"Where is Croisset ?" "Gone.

He left an hour ago with his dogs.

Funny fellow--that Croisset! Came in yesterday from the Lac la Ronge country a hundred miles north; goes back to-day.

No apparent reason for his coming, none for his going, that I can see." "Do you know anything about him ?" asked Howland a little eagerly.
"No.

He comes in about once or twice a year." The young engineer munched his toast and drank his coffee for some moments in silence.