moment later he was exulting over two hundred pounds of fresh meat, food
for many days.

Twenty hours later, Johnny found himself sitting sleepily on the edge of
one of the deer sleds. The reindeer, unhitched and tethered, were
digging beneath the snow for moss. The storm had subsided and once more
they had journeyed far. The Jap girl was buried deep beneath the furs on
the other sled.

Johnny was puzzling his brain at this time over one thing. They had
followed a half covered, ancient trail due north for two days. Then a
fresh track had joined the old one. It was the track of a man with dog
team and sled. This they had followed due north again, and two hours
ago, while the deer were resting and feeding, Johnny had detected the
Jap girl in the act of measuring the footprints of the man who drove the
dog team.

She had appeared troubled and embarrassed when she knew that he had seen
what she was doing. Notwithstanding the fact that there had been no sign
of guilt or treachery in her frank brown eyes, Johnny had been
perplexed. What secret was she hiding from him? What did she know, or
seek to know, about this man whose trail had joined theirs at an angle?
Could it be? No, Johnny dismissed the thought which came to his mind.

He had dismissed all his perplexities, and was about to abandon himself
to three winks of sleep, when something on the horizon attracted his
attention. A mere dot at first, it grew rapidly larger.

"Dog team or reindeer on our trail," he thought. "I wonder."