"Why did he shiver then?"
"They always do that. They always wiggle when the heart's a-beating. They are dead all the same, though. Now you want to take his hide off."
"Not yet," said Bertie, quickly.
"Better be a doing of it while he is warm."
"I must show him up first."
As he raised the musk-rat tenderly by the long, bare tail, his heart swelled in his breast. What would Charley say to musk-rat catching now? He himself had never dreamed of luck like this, and Charley would be astounded. He was absently moving off, when Jack called:
"Here, you young trapper! Don't be a-dodging off without making ready for more of the same family!"
"I shall not set the trap again," said Bertie.
"It is a long walk up here, and I am satisfied with my game," he added, proudly.