n the

ere in the panic-stricken mass of buffal

ith a characteristic exclamation of horror, at once drove his hors

ht, not recking that his voice was utterly lost in

plunged into the mob of terrified monsters, ste

derfully, not forgetting the purpose of the whole affair, poin

that the discharge burned the animal's hide, and t

of the young huntsman. The loud report was not without effect upon the buffalo that hemmed in Hector. They swe

r for ye. Ye should na have gone into such danger.

exultant over his success that he coul

ey left Hector to stay beside his prize while they went on after th

fferent members of the hunting party, choosing a fine fat cow, o

were certainly satisfactory: nearly a score of buffalo, all in the best of condition, had been

other members of the party, particularly Hector, whos

wonderful country, this, and there's a powerful lot to be learned. But I'm right glad I've come, laddie,' he went on, laying his h

ent of the hunt had for the time swept away his rese

o cut the rich meat into long strips, which, after being dried in the sun, were then minced as

the special tit-bits, such as the tongues and the h

teak, or well-covered bones, that they were in danger of

it and with the buffalo-skins which would at leisure be made into

s they rode along together, 'for now I'll have a buffalo robe of my

winter at Pembina, when Hector, lying snug and warm under his buf

ne, and the feasting that followed was shared in by all. Th

sheltered his family, and now, having got everything fixed to his satisfaction, with that fore-thought

ing a horse and cart from one of the residents, Mr. Macrae, accompanied by his whole family-f

ctor, 'and ye'll chop off the branches, and

t faithfully, lopping off the branches so that the

rable to forest giants, and the wood was fairly soft,

with the approval and satisfaction of a good housewife the growing

ng her stalwart husband a look of ineffable love and pri

e; for to him there was no woman so bonnie or so wise as his gude wife, but h

e Ailie would not be left at home. She enjoyed too much the ride out on the empty cart, and then back again, perched triumphantly on top of the lo

ing the afternoon got so engrossed in the completion

r stepped, wandered off over the prairie in the opposite direction to home, he

her, and it was because her blue eyes were intent upon this, and not upon what was under her feet, that

d in the least by her fall. But she was terrified beyond measure at her situati

feet or more below the surface of the prairie, her most v

nd cried out for her father and Hector, until at last, in shee