removed the eggs. Thus they would learn where he had been working; and
the finding of the landing place would be made easier. So The Bear set
to work. From the empty nests he soon learned where the cripple had
been working, and after a careful search he presently found on a big
rock a little white spot no larger than a man's finger nail.

"There, my friends, is where Simpson's Brother landed, for that white
mark is of gum and proves where the bow of the canoe bumped the rock."

They then asked The Bear where he thought the cripple was, and
pointing, he replied:

"If we search long enough we shall find him in the deep water down
there; for when Simpson's Brother was getting aboard his canoe, he
slipped and in falling struck his head upon the rock; the blow stunned
him, and without a struggle he slid into the water, and was drowned."

When they had brought their canoes round and had peered into the deep
water, true enough, they discovered the body on the bottom of the lake.
Securing a long pole, they fastened a gun worm to one end and, reaching
down, twisted it into the cripple's clothing and brought the body to
the surface. Sadly they placed it in the unfortunate man's canoe,
towed the craft and its burden to the other island, and sent to Fort
Rae for the priest, Father Roure, to come and perform the burial
service.


BEASTS WITH HUMAN SOULS

Next morning we arose with dawn. After a hearty breakfast of