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On looking up he saw, watching him, the Ojibwa, Joe Mckoman, who called him- self the father of Ninda. — Guthrie casually rose to his feet, skinning knife in hand, as he measur- eded ‘the sinister face of the. man who faced’ him, fingering the: action. of bis gun. It was clear from the glint:in - {the small eyes that the Ojibwa still nursed the memory of his expulsion from the trade house. How far would he dare go? Garth asked himself. ~-“Bo-jot”’ The caribou are fat this year,” hé said coolly, moving toward the Indian. But the Indian pointed the muzzle of his gun at Garth's: chest as he stepped forward: “You move, I shoot! ' The thrent of the despised Indian deeply flicked the pride of the Cana- dian veteran, but he was helpless. It was inconceivable that’ Mokoman meant to wreak personal vengeance of such 2 natnre on a company factor —shoot him ‘in cold bload. Yet, what was be after then? With a great show of rage and sur- prise, Garth broke out with: “What d’you mein by throwing a gun on me? You Know what you'll get for this? What @’you want?” The Ojibwa: leered. “You tak’ de woman, You kick Joe Mokoman. Wa’ t you do wid: de woman?’, “She is dead, " snid Garth quietly. “¥on tak’ ‘de woman ‘ta Albanee. You geeve Joe Mokoman-mooch debt?’ The face of the speaker knotted with hnte of ‘the man who was. mensuring the. distanee which separated them. and wondering, - : “What do you Want? How much trnde goods?" temporized: the white {f ‘man as he covertly edged a foot for- ward in the snow,. “You geeve slelgh-load: flour, tea, blanket gua?’ The face of the:Indian lighted with the thought of the spoil which awaited him at the post. ““Youwant a four-deg. sleigh load Garth seratched: his Imotted- forehead, ag: if debating the value of the goods, It: was twenty feet—he couldn’t make it, He must Bet neurer. somehow, he. |, thought," ‘ a ae ‘The Indian ‘nodded. “Your dog teat —thour, - blanket,’ “all ‘de—" “WVith. quick movement he’ brought the’ gun ts his: shoulder. as the white: man’:slid: a 1| mocdssin. nefrer.’ “Bekiit: . ‘SEopt” ‘he tf Tn cf dq PROVIN CIAL ASSAYER ': a a a Prica liste agnt on regiyent , 1, - 7 tat reas re At 0 ee “anon ty _ crled, his’ swart’ fac. puiple’ ‘with rage iJ. AR. Williams || Orbdlt Fonclér Bldg. VANCOUVER, B.C." “You move, I keel you.” . i It Was ho use. There was ‘no: chance of. getting close enough for, a Tnnge, Garth changed. his. tactieg, as: the eyes, of the other. harrowly in surprise. . wateh you people. to some of you before the winter is over. gun on me for? goo hammering.” face showed his fear: J" | bim-;. Tarning -his' back, Guthri calm: bt earition. For a space.the Ojibway stood hold- ing the gun on the back.of, the white and doubt. me dis ‘stuff? ' + woe Then he said, “You Beeve we “Sure,” replied the man, ‘busy with his knife, as he mentally groped for a way out of his predicament—puzzled as to whether the. Indian would’ shoot if he rushed him. -“You lie—I feex you.” warned Mok- oman, Tor a space there was no answe:. from the man using the skinning ‘knife then suddenly getting to his feet and facing the Indian who warily covered him with his rifle; Garth said, naturedly, good- *Yowll get the sled-load,” but the eyes of the man-who smiled bad seen something which ‘had starte bis heart pounding in his throat, His fingers, blue with cold, shut on the handle of his knife, turning the knu- ckles white. stufi,” said Garth jerkily, his musele stiffening as he waited. to Hikwan—and I'll give you—all the staff—-you can— “Oh, yes, I give you the '*You come “Get him ‘Shot! roarde Guthrie as he linged forward and to one side, ns a bin of black and tan catapulted into the Indian's back, carrying him head- long to the snow, as the rifle explod- ed, hood of the Ojibwa was torn from his head—a lunge andthe long fangs: met in the flesh of the shoulder; then Cu. thrie dragged the maddened dog from ‘With a snap of powerful jaws the the shrieking man who writhed in the snow, arms shielding his face. With a grip on the colar of the strug gling dog, Garth picked up the rifle on the snow and regoined his own,. while the Indian whined over his lucerated shoulder, “Well, how. about: It now?” Yasped Guthrie with a hard Jaugh, stroking the neck of the excited .alredale. “ °,: “Hold dat dog,” cried the Ojibwa, getting to his feet and backing: away fromthe black and tan fury who war straining toward him, hot with lust of battle, .. the spy hold the doz. He. wout ‘bother you. And you stay where you are. Your going to tell your story to Saul Souci,” The evil eyes of the Ojibwa widened “Souci!” he muttered. “Yes, Souci is going to Akimiski to He'll put devils in- Now. what did you throw that I ought to give you a The Indian essayed o. smile but his “T not shoot— Then he usked weakly. “You je when you say you geeve de trad:. goods?” “I led,’ was the ary reply. “Now we start for the lake. Mush!” '.' When' Etienne and Saul returned rom. the muskeg, Garth told! his story. “By gar, dat: good dog, Shot!" td “Ang Btienne rubbed’ the dog’s ears, “Yes,” and Guthrie took the nde head in his hands as he smiled into the dog's worshiping eyes, trick for Garth, didn't he?" he said as he bent and rested his face tgainst the alredaie's neck, |. | “He “did the “Dis min, I tink, come up rivlere for McDonald Ha! Ha!” said ‘Saul. | "You think he is working 'to get ‘the up-river ‘trade away from-us-too?” Saul nodded. “He was here before. de ice, some hunter: tell: me.” Garth turned to’ Btinne, M30 MeDon- donald ig out to swamp us—hog all, the. fur this year? Well, we'll give hiin® ‘a ‘fight’ for, it, Etienne,” he said savagely: smarting with stung pride at the coal: atimept of the freé-trader tr: steal: ‘the, Fiver, trade from: ‘under his “the Mee ly proceeded to, "finish dr aelig Ba ee, ere of the fire.:. eSaul locked trouble. ‘It-is better to send him back to McDonaid® Ha! Hat under the ice.’ jand the Cree drew a sinewy hand aug: gestively across his throat. At. the .words, and, the gesture, Joe Mokoman slowly changed color. His hands shook with fear. Drops of his chief. Donald. " a ta Hikwan with the agent of MeDonald. be {CHAPTER Vr. When the Yast ice-cap whieh impris- buy with its long arm piercing the hin. teriand to the south, among the many islands scattered in its track, ‘by fai the largest was Akimiski.: And. thro the: centuries -Akiniiski . became to be known as a fuvorate haunt of the black the black-cross and the sliver-grey fox. And .ench winter the company’. sent» hunters there to seek the precious pelts Then tame Revillon Freres, and they also sent men to winter on the island, for the spoil of its wind-swépt tundra, which paralied the west coast for sixty: miles was priceless, Aud iow to this Uttle land of the foxes of ‘the glossy black and silver pelts, for which fair-women would pa‘ fabuiows prices in the markets of the world, had sailed the ‘schooner of 2 stranger seeking | the loot of the Aki- miski barrens—a man of daring who had sailed straight to the course, and whose little schooner already laid ir: the ice of Seal Cove. Here, While the tides, freighted .with broken ice, still putrolled the strait, baring the birch- barks of daring hunters; cutting off the shore posts from ali trade, McDon- the ‘trappers of: Akimiski- ‘with. flour, cross’ th strait: at once, . : ing they put out: with a westerly wind jand ‘by much rowing and battering and dodging ice ‘floes, landed Saul and his dogs, nnd Mokonian, on the shore | fox ‘ekin,”.” "And ' he: ‘repea ‘ereation Ww with ‘Baul. ~~. and gew gaws, °° 60625 apse Garth Guthrie sat. in his trade room - with old Saul and Etienne; in council of war. For days after. thelr return from up river, the wind had | made the © strait impassible for;: -the York i, boat, - which had been left-at its summer an- chorage for this use. The tide had kept the lower river open and with the {right wind the thing could-be- done. But the Tidians had ‘shook thet# heads It was sure madness net to wait for the cold, which would set the icé far ont from ench ‘shore. Then they might hazard it with the canoe and the sled As for Jos ‘Mokoman, he had spen: the days’ whimpering overt ‘the sud den” death which ‘awaited him in the attentpted crossing, But Guthrie bod. a message fer’ McDouald | Which Moko man was to carry. It was the penalty Garth told: him, with a twinkle -of-the eye, for throwing a gun on a Company factor. But the severe frost might hang of: for “ weeks, until after Chirstmas, in fact, and the hunters Would take thei: fur ‘to. the schoouer', Guttirie ‘argued, and the man Who ‘hed ‘lived “for four years with a wisk iu each breath he in- haled; in every ‘mensured minute, i in. sisted that the attempt be made to So-one morn- of Akimisli point. . Saul. set out with his: dog’ team. ‘tor. the camp of his sons, while th wa started down the coast:wi rle's. letter to. McDonald, which ran ‘Etlenne’ turted. to the: smiling Gath rie. “Kou see, ‘with : i bard. at.. the white 1 man... Two ‘did ne not answer; then said in’Gree?” “|“This wease lof an Ojibwa only makes /* “It would serve him right, Saul, bu 1 want him to take a Inessage to Me- : sweat stood out. on his forehead, ‘The | a small eyes of Etinne ‘sintled with the . ; liumdr, as ‘he repeated: the: remark. to - _ ‘That morning, with sleds heavy with © curibon meat, the. three started for io at oned .the north, receded, leaving in it; ; Wake the great inland sea of Hudson -- ald Ha! Dla! was prepared to welcome and: sugar’. and: ‘tea. and. tobacco eloth ;