Evening star., 1924-07-28
CONTINUED from Yesterdays Star.)

At the south Of it the strange animal
leaped back into the darkness.
Henry. I'm a-thinkin'." Bill an
nounced.
"Thinkin' what?"
"I'm a-thinkin' that was the one
lambasted with the club
"Ain't the slightest doubt In the
world was Henry's response.
= AN right here l want to remark"
Bill went on, that that animals ia
Iniiyarity with campfires is suspicious
an immoral
1T knows for certain more'n a self
respectin' wolf ought to know"
Henry agreed. "A wolf that knows
enough to come in with the dogs at
feedin' time has had experiences"
OP william had a dog once that run
away with the wolves Bill cogitated
aloud. Il ought to know. 1 shot it
cried like a baby Hadn't seen it for
three years, he said: Ben with the
wolves all that time
81 reckon you've called the turn.
Bill. That VOLTS dog, an it's eaten
fish nany's the time from the hand of
man."
AN If get a chance at it, that
wolf that's dog'I be jes' meat" Bill
declared. I'VE, can't afford to lose no
But you've only got three cart
ridges" Henry objected.
I'm wait for dead sure shot," was
the reply.
In the morning Henry renewed the
fire and cooked breakfast to the ac-
compartment of his partners snoring.
''You was sleepin' jes' too comfort
able for anythin'," Henry told him, as
he routed him out for breakfast. ~
hadn't the heart to rouse you.'
noticed that his cup was empty and
started to reach for the pot. But the
pot was beyond arms length and be-
sido Henry.
Say, Henri" he chidea q! gently,
Henry looked about with great care
fulness and shook his head. Bill held
up the empty cup.
you don't get no coffee" Henry an
nounced.
Amt Ain, run out'" Bill asked anziously.
Amt thinkin' it'll hurt my diges-
tion?'
Nope"
A flush of angry blood pervaded
Then it's jes' warm an anxious ]
am to be hsarin' you explain yourself,
"Spanker's gone." Henry answered
Without haste. with the air of one
head, and from where he sat counted
the dogs
How'd it happen?" he asked apa-
thetically.
Henry shrugged his shoulders Don,
know. Unless One Ear gnawed m
that's sure"
"The darned cuss" Bill spoke
gravely and slowly, with no hint OF the
anger that was raging within. "Jes
because ne couldn't chew himself loose,
he chews Spanker loose
well. Spanker's troubles is over,
anyway; / guess he's digested by this
time an cavortin' over the landscape
in the bellies of twenty. different
wolves" was Henry's epitaph on this
sifl." iaf latest '0S' o0s' nave '0'''s '0H's'
But Bill shook his head,
! GO on" Henry pleaded, elevatins
Bill showed his cup aside. "I'n be
ding-dong DANCED If I do. l said
wouldn't if airy dog turned up missin'
an l won't"
Its darn good coffee" Henry said
enticingly.
But Bin was stubborn, and he ate a
dry breakfast, washed down with
mumbled curses at One Ear for the
trick he had played
"Pn tie 'em up out Of reach Of each
other tonight Bill said, as they took
They had travelled little more than
a hundred yards, when Henry, who
was in front, bent down and picked
up something with which his snow
shoe had coIIded. l was dark, and he
could not see 1t, but he recognized it
by the touch. He flung it back, SO that
it struck the sled and bounced along
until 1t fetched up on Bills snowshoes.
"Mebbe you'll need that in your busi-
ness" Henry said.
Bill uttered an exclamation. 1t was
all that was left of Spanker-the stick
with which he had been tied.
.~They ate m hide an ALL" Bill an
nounced. 1.-The sticks as clean as a
whistle. They've ate the leather often
both ends. They're damn hungry,