Illustrations

The full-page subjects from drawings by Arthur
Heming. The head- and tail-pieces from
drawings by J. S. Gordon

FACING
[Shag carried the Dog-wolf on his back][Title]
["Lying on my back as though I were dead, I]
[ held my tail straight up"][6]
["I am no Wolf, Shag; I am A'tim, which]
[ meaneth a Dog in the talk of the Crees"][10]
[One after another they hurtled into the]
[ slaughter-pen of the Blood Indians' corral][36]
[Muskwa had A'tim in his long-clawed grasp][66]
["Steady, Dog-Wolf, steady," admonished]
[ Shag, "this is a friend of mine"][78]
["Oh, don't mention it!" exclaimed the Wolf;]
[ "no doubt we shall find something for]
[ dinner, presently"][114]
["Thou art a traitor, and a great liar," said]
[ the Bull][136]

THE OUTCASTS


A'tim the Outcast was half Wolf, half Huskie Dog. That meant ferocity and bloodthirst on the one side, and knowledge of Man's ways on the other. Also, that he was an Outcast; for neither side of the house of his ancestry would have aught of him.