The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-13


to them. The brute in few mo-
ments had manned several of Wat
sons dogs and would have caused
more damage had not the halfbreed
felled him with one blow from
strong club he hastily picked from
the ground.
Little did Watson think of the
part Satan would play in his life at
that time. When it came time for
Watson to start back on his long
journey it was found that only three
of his dogs were able to be placed
in harness, the 9th ers being
wounded and so sore that they could
hardly stand.
Jules at once stated that as another
trapper would soon join him from
the fort that Watson should take
three of his dogs and leave them at
the fort on his arriv al and his
comrade would return them when
he came. Among the dogs loaned
to Watson was Satan, Jules stating
he wished to get him away telling
Watson to have his, Jules friend)
leave him at the fort. He also told
Watson if the dog became ugly to
show no mercy, but to club him in
to submission. Watson agreed to
do as Jules wished and on the fol-
lowing day, after paying the half
breed liberal sum in gold and with
Satan as leader, started back on his
return journey with light heart.
Everything went well with Wat
son for the next two days. Satan
proved to be fine leader and seemed
never to tire. When camp was
pitched at night Satan would lie at
his feet and always keep those saw
age, deep, gray eyes on Watson's
face. Not bad move had Satan
made until the third night when
: one of the other dogs also loaned by
. Jules snapped at Satan. This seemed
to arouse all the evil in the beas'
and not paying any attention to the
one which snapped at him, he saw
agely attacked Watson's dogs ano
2 with one vicious snap reached thu
: iugular of the huskie letting fortf
g large stream of the life fluid which
| crimsoned the snow to a deep red
While this was taking place th'
! other two dogs loaned by Jules dis
. appeared and when they arrived a
. the halfbreed's hut the following
e evening he began to make prepara
n tions to travel. There was smil
e on his face.
In the meantime Watson was hav
v ing a hard time. During the nigh
q hours, the dog Satan had manage
n to get at the scant supply of foo
n and with the two remaining huskie
e had devoured every morsel, leavin
!, Watson in sad plight. Here wa
q this lone man, hundreds of mile
away from civilization, in countr
q unknown to him, without a particl
q of food, excepting small handfl
h of tea, with only few cartridge
= for his rifle and the woods full {
a those great, gaunt wolves, ever o
tx the watch for just such a chanc
n And following slowly on his ira
n was the halfbreed, Jules. The
g was only one thing to do and tn
ID Watson decided upon at once. !
re cache all excepting what he cou
Of carry and to continue on towar'
ID the fort, trusting to luck to car
ds him through.
IT. Watson travelled hard all that da
he believing that he was going in t.
n right direction. He was great
al pleased to find towards the close
he day that he was following tr;
a which seemed quite recently mad
~ Little did he know it was his ov
cd trail which he was following al
of which he had made but a few da
he before, having travelled in cirt
,er the entire day. After following t
;tb trail for some time he finally beg
no to note objects and at last realiz
,od that he was on his trail made da
rim before-that he was lost. The ha
days tramp had torn the light SIX
,u boots into shreds. Weary, hung
NO and footsore, he made rude shell
;cb and after building small fire
of down to rest. But no rest came
to the tired traveller. AS soon as
,ve shadows of night closed down UP
th the camp, the woods became ali
tba In every direction could be seer
aa pair of fiery eyes which soon
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