The Purple Flame

lead Terogloona into the igloo and drawing his gr

indeer much afraid

ogloona nodd

much afraid of the

head nodded

"if we let one wolfdog loose, and he went tow

hat dog. Mebby kill one, two, three-

er. Many a dog had he killed to save a reindeer. His love for dogs was strong. His love for reindeer was strong

s thoughts, threw bac

those strange Eskimo people should take a dog by his draw rope, and the

to catch her meaning. The deer were upon forbidden ground. She wa

way very fast,"

two sacks of flour; two cans of baking-powder; two sl

a, staring at her, "they would

ive Scarberry's herd back to the Come-saw River valley where they belo

urst into a chorus of "Eh-eh! Ke! Ke Kullemuk, Ke-Ke," which Patsy rightfully interpreted as m

p, at the other end of which a native dog reared and ki-yi'ed, spread out in a broad line, a

ossed their heads and whistled. As they came still closer there sound

h the herd, looked at the on-coming members of

ull stampede. In vain were the shouts of Scarberry's herders. In vain their herd dogs sought to stem the flight. The reindeer had scented their ancient foe; th

y chose to follow. An hour later, with a sigh of satisfaction, Patsy saw the

e back?" she a

no," said Terogl

ent; then with a queer

I am much

that?" as

rogloona, looking as if h

st day's work as manager of the herd. Two serious problems had arisen and she had matched them against each other with the result that both

eatables but we can spare them all right. Besides, it's real satisfying to know t

perienced some moments of uncomfortable thinking. Lacking that knowledge, she smiled