They would go on to the Skeena and possibly even up to the edge of the Yukon, and then swing eastward into the caribou country some time early in September, hitting back toward civilization on the prairie side of the Rockies.

He would take Muskwa with them.

Back in the land of men and cities they would be great friends.

It did not occur to him just then what this would mean for Muskwa.
It was two o'clock, and he was still dreaming of new and unknown trails into the North when a sound came to rouse and disturb him.

For a few minutes he paid no attention to it, for it seemed to be only a part of the droning murmur of the valley.