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sday. August 12, 1914 zine, Wedne ® )OSOTO00 000U. BODOD]NDNHNIOGHHHDOS HHDOTGOOOES GODOOIHOO He DOYVDO DOOHOOHTHOOOS: or OOOO) x @ 3 The Best Dog Story Ever Written. An Ideal Summer Romance of the Big Outdoors } K A 7 4 A NJ © a ee © By James Oliver Curwood behind the sledge. It made him restless, and half dozen times, when tho sledge stopped, he sniffed at the bit of humanity § buried in the bearskin. Each time § that he did this Joan was quickly at his sido, and twice she patted his ¢ scarred and grissied head until every drop of bi in his body leaped riot- ly with @ Joy which bis body did ©, Onpriant, 1014, by Bo co and of fire. And that strange thing Joan went back and peered dowa uu- wailing, half-emothered voice of baby in the air, for he could not see it or Something told him now that he Ge= by Berto dierrin der the furs, and what she saw there Joan. hear it or scent it, But he could feel ig ‘MOVSI8 OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, seemed to be very near to him now, . hag fab Melee Lhe wd longed to the Sun Rook, and net ’ batt spurred her on in almost fer » | A Geep sigh of relief heaved up it. H it to the fi ind aniffed Ys rae wna, aa a8 he followed at the end of bis chain rice ae stambled to het kneos in from ‘Kasan's chest He wis exe ai Gray Wolf, “Caually se whined the cabin. The call that came to Mil 1) the drifts . coaxingly, But her response to-day from over the plain was set “*Xtter that there wae a steeten of Hut the voice of baby Jeon Silcd RG Gould.veg het hits tenet nn ene Gray came out trem a im co! it e wind-ewopt ice, and Kasan pulled the with o strange happiness, and he "A fourth time the voice came to » At use yb ben sledge alone. Joan walked at his side. lay down in his traces, while the man them faintly, and she snapped flerce- her retreat, and slunk to his There was a pain in hor chest. A carried Joan and the baby into the ly at some unseen thing in the dark- whimpering, and nipped gently at thousand needles seemp’ pricing. her life and warmth of the cabin. neas between the two rocks. Kazan ehaggy neck. It was the face, and suddenly she remeu! 1A few minutes later the man reap- went again to the trail, still hesita- the thermometer, She exposed it for peared. He was not old, like Pierre ting. ‘Then he began to do down. *tit of Bis fathers that made uring the next quarter Bavatee. His strength “eB 0" ee @ time on the top of the tent. disson. He came close to Kazan respond by caressing Gray a CHAPTER VI. mone day the ohief thin; Wien she looked at it s few min and looked down at him. ot only oy the pads Ind cikwe of'ame face with Bie tongea ‘Thea 2.4 (Continued) ‘ game to understand low sory, Forty miles! And her father that alone ul you GG mals, for the Bun Rock wis ® huge Wolfs jaws opened, anf she « Joan tle creature on the sled; peeeey HEY Inid him down close to Read and talked'to him, and tha { the fire, and after a little it was very helpless. Be een 3 had told that she could make it— down fearlessly, unfast- ya Pa Hl ay! sheer up for and could not lose herself! But she ened hin from the traces and led tops of the '" short panting breaths, as rs ie did not know that even her father him toward wruce and balsam, its bald creat had been hard run. the cabin door, Kagan catching the first gleams of the sun She would have been afraid to face the hesftated but once—almost on the was bappy, and as they orth that day, with the tempers threshold. “He turned ble head, awit in the morning and the lass. slow of a little snuffling sound from ture y yw and ® moaning and alert. Pree on = OS ee firet led Kazan to the security of the the rocks, Kazan wagged bis wind bringing the fret warning of & and wailing of the storm jt retreat at the top of the rock. Gray Wolf darted back to her ‘The timber was far behind her now. heard the voles of Gray Wolf. When he reached the bottom he no ‘The next day, and still the longer hesitated, but darted swiftly Ahead there was baits A Bay i the cabin door closed behind 11 'the direction of the cabin. Be. did not go to the cabin, though lese barren, an ¢ heard the voices o the cause of that instinct of the wild that Ot tue day. If there had’ besa trees hadowy corner of the Fa ati in him, he always ap- the woman calling him. Om r and was that Joan was most ted, Ronny arn to wg that Ber volce was sqfter aad thrilled fought warm wi and him more deeply, when he paid at- § washed away the blood ypation to that Little, warm, living % from the torn leg, and then put some- jing in the rekin. thin on it that wus soft and warm To" Bone nasitaon sat beside th a#@ soothing, and finally bound a POOP AOS Tee he did not smoke, oloth about it. stared straight into the flames. When ‘All this was strange and new to at last he rose to go into the tent with Masan. Pierre's hund, as well aw the the girl and tho baby, he bent over guts, stroked bis head, It was the Kasan and examined ble burt. trees while the man pre- Joan's heart would not bave choked pared aomething over a hot stove for Droached the cabin with caution. He he went down, and Joan joMwith terror, But there wes noth- Joan, “It was’a long time before Never gave warning, and for & M- were ao glad ment Joan was startled when she ing—nothing but, that gray ghostly Joan rose from the oot on which the iockeq up trom her baby and saw him, and the baby kicked and laagied z ” u traces he mas who brought him u gruel of meal 4 morrow by poy.” he & said, “We must fag the earth a Bie eras At Kevan head her evotingt set then ‘s shagey head and shoulders and screamed at him, while aad tallow, and urged bim to at, make the river by to-morrow night. ‘he snow heavy under her the man made her eat, and for a fe cee ssc amine = ea stood by cautiously, watohing whlls Joan sat with her chin in ber If we don't”— feet again. bg td she was een time they talked. nee, the renege out her two hands with cooing cries demonstrations with a gleam of tWo bands, looking at the dog, and He did not finish. He was choking ing for cog Mars rf ght i nea Hung up a big in font to Kazan, Joan, too, held out a ®pprobation in his eyes, talking to him. After this, w be back one of those tearing coughs ed traps in ti joe the and eat down close to the »,.,, ~ “T’'m afraid of him,” he tel@ Seah © comfortable, and no longer when the tent-flap dropped behind af nge small ery him. Kazan lay stiff and alert, his from th 'y ou the sledge eyes filled with a strange anxiety. Fle brought his head up with a jer did not like to see Radisson enter the oan saw the movement, and heard tent, for stronger than ever there the low whimper in throat. She hung that oppressive mystery in the turned quickly to the bundie, talking alr about Vong and it seemed to be a ahd coving to it as she took it in her part of Piorre, arms, and then she pulled back the ‘qhreo times that night he heard that Kazan could see. He faithful Gray Wolf calling for him seen a baby before, and deep in the forest, and each time he Joan {t out before bim, #0 that answered her. Toward dawn she could look straight at it and see og, in close to camp. Once he What & wonderful creature it was. caught the scent of her when she cir- {ta little pink fa’. stared steadily cieq around in the wind, and he of. But she found now that 4, HPthe joe and pnow fooked allke, to a uletiy isan wipead chews ee a Kagan, che etied enitiy. “Come tor the Nendredth tae, it) wi ) Kagan peta Mack of ber eyes, It was the Tall and crept under the bunk, For youn dropped her hand to his head, wolt steam in his eyes, Mel intense cold, Sue time he eps hear the sob- and at its touch there thrilled through treacherous breed. Sometimes I The river widened, into « small ea e girl Then all him that strange joy that was hls re. we'd never Brought him home.” id here 1e ind at ic or a wal ir ing Gray ‘olf an jake once with suon force that her , The next morning he elipped out wild. Slowly he raised his head a ua bend Lecreche a Sous cane weight was taken from the strap ‘and through the door when the man ¢ii his black muzzle rested on her Jap y—have gonet™ Joan Kazan dragged the sledge alone, A opened it, and iftly into the and he cloned his eyes while that few inches of snow impeded her ae forest. Half a mile away he found wonderful little creature that myati- much as @ foot had done Lit. the trail of Gray Wolf, and called to fed him so—the baby—prodded him Ge che draPPanteegaenoed Pop ed te went be wee er itty Rat ue Sone ae gale er side, every o1 '. , wn} ir. le en0 y= oH magnificent strength in the Vainly Gray Wolf tried to lure him moplin even more than the touch t onl an Traces. : . eee ete ny aes eacunds, ‘ag tuswed and whined at tho ond of his @GGO9GOOHIOIIOODDOOOOOOOOHOOOSO9D9OOOOONOOIOTOS qnyite tine Gey See ce a tise ihe ene ee We ane carntesad bas ak Ereted Witsoe mk nocehonting hie, and then suddenly it kicked and Chain, hoping that she would come in shut off hie wind. His legs and back was not because of fear for herself. of the sl following in the trail dogs, and from the fringe of the forest with his team, ith delight and laughed. twitched. In that tent whore Radis- It was the baby. The wailing cries ‘She was powerless Kazan saw him tuck Joan and the baby had toddled up to Ke those sounds Kazan's ‘whole body int Ro sooner had Radisson moved son had gone were Joan and the from the tent plerced her like knife to help ‘Tim. She felt more and more among the furs on the sledge, as old eee “Where orks G ed, and be dragged himself to !n the tent than Gray Wolf was gone. baby. He knew that Pierre would thrusts, the leaden weight of her legs, There Pierre had done. All that day he fol- a acream of hor- girl's feet. The man's face was thinner, and bis not hurt them, but ne knew also that And then, all at once, there came to was but one hope—and that was the jowed in the trail of the team, with a ut from the men “eo, he likes the baby!” she cried. eyos were redder this morning. His with Pierre Radisson something ter- her hotona, Fg Pierre had ht forest. If they did not reach it soon, Gray Wolf alinking behind him. aa they leaped toward the pack. But oq “Mon pere, we must give him @ name, cough was not so loud or so rending. rible and impending was hovering before—his word: within half en hour, she would be They travelled until dark, and shen was ahead of them all, In a ‘What ahall it be?” It was like a wheese, as if something Very near to them. He wanted the air holes, the home forty miles away. able to go no further. Over and over under the stars and the moon ‘that t travelled with the ‘Wait till morning for that," replied "84 given way inside, and before the man outside—by the fire—where ‘You couldn't lose yourself, Joan.” again she moaned rayer for ber pag ‘the storm, the man still was at the bie the father. “it is late, Joan, Go into Sifl came out he clutched his hands Could Ue still and watch him. Ho had guessed what might happen. ° baby an she struggled on. urged on his team. It was deen in the husky’ they pulled “Owe, We're pt tand sleep. We baye no dogs often at his throat. Joan's face . In the tent there was silence. Neat) she bundled the baby deep She fell in the snowdrifts, Kasan nient when they came to another him off, the husky was tho top of the Bi a will travel slowly. So we Whitened when she saw him. eto Sin Coan Beepre cat furs and returned to the fire bed. Her and the sledge & dark cabin, and the man beat upon the door. dead. > = Joan thought of that now, as the Anxiety gave way to fear in hor Wolfs cry, Each night sho was call” ong thought now was that th ed HEM. ond out ie ¥ betes And then, all at once, A’ ght, the opening of the door, the baby kicked and tousled Kazan's ae a ear on the tontflap, Yeh, Lisete Nadiewn iaighed when ine,covigt aud comfng slower tc the Kava'arat™'ahe'mads aint pus of fhe eam, that they ware leaving ter: fovea’ weloome of, m mane, Tale, bead Gray Walt wis Joan turned. she flung her arms about him, and him to-night, but he did not even birch-bark, covered it with half. 2b Pint Bona B cred.) y foot Joan's sobbing cry—Kazan heard these “Good. old Kazan,” ahe eried softly, much 4 coughed to prove that what its of wood, and went 1 ahead of her—but tne blotch seemed +07, ‘which he was ote Bon Se Me TT RS Sawtrue,” hat Ts atid kine” incresponae,”" He dared nia DU of Wood, and went Into the lant to%be avast distance, cay. Sey [ateg! nd han aippad'task to oray RWUNE Mer,feee owen clog te Mim. meg about a erie oat thulding the litte “YOU see the cough fs not eo bad, tent. He iay still for a long time, carried them in a waterproof box ine Dit of life aad, strength In lee Bane woig. we're going to be alone to-night of the Seam. "The other ahe stretched out ™Y Joan,” he sald. “It ts breaking tired and lame from the day's jour- pocket of his bearakin coat. letbon kad tary sean, soa In the days and weeks that followed baby snd. “Daddy's gone to the to. Kaman. “Wolf! Wolf!” she called UP. You can not have forgotten, ma ney, but sleepless. She sobbed as sho kneeled beside © ed ant inabdle time be- Joan's ing the lure of the and must care for us while cherl? It ulways loaves one red-eyed The fre burned lower: the wind in him again, and obtained the box. Aw Pi Lewy Nod Pe oy tas ‘woman's hand held Loy way, reak.” gered Gedee ad tolerated Pierre, Kazan went off to his corner and Joan made her the treetops died away and the thick the fire flared a Lepedlgye 3 ge Lodi only six feet ahead of her she strug- F eyes were on her. Heknew *nd weak. ’ ‘ahe was speaking to him, and he _It was a cold bleak day that followed, sTay clouds rolled like a mas: of wood, and lay down, Just aa there had been He di fondle a himself @ foot toward her. and through it Kazan and the man tain from under the skies. 7 @ had dragged into £04, ior Totore ene oould Feech out some strange thing at'the top of the aid, but He knows it already!” she cried. tugged at the fore of the sledge, with began to glow white and metallic, and camp. @ gave her courage. Oh4'touch it. With @ moan she fun Hock to disturb ‘him that day, eo babyieh waimpe Geod night. mon pere.” Joan following in the trail behing, from far in the north there came™Forty miles—and the river led to their And touen It. WIKh & moad Hoe ih now there was mystery that dis- o kind of For a long time after she had gone Kazan's wound no longer hurt him. He 1 Fisping, moaning sound, home! She must make that, with the Demnelf Tormenn Nal Tes Shing of very dear to him, as it was to the turbed him in the cabin. ' experienced fate the tent, old Pierre Radisson Pulled steadily with all his splendid h-runners running over baby and Wolf. the storm. She no longer felt discom- girl. It was not until the third day “We're going away,” she whispered ‘he moon was strength, and the man never lashed frosty sno’ @ mysterious mono- For the first time she turned to him that Joan succeeded in coaxing him Of the sledge facing TirrneeG, but patted him wite bis mt, tone of the Northern Lights. After and spoke his name as she put her ‘ft. With ber faoe tn the fate uatOe ints the cabin—and that was the day t o allence was broken ‘ened hand on bend and back. The {t grew steadily and swiftly hand on his head. After that ame to ber with swiftness and joy on which the man returned with the going hom st 3! se We as day, when he went dews going hunt for Gray Wolf. At ive— white 1 r f . Tt away down’ where hls the rock Pally Bie le are! Pe day arom, steadily darker and in the “Or ovatght Gray Wolf did not com- out over the fire and melted tbe snow S,Nslon Of warmth § pre heme eos Gend and frosen body Of TWrte sid where they have churehse and cities Up abdad of Rim ane de ates ee Aramen UES Bia) or cea there was the low | oo herself by the direction of the for tes, ‘Bho was not hungry, but {nen the vision faded away, and was rus Sonow henercollar he wore and and music, and all the beautiful A half mile from Sun Rock twe Rene and whined. es Darkn Wind. She followed like a sneaking £0, {etch iow ner tather hed made followed by deep night, began calling him Kazan, things in tlie world. And we're going leaps put Gray Wolf's Goan shadow over the trail Pierre Fadia; Ber eat four or five th og knean stopped in the tall. oe ealt's mile away, at the summit to take you, Kazan!” his jaws. He trotted THe coughed, and viutched a hand fon REN eae and when Soe ane she forced her: breakfast fi, haunches beside her, waiting for of @ huge mass of rock which the In- Kazan didn't understand. But he dropping the big seven- te his breast, where the pain seemed ir i; her to move and speak. e was dians called the Sun Rock, he and was pappy at having the wom: shoe hare now an 80 im, and talking to him. At But i very still. He thrust his nose into Gray Wolf had found a home; and near to rending him. “ for a curious twitching of his i h “Vy, ih ” . Teach the river" And he steadily The terrible whe dreaded fol- ir. A whine rose in his here they went down to their these times he forgot Gray Wolf. The protien jung," he eald, speak’ urged Kazan on to greater effort, while Muscles. lowed ‘that. She wrapped blankets DOr loose Hale. A. Whine ted his from here jhe plain, and often the 4om that was in him surged over his Fag his own strength at the end of the ,,There was a new note in Gray closely about her father’s body, and rt in of wild % ,/ d and sniffed in the face of the girl's voloe reached up to them, call- quarter strain of wildness, and the * Ne OI ee Lac. traces Wolf's voice, @ wailing note in which tied them with babiche cord. ‘After head and weiter came to hia With {ir “Rasanl iasant Rasen!” woman and the baby alone filled his ” Tt bad 4, that she piled all the furs and blank- that ‘wind. He mussled Joan again, Tnreaghvall'the jong winter Kazan World. But after Joan had gone to In the loneliness and emptiness of It was the Message, And at th her bed, stopped to bull 3 ets that remained on the sledge t stir, Then he went ween the lure of her , and all was quiet in the hey ws of Show fell straight down Inns whie Mound of It Kazan rose from out of close to the fire, and snuggled baby Dut she did not ed ta hie traces, POysTe’ (hus pe meand Gray wolf. cabin, his old uneasiness returned. He Jp faa. big northern wilderness one falls Geluge ao thick that It bid the tree fend turned straight up tothe sky he Jou deep down in them, Pullin® ready for the pull, and looked back " ‘Then came spring—and the Great 10% to his feet and moved stealthily etustls need wee bart, wera trunks fitty yards away. Pierro howled as the wild dogs of the orth down the tent was a task. Still she did not move OF Change, about the cabin, sniffing at the walls, ‘watchful, so Plerre spoke to Inughed when Joan shivered and snug- how! before the tepees of masters who _ The ropes were stiff and frozen, and gpeak, and Kazan’ the door and the things his mistress ahead of him. ee close up to him with the baby in are newly dead. when she had finished one of her CHAPTER VIII. had done into packages. A low whine er arms He waited only c N hands was bleeding. She piled the h thing in the wind came sd roae in his throat. Joan, half asleep, rock, he eas cal vee Sa erty it a and then fastened Kazan in ¢! EC soe ornate pei pe Frei ast on, ee to nim strouger fora moment. He be- The Great Change. enna be os oer nyo hia beard. Suddenly AOre"atout his own waist, In the sic CHAPTER VII. CRLErIRE Ber: thoes Fareed: s8f leokee: gan to cull, he sacar treme eee HB rocks, the ridges and the to sleep" ® Po hollow racking cough co-- Out of the Blizzard. Fierre Radisson lay on his balsam of hin bed, with nothing over him now bi warmer glow. The poplar in the centre of the room, stening, 'T was dawn when the baby the gray sky and the spruce-top3. he sto ‘and solffed the burst, (rembling, And faintly he heard, tar snuggled close to Joan's Hasan stood atift-leggod and suited third timo that he baited, in Lecaacterd tvekidihad cna ot Say; the walling cry of Gray Wot, Wolf Churebill—and I pray @bead of them lay a plain, warm breast and awak. $C Sif. His spine bristied wilien of snow, he returned to Joan's side e But to-night it was not the cry of gic ‘we'll get. there—with the Which Radisson pointed an Joan wont back slowly and kneeled ag; her. spruce grew heavier in the air each iene news, It sent a thrill through core ‘tas nee sive oun? DANG. ened her with its cry of beside the blanket-wrapped object. Then he tum nat the end of Gey, and all through the wilderness, {!™m- | He ran to the door and whined, Hae—before my lungs give out.” |. “There's the river, Joan,” he sald, bung She opened her When she returned to him her face his traces an Meanie tent be ‘aragned ¢*Y" eee ee wah ce but Joan was aap to slutabor and Bae Hs Rhee mere’ nis voice faint and husky.” “We cal eyes, prushed back the thick hair trom Was White and tense, and now hero tho sledge through the drift, Heyond i= plain ry ge ee a ere sree neck, and he camp hero now and wait for the . =) 14 mere the: Cen strange and terrible look in the drift there was a stretch of clear rippling murmur of the spring te aL il cry, and only once, Then bg Kjell 4 Vetas silent mic ives After storm to 3." ber eon rt Gs aus : ie her ey seme ated fat sernee tie ico, arld here Leu Treated. perine finding their way to Hudson's Bay. poly ant (isd als He crouched bs eo wol h eoeained Wie tae fow a Unde thick clump of spruce he shadowy form of her father was ly- 8 a lull in the wind the scent came there was the ‘ ppayhon ded Te ree recent aula, put un the tants and then began get fat the other side of the tent, 8nd fastened about her slonder waist him stronger than before. 18 es ee ee the joe Molde fyo°et, fund, him there, stilt watch- the husky, Another husky would out for the river, , where % Reread ee ra eee eg ag eee ca eeasted Dicased that he was still sleeping. floundering knee-deep in the freshly a eee cain sinters it UP through the Ross Welcome the open the duor for him, and ina mo: It was ‘Mo owift,” os he Arotia, and for that ment he was gone. His f Barcees had named I ‘the distant volce of Gray Wolf biscuits, Joan went into the tent and She knew that the day before he fallen and drifted snow. Halt-way Joan had been conscious she would ous ere still came with the ADFil mearcely. tov tau fect seemed it—the for him, but something told dropped exhausted on her thick bed had been very near to exhaustion, eee stumbled in a’ drift and fell, have urged him straight ahead. But reason Shel to) sharp breath of wed in the prc dA | earth an be Socteee tte boon ae wa wes a (valleys were taking on a Long after that Kazan stood rigid him again. Pierre carried his compass in his hand, anted, clutching 1 and at last, late in the afternoon, th merits okcuty miles vatraight came toa break in the timber-It th i ESE I loose hair flying in a shimmor- turned into the break, and for t he must not answer it now. of balsam boughs, wrapping herself ang go for halt hour longer she jne azan t ing veil over the sn With « the winter. . took. Across the plain he could deep in its jugular. But ia a “4 wo rey by te Bagg 4 a e sna te pany up close in the skin® jay quiet, cooing to the baby mighty pull Kazan was at her al He Perea A ieee whine ee cates Kasan had sheltered himself‘agalnst the cap of it already painted with a tional part of a second thet pd ee tee ry wad Joan, ‘Then she arose cautiously, and his cold muzzle touched her face and more frequently, until at Inst the that wind. Not s breath of aif stirred golden glow, thrown Itself back like a nis oer catlaned’ the ‘man, He iad that she w: alga ad he eked, the baby. in the Ware ae as she drew herself to her . For whine broke into a joyous bark. in the aun y CARS Be ey BE nie came to the narrow winding ball, and Kasan's teeth ? . on her he - n for . ‘ail, wn : tent, peered for @ side the fire and talk. And ye ae on Fils put oe ee A mioment Joan foals by shaggy head = Ahead of him, close to the creek, chose! wormed his way up ‘it Selves in the flesh of its neck By this time it was broad day, “wot!” she moaned. "Oh, Wolf!” a at To-night she had no Al ‘small cabin, Smoke was rising comfortable than jad been at any swiftly. of the jugular. And It was the isoent time during the aix months of terrible Gray Wolf was not at the top to now fighting the ft ofa ky, built up euddenly. He rose and she breathed a sigh of relief ghe we ——and as he slept he dreamed, tht nt on, her breath com come to him in the winter-—and as he slep' greet him. But he could smell her, the pack, or of anot husiy. Gennes ne pa eure ta BS when she saw that the storm had pantingly now, even from her orlet wind. A hard level slope reached to Gray Wolf, his wild mate, lay neur and the ecent of that other thing was Was Oxhting clawe—claws that fame out a fow moments later, head and shoulders passed. It was bitterly cold. It exertion. The snow wus not go decp the onbin door, and with the last bim, fiat on her belly, he strong in the air, His muscles tight- like twenty razor. Weaving the baby asleep in tho tent. “Asleep, Joan sked. seemed to her that she had never on the ico of . But a wind strength that was in him Kazan reaching out, her eyes ened; his legs grew tense, Deep Which even a jugular bold eould ie By up and kissed Pierre, and =a); 4 father. Won't you please Known It to be so ould in all her was rising, It came from the north drageed his burden up that. Then he keen and alert as the smell of man down in his chest there begun the low Stop. ‘dropped. down on her knees be- comensocaf’ , fe, ‘The fire wes completely oUt. and east, straight in hér face, and settled himself baak beside Joan, lift- could them. For there wasthat rumble of a growl, He knew now Once he had fought a lynx ina ede Kasan and talked to him almost ban v oke,” be sald, “Are you Kazan was huddled in @ round ball, Joan bowed her head as sho pulled ed his sha; head to the dark sky smell of man as well as of balsam what that strange thing was that had 294 he bad not forgotten the he had heard her talk to the baby. rene A ase) : his nowe tucked under his body. He with Kazan. Half a mile down the and howl and spruce, in the warm spring air, haunted him, and made him uneasy, the battle had taught him. He a heh radeed his head, shivering, as Joan river she stopped, and no longer A moment later the door opened. She gesed anxiously and sometimes it was lite, Something. that lived ‘0 pull the lynx down, instead ge, Jumped up to help her 'You, ‘I'm go tired and—aleepy'—— Camo out. With her heavily moc- could she repress. the hopelessnese A man came out, Kasan's reddennd, steadily at Kazan as he slept and breathed had invaded the home ing It on tte back, as he woule Casined foot Joan scattered thoashes that rose to her lips in @ soobing, anow-shot eyes followed him watch- Her own gray spine stiffened when which he and Gray Wolf . done with another dog or a and charred sticks where the fire had choking cry. Forty miles! fully as fan to tho aledge, He she saw the tawny heir along Kas- Ho bared his long fangs, « ri knew that when on its beek the been. There was not a spark left. She clutched her hands at her heard his rtled excl: tion as he an’e back bristle at some dream of defiance drew back his lips. cat was most dani it over Joan. In another lull of vision, She whined softly as his up- legged, prepared to spring, his 8 ‘ saw him atanding firmly upon ness he was gripping at bis throat. legs she gavo a cry of pleasure. “We're almost home, Joan, That is it‘war a strange journey that be- our river out there—-the Little Beaver. In returning to the tent she stopped breast and stood breathing like ona neck {t® powerful hind feet FEA inte, he North that day. More We T should run away and leave you to," q moment beside Kazan, and who had been beaten, hor back to the wind there came trom out of per lip snarled back showing hie and head reaching out, he pprowched bowel him, Maa put the tent, blankets, food fo PlEht you could follow miles. Do atted his shagay head the. wind. The baby was quiet. the mags of fure on tho sledge, the long white fangs. But for the most the two rocks between which Gray _ Behind him he heard Gray " i 5 our cabin, It's only forty ; LN eetd. “2 wien? part Kazan lay quiet, save for the Wolf had crept the night before. She #obbing and crying, and he knew musoular twitchings of legs, shoul- was still there, And with her she was terribly hurt. He ders and muzzle, which always tell nomething cle, After a moment the With the rane and ctroneth ef when o dog ‘ts dreaming; and a# he tenseness left Kazan's body. Hig 208s, and his teeth met through dreamed there came to the door of bristiing crest drooped until tt lay flesh and hide of the cat's the cabin out on the plain @ blue- flat. His ears shot forward, and he But the big lynx escaped death eyed girl-woman, with ® big brown put his head and shoulders between half an inch. It would take a oem ' he furry nest for baby Joan, > Poor Wolf! I ee ierneneed himesif 1a The Tey see now, had given you one of tho bearakina!” eo und dragged tho sledge over “Vorty. ‘miles—atraight down the Soe threw back the tent-flap and snow. He coughed incessantly. river, “You couldn't lose yourself, eaters ” ‘or ne fist See ae A tart" led Pier rye eae At inatt scan Tees paply Zong Daye to'belenreins putalde, ‘Kagan heard the. terrible * ied Plerre, car Joan of air holes in the ice.” 5 seer no sign of blood on his lips or “Won't you come to bed, father? moaning cry that broke from her Are You Going Away for Vacation? When you go out of town for vacation you may find it ts f \ faked ot braid ‘over her shoulder, who called the two rocks, and. whined xrip to reach the jugular, and Beard, “Til Koop in the cabin 10: ® you're tired—and almost sic Tips. No one could have 1 | is} braid over her shoulder, who % : i when we get home.” Yes~atter 1 amoke," he repeated, Plerre Radisson‘ face once—and not } difficult and costly to provide yourself with the right sort of reading eee” case Mawes And rey Walt whined. | Blowiy, mrad, Maun Dee tue Gseay ee n Kazan, with that strange “Joan, will you keep reminding mo Dave w matter. The’ voloe reached faintly to the ing sun. ‘Then he lay down, eo thar the lynx, and in thet moment tt beast knowledge which man, unable to-morrow of tho air holes? I might . After that one agonizing cry Joan to explain, calls irftinct, knew that forget. You can always tell them, for h hi Why send to the city for novels at $1.25 or $1.50 each or buy | $2P,0f tne Bun Hock, and Mray Wot his body shielded the entrance to the {welt back, and Kagan gripped af flattened her ears. Kazan stirred, chamber between the rocks, throat—on top. ‘what he sald was not the truth, Per- the snow end crust over them are Sobbing ao softly thi fi her instant hi rake and h y Paps it was largely because he had whiter than that on the rest of the #harp ears heard no sound. She ro- en a a Janey price in some ages store? delightful Orie toot, je was awake and = Gray Wolf wan a mother. ncit® cats claws ripped throug Rekra other men coush like this, and ce, and like a sponge, Will you re- Tone here eer ee ica and eading { ge bie A yours with the best, most delightful summer ince ahe had given up the pack and Api too high to kill, Another “ or generations his sleds@-dug member—the alr holes—~ if ‘or six a her o! fe for Kazan, ‘oleae ha PTER IX. they would have cut to tora had heard men cough as — '¥es-s-a-a"—— motherhood in her girlish body was per mie Gray Wolte greatest enemy, x. M @isson coughed—and had lowrned Pierre dropped the tent flap and re- roused to action by the wailing cry of By subscribing to The Evening World for the rest of the summer | nc’ane hated It It took Kazan trom The Tragedy on Sun Rock. tage ‘ot the sock wall andne t followed it, turned to the fire, He staggered as baby Joan. Then she sprang to her J you will secure a complete novel each week. Not some old book a] her. And wherever it went, Kazan without @ snarl or a cry, they lore than on ho had seonted he walked, feet nm out through the tent A country dealer has not been able to sell, but the finest up-to-date fiction by the foremost living authors, Bear this in mind, not only for yourself but for any of friends who expect to spend their Pere it the country. hal sil Kazan tugged at the end of w se in tepees agg cabins, which he “Good night, boy,” he said, “Guess fot entered, and more than once I'd better go in with the kids. Two to meet her, but she he had sniffed at the mystery of days more—forty miles—two daya"— nothing of him now. that way not quite present, but Kazan watched him as he entered The terror of the wilderness Is mear—just as ho had caught at a dis- the tent, He laid his welght against greater than that of death, and in an tamee the subtio warning of storin the end of his chain until the collar instant it had fallen upon Joan. It Kazan ran nervously to the tratl the top of the Sun Rock. rocks of the ledi jow, their feet had worn up to the top ttle pitched ver and over Fate, nd ¢t len the: itched ove over of the Bun Rock, and atood undectded. And (he fear sad Of ey oat ec geal brutality of masters, had \ All day, and yeater: he had been struck with terrifle force, Kazan uneasy and disturbed,| Whatever it heretofore kept him from permost, was that stirred him seemed to be fatherhood, and he was puzzled, (To Be Continued.) followed. 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