s with

richt glad I heard the row they were making, and thocht that maybe Dour and Dandy might be glad o' my help. I'm sore mistaken if those snarling beasts,' and he indicated with a swee

hey continued along the beach, the collies keeping close to Andrew's heels, giv

load. The process of discharging interested all the little party, and they were standing watching it, when one of their fellow-travellers came up, and, pointing to t

e truly going on those boats? Eh, but that will be fine!-won't it, Ailie

nk ye'd had mair than enough of the water for a spell

tor, defending himself, 'and a boat will be different,

rew, sagely, 'the river may not

reach their destination in good time before the long winter came, the pre

cious freight of humanity and goods, hoisted their big sails, and moved slowly off up the river, amid a parting volley

of chill, gray water, but on either hand the well-wooded banks glowed with varied colour, the light yellow of the fading poplar contrasting with the dark evergreen of the spruce, while the willows of an intermediate hue seemed to shade the two tints into each other. Here and there the bri

hildren remained in the boat, while the men, taking hold of a line fastened to the foot of the mast, tugged and toiled along the river bank, one-half

expected to join the trackers, and so, accompanied by Dour and Dandy, he scampered

t a glimpse of something that caused them to dart off into the woods, barking furiously. Carri

what might happen, he raced after them, until presently the change in their barking a

r stood upon its hind legs, in front of a great tree, and made furious efforts to seize Dour

ever seen any kind of a bear before, and whose generous heart was at once filled with a

: 'Leave them alone, you br

n the first instance, this was rather unfair to Bruin. But Hector had no t

tening fashion, little knowing that, if he should venture within striking distance, the bear would not on

ombatant and, so engrossed was Bruin with his two lively assailants, that

a moment with manifest amazement, let forth an ominous growl, an

pon the bear, one at either side of his head, and before he could shake himself free, Hector, not needing to b

to his flanks and greatly impeding his movements. Otherwise, clumsy

. There are few smooth places in the Highlands, and he had

faithful dogs would suffer him to move. Yet, hindered and harried as he was, Bruin steadily gained on the boy, as the latter could not

from the ground. If he could reach it and spring into them, he would be able to laugh at his fierce pursuer's fut