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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Fiddler
Paul
found
it
easier
to
explain
matters
to
Ninette
than
he
would
to
any
one
else.
He
still
stood
first
in
her
affections,
but
so
hopelessly
ill
with
her
father
that
they
decided
on
an
elopement,
as
soon
as
he
should
return
from
Fort
Alexander,
whither
he
was
to
go
for
the
Company,
as
dog-driver.
The
Factor
was
very
proud
of
his
train
Dogs--three
great
Huskies
with
curly,
bushy
tails,
big
and
strong
as
Calves,
but
fierce
and
lawless
as
pirates.
With
these
the
Fiddler
Paul
was
to
drive
to
Fort
Alexander
from
Fort
Garry--the
bearer
of
several
important
packets.
He
was
an
expert
Dog-driver,
which
usually
means
relentlessly
cruel.
He
set
off
blithely
down
the
river
in
the
morning,
after
the
several
necessary
drinks
of
whiskey.
He
expected
to
be
gone
a
week,
and
would
then
come
back
with
twenty
dollars
in
his
pocket,
and
having
thus
provided
the
sinews
of
war,
would
carry
out
the
plan
of
elopement.
Away
they
went
down
the
river
on
the
ice.
The
big
Dogs
pulled
swiftly
but
sulkily
as
he
cracked
the
long
whip
and
shouted,
"Allez,
allez,
marchez."
They
passed
at
speed
by
Renaud's
shanty
on
the
bank,
and
Paul,
cracking
his
whip
and
running
behind
the
train,
waved
his
hand
to
Ninette
as
she
stood
by
the
door.
Speedily
the
cariole
with
the
sulky
Dogs
and
drunken
driver
disappeared
around
the
bend--and
that
was
the
last
ever
seen
of
Fiddler
Paul.
That
evening
the
Huskies
came
back
singly
to
Fort
Garry.
They
were
spattered
with
frozen
blood,
and
were
gashed
in
several
places.
But
strange
to
tell
they
were
quite
"unhungry."
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