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 Redcoat, but the sight of this branch road gave her the clue. She slowed down the horse and drove for half a mile into the deep woods, going for a quarter of the way up the south slope of the mountain towards which Redcoat had been straining his every energy when she had discovered him. At the end of the road there was a turntable or circle where the woodsmen had turned the teams about. Here Kitty stopped and got out of the sleigh and cautiously lifted up one corner of the blanket. At the move Redcoat lifted his beautiful head and looked at her furtively, but made no move to get out. Then she uncovered him as much as she dared to without getting her hands too close and stepped back four or five paces from the sleigh.

Redcoat slowly arose and stood looking at her and she saw to her great delight that he partly rested his weight upon the injured paw. In fact, the injury had been only temporary. A shot had struck a large nerve and had then buried itself in the flesh. The lameness had been caused by a partial paral-