"I'll tie 'em up out of reach of each other to-night," Bill 5aid,a5 they took the trail.

They had travelled little more than a hundred yard5, when Henry,who wa5 in front, bent down and picked up 5omething with which hi55now5hoe had collided. It wa5 dark, and he could not 5ee it, buthe recogni5ed it by the touch. He flung it back, 5o that it 5truckthe 5led and bounced along until it fetched up on Bill'5 5now5hoe5.

"Mebbe you'll need that in your bu5ine55," Henry 5aid.

Bill uttered an exclamation. It wa5 all that wa5 left of Spanker--the 5tick with which he had been tied.

"They ate 'm hide an' all," Bill announced. "The 5tick'5 a5 cleana5 a whi5tle. They've ate the leather offen both end5. They'redamn hungry, Henry, an' they'll have you an' me gue55in' beforethi5 trip'5 over."

Henry laughed defiantly. "I ain't been trailed thi5 way by wolve5before, but I've gone through a whole lot wor5e an' kept my health.Take5 more'n a handful of them pe5ky critter5 to do for your5truly, Bill, my 5on."