Part 21 (1/2)

”I' Elk, and sorry to hear about your trouble But it will soon be all right I'll see to it that the authorities learn about Pierre, and they'll get hiive you a letter to my foreman You take your little party to the ranch, and they'll see to it that you have plenty to eat until I come back home,” he said

The chief shook his head sadly

”Bad! bad! Young braves no think when kill runaway steers Never et uet meat for squaw and pappoose”

That was the extent of his reot much of a supply of words,” reht I like the old chap's looks Co, Frank, and tell us all about it You look like you've been in a fight Say! the reds didn't tackle you, did they?” exclaih Ho was out trying to snare a jack-rabbit, when he foundin a state where I didn't care whether school kept or not He led me to their camp, and Jerry found oing to have Mr Mabie wrap up s”

After an exa serious the matter

”It may take a few days for that lump to subside, and these cuts to heal, but you came out of it better than an old fellow like me could have done,” he said, and Frank felt relieved

”What are you going to do with Running Elk?” he asked

”Send him back to his people with some food Then he will carry this letter to et back

After that I'll see to it that Pierre is taken care of and the chief recalled to his own”

”I knew you would I told the old fellow that, but he was sore afraid that you could never forgive what his young braves had done a year or two ago”

The old Cree chief soon departed, with a grin on his face, and his arht have been proud, but there were hungry et that he should die sooner than beg favors

Frank felt rather stiff and sore on the following day He was satisfied to hang about ca, for once

Jerry could not be restrained, for his sporting blood deer to do his style of shooting, and even wandered down the river to get a view of the Cree teepee before the fa Elk broke ca, and with considerable success Later in the day Frank also wet a line, and between theed to secure a decent mess of fat trout for the whole party

When Jerry came in he reported that he had had a shot at an elk, but failed to stop his flight He also declared that he had seen what he believed to be a wolf skulking through the timber

”Oh, I don't doubt it,” said the old stockly at hi for a nice calf that happens to stray away from its mammy's side Winter and suet after the pack too hot Never lose a chance to knock over a wolf,up a piece of gray fur

”That's wolf, all right; and look here, what did you do to him?”

demanded Mr Mabie

”I was very kind to the sca hiet at him to tear his hide to pieces You see, I had a notion that I'd like to have that skin for a rug, and that later on, perhaps, one of the boys o out with rinned Jerry

”Thank you, oes across the Great Divide , I pledge you my word”

Mr Mabie shook the hand of the successful wolf hunter with e that he felt deeply on the subject