morrow we leave

hore, far up the Hare Indian River, one of the great tributaries of the MacKenzie. How long it was since th

d big Bob, "whe

of the hour, and would make only an ineffectual attempt to dip

ody la

will be glad to go ashore and stretch my legs. Wonderfu

re," agr

and the North American continent to the mouth of the MacKenzie. Of course, occasional ice floes had been encountered an

wheel steamer that plied on the MacKenzie in Summer was tied up for repairs, they had replenished their stock of gasoline and then continued the ascent, pass

re Indian River and soon had put beyond t

in. They were prospecting for gold, you know, had no idea of finding oil. It was their original intention to strike northeast across the numerous streams at the he

d been taken aboard on leaving the MacKenzie dwindled to the point where it became advisable for the party to go ashor

terms of days. So far north had the party come that the sun shone perpetuall

n escape from some Eskimo herd, which would be surprised standing in the water, and breaking for the timber on the bank at their approach. Again brown bear would be seen on the bank, or beaver swimming strongly across the stream. As for fishing, it was an Izaak

n the morrow. And little sleep did the boys have that night, as they lay a

it disappeared, for the first time there came to each of the three boys the feeling of isolation natural to their situation. The last settlement was two hundred mi

What if they were beset by oncoming Winter before they could make their way to the outside? What if they were

houghts, as they stood in unwonted si

-dreaming. Each

of packs, and would, moreover, be of inestimable value in keeping the party supplied with game as well as in almost any situation that might arise. They were grizzled, weather-beaten men of medium height, both with stout frames, and beca

e schooner, and in these the seven set out. The boys with Dick occupied one

, that containing Farnum, Mr. Hampton and Art taking the lead. About ten miles upstream a rapids

of joy and headed his canoe for the right bank of the stream at a little gravelly beach. His sharp eye had detected a small cairn of stones on th

ation he vouchsafed. "Must have

atience, Farnum whipped out a knife and gouged it off while the others crowded around him. Inside was a fold of o

son all right. Liste

h., that I passed here July 2. Party intact with exception of

walds

y that reference to

for the ship was prosecuted at the first opportunity this Spring, but it had disappeared. I made a trip up the MacKenzie myself, but the only information I could gather was an occasional rumor at a trading post that a schooner had gone by, on its way out, at night. A ship that might have been the Vikin

mpton

r iced in, or might have been stricken ill, and so, for some reason that appeared good enough to them, might have decided to violate or

aid nothing about t

on smiled

s, however, it has been through an oversight. I've had a lot of things on my mind. But, come. We know this is the way Thor