The Arctic legions

How it begins

Menaced on all sides by the death-dealing hoofs of migrating caribou, Conroy of the Mounted and Yeyik, the half-breed killer, face a struggle for mastery. [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Argosy All-Story Weekly March 2 1929. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] The monotonous clicking of deer hoofs on the rock valleys of the Barren Lands, and the faint fingers of light touching the granite ridges, told Corporal Conroy that another day had come.