Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-13

mOCner was not uuII lie game a ht.ie
nearer. Soon he could reach out, stlt1
legged and cautious, and toucn the
furry thing that was not yet dead.
In last spasmodic CONFUSION the
big rabbit doubled up it's rear legs and
gave a kick that sent Ba-ree spraying
back, yelping in terror. He regained
his feet and then, for the first time, an
ger and the desire for retaliation took
possession of him. The kick had com
pleted his first education. He came
back with less caution, but sitter leg
ged, and a moment later had dug his
tiny teeth in the rabbits neck. He
could feel the throb of life in the soft
y. the muscles of the dying rabbit
:. ched convulsively under him, and
he hung with his teeth until there was
no longer a tremor of life in his first
kill. Gray Wolf was delighted. She
ycaressed Ba-ree with her tongue, and
even Kazan condescended to sniff ap.
provingly of his son when he returned
to the rabbit. And never before had
warm sweet blood tasted so good to
Ba-ree as it did today. ..
Swiftly Ba-ree developed from q
blood tasting into flesh-eating animal
One by one the mysteries of life were
unfolded to him the mating-night
chortle Of the gray owl, the crash OF
falling tree. the roll of thunder, the
rush of running water, the scream Of
fisher cat. the mooing of the COW
moose. and the distant call of his tribe
But chief of all thes mysteries thai
were already becoming part OF h1'
instinct was the mystery of scent One
day he wandered fifty yards away from
the windfall and his little nose touch
ed the warm scent Of a rabbit. Instant
ly, without reasoning or further pro
cess of education he knew that to get
at the, sweet flesh, and blood which he
loved he must follow the, scent, He
wriggled slowly along the trail until ne
came to a big log, over which the rab:
bit had yaulted in a long leap and
from this log he turned back Each
day after this heawent on adventures
Of his own. AT first he was like an ok
plorer without a compass in a. vast and
unknown world, Each day he encoun
tered something. new, always wonder
full, frequently terrifying But his ter
rors grew less and less and; his conf
dence correspondence greater. AS ne
found that none of the things he fear
ed did him any harm he became more
and more bold in his investigations
And his appearance was changing. as
we'll as his view Of things. His round
roly poly body was taking different
form. He became 1.-the and quick. The
yellow of his coat darkened, and there
was whitish-gray~streak along his
back like that along Kazan's. He had
his mothers under throat and hel
beautiful grace of head Otherwise he
was true son OF Kazan. His limbs
gave signs of future strength and mas
siveness. He was broad across the
chest. His eyes swereswide apart, with
p little red in the lower corners. The
forest people know what to expect Of
husky pups who early develop thai
| drop Of red. 1t is a warning hat they
are born OF the wild and that theil
mothers, or feshers, are 3of the savage
hunt packs * Ba-ree that tinge of rec
was so pronounced that It could near
but one thing, While he was almos
half dog, the wild had claimed him for
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/ t'ff7 ITO be continued.)