sied, ‘and the hent of ‘the combat cool
fed-in the blood ‘of the. buskivs: through
thy soothing tolies of. the master' 8 voier

and the! gouch of his hand, Guthrie:
{agin called te. his lead dog, ,
: “Marche, | Castor!" |

Ax the -sled -stitted’ ‘the —  Alveilate
broke: into “furious barking. Buxaled,
Guthrie ‘turndd : “What's: the

nck,
The dog. was. ‘elenrly exélted ‘about
chest: in dumb. attempt to ‘communicate

the, reason. for. Ais: ‘protost.:”
sWhoat- i t, Oldeboy? “What's | aver

called
“Tt wha too

alright. I've-+got. Shot, and ‘he
is not cut much, - He'll cool off in a

: Guthrie led his flog to the tail of the

he must hare ‘bawled Castor. over on
: Of" course. that ‘started the
But its ‘so dirk I doubt if uny
They - could-
traces
the

| ‘The girl-was off the sted und svoth.
Hing the alredale tremb}ing with the

sien te straighten out the dogs now.”
They don't care for the whip handle.”

once got hiny down. I had to get: hin

.|Skill of long training, she had gone in-

‘|that he wng alone with Joan, wns to be

‘| feel “de: ‘at “oaire with: the “vor

how. Coming upon the . open’ ‘water
towards which the sled was hurrying;
the airedale had returned. on. ‘the bound
barking a warning as he came. Then
as the dogs came on at a trot, Shot
had catapulted into Castor, starting a
fight und stopping the sled. - Stunned,
struck’ with remorse, Guthrie crouched
on the lip of the gash in the river ice,
into which dogs, sled—all of them,
‘would have: blindly, plunged -but for
Shot’s
have led her to this—a hideous death
with the dogs drawn under by the drag
of the sled. And Etienne had. warn-
ed him of the tide cracks in the river
mouths. He. had intended thaking a
Wide swing around theKapiskan, but
in his search for the beach, had enter.
ed the. river. But Shot, staunch old

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uncanny instinct into play, and sens:
jog their danger, had: taken the only
method of stopping the team. Puttin;
his trust in Garth Guthrie, Shot bad
‘saved her. He ‘turned: -back to © the
team, filled ‘with pride of the dog whc
worrted at leash. The love of the mar
for-his dog nd been cemented iy ye
one nore bond. Shot had Say’ ved. hei
for Garth Guthrie,

, “What did you. tina? she asked nt
he reacted the sled.

They had | talked little through the
first miles, the thoughis of the man
centered on his problem. With the

to the details of Etlenne’s wound, and
Garth hed. had no heart so early in
their journey for a confession of his
duplicity. But, when,: off the mouth
df the Big Willow, he announced that
it was time to rest his. dogs, and ext
the supper prepared by Mrs Canieron,
he felt that, over the hot tea, Joan
Quarrier should be told the facts.
With the aid of cedar kindlings, ear:
Tied on the sled, he soon had’ a tire un;
der the tenkettle - a *.
“Do you realize how. yon have ' ‘ig
nored your, passenger, Mr Exile? This:
‘is my first ride behind ‘the. dogs aud I
wanted to talk about them”

The huskies, except Shot, who was
inspecting the willow thicket, were
sprawling In their harness, ‘sniffing
hungarily at the odor, of bacon Now.

alone with her throngh the’ long miles

to Bikwan, Guthrie felt ‘Strangely . dif-|the bent
ferent Until he had Ind the truth be-| could strike, It was retribution,”
| fore -her, told .of the ‘love he bore this |"

broken thing, ouce feared. ag Laughing
McDonald; . waiting: in such sore need
for ber juintatrations, and received: her
rabsolution : for. his deception, he would

faced. the world a With atark, truth, :
eyes.

“mad attack on the team. To}.

warrior that he is had. brought. some |

- {forget that I have.seen him.”

‘Hie w ‘ith that grimace,” he plended, ‘ay
alan, “Grand, sensitive, coming Teme

: should go mind “when the wife He cher:
ished, as I know he did,. titns,"in bor.
ror of ‘his Schr, toa: lover? Tell me,
is it atrange?”

hear tedly.

séd° his. point, for he’ saw: to his: Joy |”
{that his: story: had touched her. “Think |

{What his. _ bitterness—his agony—amust

’ Penring her ‘a cuptal of the steam-
ing tea and’ miking her a sandwitch of
bacon, he passed Joan her supper.
- “My, I’m hungry! How good the ten
tastes! But aren’t the dogs to bare
some fish after their work?’

"No, they were fed — this morning,
If I feed them now it would make them
lazy; we wouldn't reach Bikwan be-
fore noon, and 'n w orried—I'm afraid
we're guing to be too late ag it is.”
She looked up, buzzled at his tone,
“Why, you said that he w asn’t bleed-
ing badly-no. artery involved. It's only
a matter Of keeping the wound clean. "
' The moment had come.
_"T have a confession to make to you,
Joon Quarrier,”™ he began, “I have
lied to you—brought you from a warm
shelter up this const’ tonight under
false, pretenses.” 7
“False pretenses?- What. do
mean?”
turbed.
- “IT have been the cause of your break.
ing with the Swans—given the mis
sionary people a chance to raise their
saintly eyebrows in horror—for what?"
“Why my dear man,”. she protested.
“I understand all that Their prattle
can’t hurt me, can it? I don't under-.
stand. Where is the lie?”

He sucked in a deep breath and then
leaned toward her rnd said: “Etienne
Was hot shot. You’ re on your way: to
help me save a friend—a friend who
crawled with me on his back through
#as and shell fire. They broke his
arm and got him in the chest, but he
came through, Cnn ‘you guess who it
is?” |
Her dark brows contracted as she.
met the pleeding look of the man stand:
jing, by the fire.- Slowdy she shook her |:
head. “You said Btienne was -hurt. |
NoW you say it. was some one else—I
don't wuderstand.”
."Langhing McDonald.” -
“Lavghing McDonald? ‘she eried
“You said you found dim dead on the
schooner,’

“He was alive, but very sick—tflu,
Phewmonia, ’m not silre— Etienne and
an Indian took him te Elkwan while
I came to ask you to go—to help—”
“He was this friend who saved your
life in—France?” she asked, wide-
eyed with surprise. |

“Yes, Capt. Craig Galbraith, He

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She was curious but nut dis-

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aed : oan test dog in the team. What's more, he | damit
BROS. : doesn’t try. to, He's. more constant 5. poe Soa et
than Virgtl’s hero,” aa ie. DR. R. M. ‘BAMF ORD
: en aroc ‘“What's the name of that surly one |B 2 _
s _{‘ho growls so much?" - 2. _—
“ j “Ob, s that’s Achilles, of course, the | Hi .
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_j bere, He's deathly afraid of Castor a ~ ‘
- :; {and Shot fought him to § a standstill |B
cible Treason ‘ ‘thad attacted Castor. “Again the ‘driver called, . “Marche, once.” |e Office—Over the Drug Store
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“When he disappeared. after
murder?” she broke in. i
“That is unworthy of Joan Quarrier
he suid gently,
: -“But his description. tallies with that
of the man wanted nm Halifax. “You
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* Guthrie warried to the -defence o!
his friend. “Suppose he is the man!
Is it strange that a man branded for

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“Tt was mur der," | she. ected 3 hale

“Na, hot. if the man WES stitek ii
of passion—as ~ Galbruitl:

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