The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-08-15

nave much sleep, OLD BOY, cnuckleu
McGill ambiguously. but ! guess l
can take 9 nap now and then with
you Along!"
He made camp that night fifteen
miles up The lake shore. The big
Dane he fastened to a sapling twenty
yards from his small silk tent, but
Kaxan's chain he made fast to the
butt Of . stunted birch that held
down the tent flap. Before he went
into the tent for the night Mc0ill
pulled out his automatic and exam
ined II with care.
For three days the journey contin-
ued without q mishap along the shore
Of Lake Athabasca. On the fourth
night McQil pitched his tent In
clump OF banskian pine = hundred
day the wind had come steadily from
behind then. and for at least half
Of the day tho professor had been
Watching Kasan closely. From the
west there had now and then come
a scent that stirred him uneasily.
since noon he had shifted that wind
Twice MoGill had heard him growl-
Ing deep In his throat, and once, when
tho scent had come stronger than
usual, he had barred HIS fongs. and
the bristles stood UP along his spine.
For an hour after striking camp the
LITTLE professor did not build IRE.
lake through his hunting glass. 1t
was dusk whom he returned to whore
he had put up his tent and chained
the dogs. For q few moments he
stood unobserved. looking At the
wok-dog. kasan was still uneasy.
He lay facing the West. Mc0ill
made note Of this, for the big Dane
lay behind kassn--to the east. I'm
der ordinary conditions kasan would
have faced him. He was sure now
that there was something In the west
wind. A little SILVER ran UP his back
~ he thought OF what II might be.
Behind rock he built . very small
IRE. and prepared supper. After this
came out he carried . blanket under
his arm. He chuckled a. he stood
for . moment over Kasan.
"We'rs not going to sleep In there
tonight. old boy" no said. IT don't
like what you've found in the west
wind. It may be a-thunder storm!"
He laughed at his joke, and buried
himself In q clump Of stunted ban
skians thirty pdces from the tent.
Here he rolled himself In bis blanket
and went to sleep.
II was . quiet starlit night, and
hours afterward Kasan dropped his
nose between his forepaws and
drowssd. II was the snap Of . twis
awaken the sluggish Dane, but In
SANITY Kasan's head was alert, his
keen nostr1is shining the air. What
he had smellsd all day was heavy
about him now. He lay still and
0uiverinR.
slowly, from out Of the bansiEiaus
behiud the tent there came q figure
II was not the little professor. I,
approached cautiously, with lowered
head and hunched shoulders. and the
starlight rsvsaied the murdsrous face
Of Sandy AoTrsser. Kasan
J. csopohed low. -
TIA laid his head hat between hi.
forepaws. His long fangs Cleaned
his concealment under q thick ban.
skian shrub. Step by step Sandy APP
preached, and At last he reached the
nap Of the tent. He did not carry q
club or q whip in his hand now. II
the place Of either Of those was the
glitter OF stool. At the door to the
tent he paused. and peered in. his
back to kaSan.
Silently, swiftiy--ths wolf now In
every movement. KaEan caIne to his
feet. He forgot the chain that held
him. Ten feet away stood the enemy
no hated above all others he had
ever known. Every ounce Of strength
In his splendid body gathered itself
for the spring. And then he lsapef
This time the chain aid not pull him
back. almost neck-broken.
Age and the elements had weak
ened the leather collar he had worn
since tho days OF his slavery in the
traces. and II gave way with a snap
Sandy turned. and in q second lear
kszan's fangs sank into the flosh OF
his arm,
With . startled cry the man fnii
and a. they rolled over on the ground
the big Danes deep voice rolled GU,
in thunderous alarm - ne tugged a,
his leash. In the fall Kaxan's hold
was broken. In an instant he was on
his feet ready for another attack
And then the change came. He wa
FREQ. The collar was gone from hii
neck The forest, the stars, the wits.
pering Wind were all about him. Here
were mon. and on there was-0ra,
Wolf! His ears dropped and hs
turned swiftly and slipped like {
shadow back into tho glorious free.
dom Of his world.
A hundred yards away something
stopped him for an instant. II wal
not the big Danes voice. but tho
sharp OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of tn,
little professors automatic. And
Of Sandy McTrigger In . weird ant
terrible cry.
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