Riddle of the Storm / A Mystery Story for Boys

a narrow finger reaching out from the vast, wind-blown ice pack that is the Arctic Sea. It did not extend as far

eat barrel of a stove that radiated heat aplenty and dreamed of other days when she, with her friends, J

she sighed. "He would help me solv

evening as he sat poring over the pictures of some rocks laid bare by wind and rain, her father had told her with the greatest enthusiasm that he

went over the Yukon Trail, we carried all we would need for two y

was before us. We had not a single lead. Little wonder that we returne

ly. "The airplanes give us these. We have onl

ve impassable trails and leaves us with picks, shovels, and food in a

entious girl, as she sat by the fire think

on of the pictures in an honorable

of father's partners?" she a

as she must, she would with the usual bad luck of such a v

Watchful waiting, that's the thing." With that she sprang to her feet. She felt in need of a touch

sketball, tennis and hockey. Here she was limited to following-the dog team and taking long walk

w wonderful! The moon and the stars seem near.

f and sometimes with the stars, she

e silence was broken by a terrific snort, and a great da

herited from her father, stood her in good stead. Leaping t

The irate monster passe

What creature in these wilds could be like that?" she asked herself.

solving. As the creature turned about for one more

mpossible!" That he was indeed a buffalo and a very real one, the bea

e thought, half in despair. "This morning it wa

e climbed a little higher, selected a stout branc

miss her and there would be a search. But in the North people remain up at all hours. Her friends might not th

self-control, a touch of the tragic crept into her voice. Already her feet, clad o

hile." She shuddered. "

Johnny had told me his secret perhaps

wing, had settled down to what promised to be a long wait

g," she

that four-footed creature

n of great patience.

tly. "I'll jump down and try to out

ible landing spots. In the end she chose,

then I'll drop square on his back. H

a perch ten feet above, she suddenl

rched forward, it seemed, the very second she landed. Sh

of a fallen tree. She was not injured. The breath had been knocked fr

e covered with snow. The buffalo, who was snorting and bellowing

ack. I am safe." She whispere

nd another. Still the snor

ng out in the night. The buffalo went crashing

d to herself. "There is

o be threatened by another. She was far

sleep of the North coming upon her, she cast aside the sno

r she burst into

jumped on his back. A

explanation. It was given

There's a preserve down south of here. Feller at Fort Chipewyan told me about 'em. He was what they call a buffalo ranger. Th

r," Joyce laughed. "Here's h

n h

man? Th

lied her father. "We'll loo

d-storm that night blotted out al