n, tangling about the wolf's legs, seemed about to make him prisoner. At last with a savage onslaught Major leaped clean at the enemy's throat. There followed a gurgling cough.

comment. "He's well licked. He'll not want to com

mpanions, a scent more maddening than was that of the frozen meat upon the sled. Hardly had he disappeared into the darkness th

pped the receiver over his head, threw on the

olves. Six miles from Indian's shack. Sled broken. Must f

heart beat. It was a tense moment. Would Curlie be listen

eyes coming ever closer, he repeated his messa

ake a dash for it. Meat might save us-might satisfy them

d in his ear.

e roared. "

the receiver from his head and clu

ck, all but upon them. Like the other, he doubled up and leaped away, but this only made the b

half hour. Major, old boy, do you think we can hold t

of them as he might have thought of horses or mules on the flat, sleepy, safe prairies of the Mississippi valley. Now he found himself regar

ou not only pull a fellow's load for him, but i

ve he would always cherish a feeling of loyal

knees trembled as he caught the gleam of new pairs of eyes burning holes into the dark

at bay for a time, but at last it only

yes and be destroyed. Then he would be alone. And yet, if worse came to worst, if the enemy rushed in,

now two, now three. There were three miles more. Panting, perspiring, staggering forw

but sobbed as he counted the

the chain of Major before thr

e boy's throat. Just in time he threw up the rifle barrel. Gripped in both his hands, it stopped the beast. Kicking out w

he gentle, inoffensive Spor

hing the ki-yi of Pete, the huskie, he reached over and unsnapped his chain, to see

they would win that battle he did not dream. Curlie could never

battle. Two wolves leaped at the sled, one from either side. The rifle cracked. A wolf leaped high and

five, six, seven, gaunt gray b

the foremost, then the second. Then,

p high in air. He was astonished. Curlie could not possibly have reached his objective in this time. Who was this m