Philip went to the toboggan for the trail axe.
"I haven't noticed any wind, have you ?" he asked.

"Not enough to topple over a cedar." He went to the tree and began cutting.

Scarcely had his axe fallen half a dozen times when a scream of terror turned him about like a flash.

He had only time to see that Josephine had left the sledge, and was struggling in the arms of a man.

In that same instant two others had leaped upon him.