Chapter I: Front Matter

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Connie Morgan

in the

Fur Country

_By_ James B. Hendryx

· ILLUSTRATED ·

_By James B. Hendryx_

The Promise

The Gun Brand

The Texan

The Gold Girl

Prairie Flowers

Connie Morgan in Alaska

Connie Morgan with the Mounted

Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps

Connie Morgan in the Fur Country

Drawn by Frank E. Schoonover]

CONNIE MORGAN
IN THE
FUR COUNTRY

BY
JAMES B. HENDRYX
AUTHOR OF "CONNIE MORGAN IN ALASKA," ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1921

Copyright, 1921

by

James B. Hendryx

Made in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--DOG, OR WOLF? 1

II.--'MERICAN JOE 17

III.--NERVE 32

IV.--BRASS 49

V.--THE PLAGUE FLAG IN THE SKY 76

VI.--AT THE END OF RENÉ'S TRAIL 95

VII.--AT FORT NORMAN 111

VIII.--BAIT--AND A BEAR 123

IX.--OUT ON THE TRAP LINE 138

X.--THE TRAIL OF THE _CARCAJO_ 149

XI.--THE CARIBOU HUNT 168

XII.--THE TRAIL IN THE SNOW 184

XIII.--AT THE CAMP OF THE _HOOCH_-RUNNERS 200

XIV.--THE PASSING OF BLACK MORAN 216

XV.--SETTING THE FOX TRAPS 238

XVI.--THE VOICE FROM THE HILL 254

XVII.--THE-LAKE-OF-THE-FOX-THAT-YELLS 269

XVIII.--THE MAN IN THE CAVE 290

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"FOR THERE, STANDING CLOSE BESIDE THE FIRE,
HIS HEAD AND HUGE SHOULDERS THRUST
INTO THE DOORWAY, HIS EYES GLEAMING
LIKE LIVE COALS, STOOD THE GREAT GREY
LEADER OF THE WOLF PACK" _Frontispiece_

"IN THE WHIRLING BLIZZARD, WITHOUT PROTECTION
OF TIMBER, ONE PLACE WAS AS GOOD
AS ANOTHER TO CAMP, AND WHILE THE INDIAN
BUSIED HIMSELF WITH THE DOGS, CONNIE
PROCEEDED TO DIG A TRENCH IN THE SNOW" 54

"THE THIRD DAY DAWNED COLD AND CLEAR,
AND DAYLIGHT FOUND THE OUTFIT ON THE
MOVE" 70

"IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING TO LOOK UPON TO
THOSE TWO WHO KNEW ITS SIGNIFICANCE--THAT
FLAG GLOWING LIKE A SPLOTCH OF
BLOOD THERE IN THE BRAZEN SKY" 80

"THE SNARE WAS SET ONLY A FOOT OR TWO
FROM THE STUFFED RABBIT SKIN AND
STICKS AND BRUSH SO ARRANGED THAT IN
ORDER TO REACH THE RABBIT THE LYNX
MUST LEAP STRAIGHT INTO THE SNARE" 130

"'MERICAN JOE CLIMBED THE TREE AND A FEW
MINUTES LATER CONNIE HEARD THE BLOWS
OF HIS BELT AX AS HE HACKED AT THE
LIMB THAT HELD THE CLOG" 156

"AS DARKNESS SETTLED OVER THE NORTH
COUNTRY, A LITTLE FIRE TWINKLED IN THE
BUSH, AND THE ODOUR OF SIZZLING BACON
AND FRYING LIVER PERMEATED THE COZY
CAMP" 182

"AS HE STEPPED THROUGH THE DOORWAY HE
WAS SEIZED VIOLENTLY FROM BEHIND" 218

Connie Morgan in the Fur Country