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Title: The Outcasts

Author: W. A. Fraser

Illustrator: Arthur Heming

Release Date: September 26, 2006 [EBook #19387]

Language: English

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THE OUTCASTS

[Illustration: SHAG CARRIED THE DOG-WOLF ON HIS BACK.]

THE
OUTCASTS

BY W. A. FRASER

ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR HEMING

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK ----- MDCCCCI

_Copyright, 1901, by_
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Illustrations

_The full-page subjects from drawings by Arthur Heming. The
head- and tail-pieces from drawings by J. S. Gordon_

FACING

Shag carried the Dog-wolf on his back Title

"Lying on my back as though I were dead, I
held my tail straight up" 6

"I am no Wolf, Shag; I am A'tim, which
meaneth a Dog in the talk of the Crees" 10

One after another they hurtled into the
slaughter-pen of the Blood Indians' corral 36

Muskwa had A'tim in his long-clawed grasp 66

"Steady, Dog-Wolf, steady," admonished
Shag, "this is a friend of mine" 78

"Oh, don't mention it!" exclaimed the Wolf;
"no doubt we shall find something for
dinner, presently" 114

"Thou art a traitor, and a great liar," said
the Bull 136

THE OUTCASTS

[Illustration]

THE OUTCASTS

CHAPTER ONE

A'tim the Outcast was half Wolf, half Huskie Dog. That meant
ferocity and bloodthirst on the one side, and knowledge of Man's
ways on the other. Also, that he was an Outcast; for neither side
of the house of his ancestry would have aught of him.

A'tim was bred in the