I've got a lot to even up with you!" "Not after what happened to-day!" The Indian's dusky face was raised until the two were looking into each other's eyes, with a gaze of love, and trust.

Only a moment thus, and instinctively their glance turned toward the lake.

The wolf-pack was in plain view.

It was the biggest pack that Wabi, in all his life in the wilderness, had ever seen, and he mentally figured that there were at least half a hundred animals in it.

Like ravenous dogs after having a few scraps of meat flung among them, the wolves were running about, nosing here and there, as if hoping to find a morsel that might have escaped discovery.