May be so; I do not know: my father was very wise." "Did you see Skookum come, Quonab ?" "No; he was with me hours after you left, but he was restless and whimpered.

Then he left me and it was a long time before I heard him bark.

It was the 'something-wrong' bark.

I went.

He brought me here." "He must have followed my track all 'round the line." After an hour they set out for the cabin.