Chapter 28 THE TRAP.

It was a dispirited enough party that, under the stars, retraced its way from the camp of the little gray man, who at first, seeming so harmless and helpless, had turned out to be so venomous and vindictive. Tom and Jack had little to say.

The case was different with old Joe Picquet. He cried out aloud to the stars for vengeance on the Wolf. He