Troop One of the Labrador

e caps were dotting the Bay, and with all sai

s. They were an hour out of Horn's Bight when David sighted the Horn boat beating

ssured her that her husband's injuries were not serious,

. "I were feelin' inside me 'twere wrong to go and leave Lem alo

s the boats passed beyond speaking distance. "She'll worry now till they gets home, an

d Andy. "'Tis the way of Mrs. Horn to worr

re shot Lem," said David. "Whoever 't

ver fox on the table and sets out to get the fox," reasoned Andy. "The sho

of glass out," said David. "'

to look at un, and I sees fresh tracks under t

ook for tracks now! I weren't thinkin' of that!

their discovery. "Whilst you bakes the bread I just goes to look where th

range?" asked Jamie excitedly,

d Andy. "They was nails all over the bottom of them boots, and they

ce un, Andy? Did you see what w

y comes in a boat and the boat goes again," Andy explained. "The tracks were a day old, and down by the water the tide's been in and washed un a

or Joe about the t

efore that fearin' we'd wake Lem. The tracks weren't of much account whatever. The folk t

y under the dripping trees for an open camp fire. The stove was therefore brought into se

st and most comfortable retreat in the whole world. Outside the wind was now dashing the rain in angry gusts against the canvas, and moaning drearily through the tree tops. Within the fire crackled

ing the night, and was driving the rain in sheets over the Bay. Dav

a nasty d

ill the rain stops

't turn too strong we'll make Fort Pelican by

ce we're out and gets

calm, when the rain's over, and if we bides here we'll lose time in

un," agreed

the rain, and we wants to

t of wind and rain in their faces, and all declared that it was not "so bad" after all. To these hardy lads of The Labrador rain and cold was no great hardship. It was all in a day'

ft of wind the rain ceased, and the clouds broke. Then Andy lighted a fire in the stove, boiled the kettle and frie

as he swallowed a third cup of tea. "With this fine

mie, "but 'twas a bit hard to face t

bout un that makes things h

t un, but mostly they're easy enough after we tackles un.

ally increasing in force. By mid-afternoon half a gale was blowing, a heavy sea; w

" shouted David, shaking

elican this evenin' ear

. "The wind's gettin' too strong! We

laughed David. "She's a

ared," s

s brave,'"

be foolish," Jamie insisted. "

' of havin' grit

sserted, "but there's no such need of haste as

em, and breaking astern nearly swept him from the tiller. When the lads

wed David, shaking th

Andy, as he and Jamie, each with a kettle, bailed. "We'd b

on not to take she

" David shouted back in protest. "We

r her bow sent showers of foam her whole length. A sudden squal

mains'l!"

ttered Andy through the spray, as he and

Jamie. "'Tis against

iling seas, and the rollers that had so nearly overwhelmed the boat brought to David a full sense of their peril. He had been fo

hat his eyes were open to the peril in which he had placed them, he knew that all the

a half mile to leeward. David brought the boat b

rt Island, and booming like cannon, threw their spray a hund

as the Devil's Arm. At high tide, in calm weather, it might be crossed, but now it

s Tea Kettle. The Devil's Tea Kettle was always an evil place. Now it was a

of the island. There was a narrow passage between the Devil's Tea Kettle and the island. If they cou

or the passage. If he could keep the boat to her course, he would make it. If a sudden squall of wind overtook them the leewa

His face was set, but his nerves were iron. Andy and Jamie, tense with the peril and excitement of the

a man, Davy!" but the roar of breakers d

amie?" Andy yelle

Jamie, "but I ha

fully though he fears it, is brave,

e, sending forth a continuous deafening roar. On the left was Comfort Island with a boom! boom! of thundering breakers smashin

EETHED THE DEV

ats, was behind them. The boat shot down along the shore, David swung t

rently, as he brought the little

se shave," br

close shave,"

out heart, like a man. 'Twere wonderful how you cracked her throug

d the spray from his face, and unshipping the rudder procee

heir snug little harbour. The boat was made fast with the pa

s. Here the tent was pitched, and everything carried up from the boat and stowed within to dry. Fifteen minutes later the tent stove was crackling cheerily and sending forth comfort to the drenched young mariners. "There'll be no hurry in the marnin'," said David when they h

y from Fort Pelican to-mo

olk and hearin' the news, and start ba

ten-knot sleep, and they slept so soundly than none of them awoke unti

d had fallen to a moderate stiff breeze, and Fort Pelican, through the

nd preceded them to the place where they had moored the boat the previous evening. A few minut

oat's

asked Andy i

knowin' where!"

took?" asked J

untied and she were took! There's trac

with David. No trace of

plainly to be seen the tracks of

h tracks," d

of tracks as the ones I see under Lem's window. Whoeve

n the island with no way o

'll we ever get away?" as

uestion none of