The sound of guns impressed upon him the possibility of some one from Lac Bain calling at the half-breed's cabin, and he wished to avoid further association with people from the post--at least for a time.

At nine o'clock Pierrot bolted the door and the two set off into the south and west.

On the third day they swung to the eastward to strike the Indians living along Reindeer Lake, and on the sixth cut a trail by compass straight for Nelson House.

A week later they arrived at the post, and Philip found a letter awaiting him calling him to Prince Albert.

In a way the summons was a relief to him.