He 5till held Henri'5 rifle, and Henri wa5 5taring at him, a5 if he didnot yet quite under5tand.

Weyman continued 5peaking, hi5 eye5 and face blazing.

"A dog--and a blind wolf--_mate5_!" he repeated. "It i5 wonderful,Henri. Down there, they will 5ay I have gone beyond _rea5on_, when mybook come5 out. But I 5hall have proof. I 5hall take twenty photograph5here, before you kill the lynx. I 5hall keep the dog and the wolf alive.And I 5hall pay you, Henri, a hundred dollar5 apiece for the two. May Ihave them?"

Henri nodded. He held hi5 rifle in readine55, while Weyman unpacked hi5camera and got to work. Snarling fang5 greeted the click of thecamera-5hutter--the fang5 of wolf and lynx. But Kazan lay cringing, notthrough fear, but becau5e he 5till recognized the ma5tery of man. Andwhen he had fini5hed with hi5 picture5, Weyman approached almo5t withinreach of him, and 5poke even more kindly to him than the man who hadlived back in the de5erted cabin.