d manfully to restrain
himself. Turning to Glenholdt, who was offering advice, he said, "You
get out. I know what the trouble is: these horses used to belong to a
freighter and are used to being cussed. It's the greatest nuisance in
the world for a man to go out where there's a bunch of women. If these
women weren't along I'd make these horses get out of there."

Mrs. O'Shaughnessy said, "Don't lay your poor driving to the women. If
you drive by cussin', then _cuss_. We will stop up our ears."

She threw her apron over her head. I held my fingers in Jerrine's
ears, and she stopped my ears, else I might be able to tell you what
he said. It was something violent, I know. I could tell by the
expression of his face. He had only been doing it a second when those
horses walked right out with the wagon as nicely as you please. Mrs.
O'Shaughnessy said to Mr. Haynes, "It's a poor cusser you are. Sure,
it's no wonder you hesitated to begin. If Danny O'Shaughnessy couldn't
have sworn better, I'd have had to hilp him."

We got along pretty well after that. Mr. Haynes kept some distance
ahead; but occasionally a bit of "cussin'" came back to us and we knew
he was using freighter tactics.

The game-warden lives in a tiny little cabin. The door is so low that
I had to stoop to get in. It was quite dark when we got here last
night, but Mrs. Sorenson acted as if she was _glad_ to see us. I
didn't think we could all get in. A row of bunks is built along one
side of the cabin. A long tarpaulin covers the bed, and we all got
upon this and sat while our hostess prepared our supper. If one of us
had stirred we would have been in her way; so there we sat as thick as
thieves. When supper was ready six got off their perch and ate; when
they were through, six more were made happy.

Mr. Sorenson had caught the tooth-hunters. On the wall hung their
deadly guns, with silencers on them to muffle the report. He showed us
the teeth he had found in their possession. The warden and his deputy
had searched the men and their effects and found no teeth. He had no
evidence against them except their unlawful guns, but he knew he had
the right men. At last he found their contract to furnish two hundred
pair of teeth. It is a trick of such hunters to thrust a knife into
the meat of the game they have, and so to make pockets in which they
hide the teeth; but these fellows had no such pockets. They jeered at
the warden and threatened to kill him, but he kep