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He lifted her in his ar he carefully deposited at what passed for the stern The raft sank a bit and ed, but bore up

"Now then, all aboard!" cried Stern

"The wolf, Allan, the wolf! How about hiuess he's earned his life, all right enough"

Quickly he slashed the cord The wolf dropped li on its side, tongue lolling, eyes glazed and dim

"He'll be a horrible example all his life of what it means toaboard "If wolves or anthropoids can learn, they ought to learn froh the e of the pier-head

"Now the tide's got us," exclaimed Allan with satisfaction, as thewith cal, and full of vigorous, pulsing life, in spite of the long vigil in the tree and the hard night of work, curled up at the foot of the rough mast, on the mass of fir-tips Stern had piled there

"You steer, boy," said she, "and I'll go to work onwe ought to have our little craft under full control"

"It's one beautiful boat, isn't it?" aunt hulk that barred the way

"It mayn't be very beautiful," she answered softly, "but it carries the greatest, purest, noblest love that ever was since the world began--it carries the hope of the whole world, of all the ages--and it's taking us home!"