Chapter I: Front Matter

THE WHELPS
OF THE WOLF

By GEORGE MARSH

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Published by arrangement with The Penn Publishing Company
Printed in U. S. A.

COPYRIGHT
1922 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

The Whelps of the Wolf

Made in the U. S. of A.

Contents

I. THE LAND OF THE WINDIGO 9

II. THE END OF THE TRAIL 16

III. THE FRIEND OF DEMONS 30

IV. HOME AND JULIE BRETON 38

V. THE MOON OF FLOWERS 44

VI. FOR LOVE OF A DOG 51

VII. THE LONG TRAIL TO THE SOUTH COAST 64

VIII. THE MEETING IN THE MARSHES 69

IX. IN THE TEETH OF THE WINDS 79

X. THE CAMP ON THE GHOST 88

XI. THE WARNING IN THE WIND 94

XII. THE WORK OF THE WHITE WOLVES 98

XIII. POOR FLEUR 103

XIV. THE MARK OF THE BREED 108

XV. FOR LOVE OF A MAN 111

XVI. THE STARVING MOON 119

XVII. THE TURN OF THE TIDE 131

XVIII. SPRING AND FLEUR 135

XIX. WHEN THE ICE GOES SOFT 145

XX. THE DEAD MAN TELLS HIS TALE 150

XXI. THE BLIND CLUTCH OF CIRCUMSTANCE 157

XXII. IN THE DEPTHS 170

XXIII. IN THE EYES OF THE CREES 175

XXIV. ON THE CLIFFS 181

XXV. INSPECTOR WALLACE TAKES CHARGE 188

XXVI. THE WHELPS OF THE WOLF 193

XXVII. THE TRAP IS SPRUNG 198

XXVIII. BITTER-SWEET 212

XXIX. THE FANGS OF THE HALF-BREEDS 216

XXX. CREE JUSTICE 224

XXXI. THE WAY OF A DOG 228

XXXII. FROM THE FAR FRONTIERS 234

XXXIII. RENUNCIATION 238

XXXIV. THE VOICE OF THE WINDIGO 243

XXXV. RAW WOUNDS 253

XXXVI. DREAMS 259

XXXVII. FOR LOVE OF A GIRL 264

XXXVIII. THE WHITE TRAIL TO FORT GEORGE 270

XXXIX. THE HATE OF THE LONG SNOWS 280

XL. "HE'S GOT HIS MAN!" 290

XLI. AS YE SOW 296

The Whelps of the Wolf