Ti-Ti-Pu: A Boy of Red River

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Oxley James Macdonald. Ti-Ti-Pu: A Boy of Red River

CHAPTER I. From the Old World to the New

CHAPTER II. At Odds with Bruin

CHAPTER III. A Cold Plunge

CHAPTER IV. Hector Entrapped

CHAPTER V. The Search for Hector

CHAPTER VI. Ordered Off

CHAPTER VII. How Hector Got His Nickname

CHAPTER VIII. On the Move Again

CHAPTER IX. The Buffalo Hunt

CHAPTER X. Lost on the Prairie

CHAPTER XI. The Losing and Finding of Ailie

CHAPTER XII. The Moose Hunt

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'Ech, bairns!' exclaimed Andrew, putting a calming hand upon the head of each of the agitated children, 'but they're an ill lot of curs to set upon ye in that unmannerly fashion. I'm richt glad I heard the row they were making, and thocht that maybe Dour and Dandy might be glad o' my help. I'm sore mistaken if those snarling beasts,' and he indicated with a sweep of his hand the Huskies now hovering at a respectful distance, 'will be ettlin' to feel my foot verra soon. They're nae fules, though they don't know how to be decent to strangers.'

By this time Ailie's tears were stayed, and Hector had recovered his wind, so they continued along the beach, the collies keeping close to Andrew's heels, giving vent to triumphant little growls whenever a Huskie ventured within earshot.

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A moment later, he came out into a little glade at the farther side of which a big black bear stood upon its hind legs, in front of a great tree, and made furious efforts to seize Dour and Dandy with its forepaws, or to deal them such buffets that they would never bark again.

It was a thrilling spectacle for the most experienced hunter, but for Hector, who had never seen any kind of a bear before, and whose generous heart was at once filled with anxiety for the dogs that were so dear to him, it simply made him forget himself entirely.

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