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Title: Dusty Star

Author: Olaf Baker

Illustrator: Paul Bransom

Release Date: April 23, 2010 [EBook #32106]

Language: English

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DUSTY STAR

BY OLAF BAKER

Author of "SHASTA OF THE WOLVES."

ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BRANSOM

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1936

COPYRIGHT, 1922.
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

PRINTED IN U. S. A.

[Illustration: FIVE TIMES MORE THE MOTHER MADE THE LONG DOUBLE JOURNEY]

CONTENTS

I CARBOONA'S SECRET

II WHY "DUSTY STAR" WAS

III RUNNING WOLF MOVES

IV KIOPO FINDS AN ENEMY

V "SITTING-ALWAYS"

VI THE MEDICINE-MAKING

VII HOW THE WOLVES SANG

VIII HOW KIOPO CAME BACK

IX SITTING-ALWAYS SPEAKS HER MIND

X "BALTOOK" THE SILVER FOX

XI WHY THE FOXES TRUSTED DUSTY STAR

XII GOSHMEELEE

XIII "NEW BED-FELLOWS"

XIV THE "YELLOW DOGS"

XV THE TAKING OF DUSTY STAR

XVI "THE GRIZZLY"

XVII THE SWIMMING OF KIOPO

XVIII HOW KIOPO FOUGHT THE LYNX

XIX THE PURSUIT

XX THE TERROR OF THE CARBOONA

XXI HOW DUSTY STAR MET THE TERROR

XXII THE MOON WHEN THINGS WALK

XXIII LONE CHIEF GOES WEST

XXIV EVIL DAYS

XXV HOW DUSTY STAR DANCED WITH THE WOLVES

XXVI HOW THE WOLVES CLOSED IN

XXVII CARBOONA'S CALL

ILLUSTRATIONS

Five times more the mother made the long double journey

The arrival of Kiopo was now known to every husky in the camp, and each
husky hated him from the bottom of his husky heart

Her look said as plainly as possible, "What are you going to do?"

On came the big grey stranger, walking stiffly, his tail waving slowly
from side to side

DUSTY STAR

PART I

CHAPTER I

CARBOONA'S SECRET

In an old badger-hole a