Baree knew that it was not Bush McTaggart.

But it was a man-beast! Instantly his body stiffened under the Willow's hand.

He drew back slowly and cautiously from her lap, and as Pierrot advanced, Baree snarled.

The next instant Nepeese had risen and had run to Pierrot.

The look in her father's face alarmed her.
"What has happened, mon pere ?" she cried.
Pierrot shrugged his shoulders.
"Nothing, ma Nepeese--except that you have roused a thousand devils in the heart of the factor from Lac Barn, and that--" He stopped as he saw Baree, and pointed at him.
"Last night when M'sieu the Factor caught him in a snare, he bit m'sieu's hand.