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THE OUTCASTS

[Illustration: SHAG CARRIED THE DOG-WOLF ON HIS BACK.]




THE
OUTCASTS

BY W. A. FRASER

ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR HEMING

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK ----- MDCCCCI




_Copyright, 1901, by_
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED




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




[Illustration]

THE OUTCASTS

CHAPTER ONE


A'tim the Outcast was half Wolf, half Huskie Dog. That meant
ferocity and bloodthirst on the one side,