Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-20
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cuAPTER XXII.-CONTTNUED
-oR some minutes after Kezan's
N N,,rnned senses had become normal he
mouonless watching Sandy Nc
rsgcer. Every bone in his body gave
~. ra,n His Jaws we're sore and bleed
n' rIs upper lip was smashed where
" w .,uh had fallens One eve was almost
s..d Several times Sandy came near,
...rr nieased at what he regarded as the
~, nv raeults Of the beating. Each time
~ S-oueht the club. The third time he
~ .sded Knzan savagely with It, and the
y. snarled and snapped savagely at the
usS n Il. This was what Sandy wanted
~ !. ras an old trick of the dog-slaver. In
.tsntly he was using the club again,
Nm with q whining cry Kazan skunk
uns .,nasr the protection Of the snag to which
~ vras fastened. He could scarcely drag
sn,rself. His right forepaw was smashed.
~ hind quarters sank under him.
Ear a time after this second beating
:. could not have escaped had he been
sandy was in unusually good humor.
rrll take the devil out of you all right"
:, iold lazan for the goth time, There's
so.hIn' like beatin's to make dogs an
-srmin live up to the mark. A month
,,on now you'll be worth 5000 or I'll skin
rou alivew
III Ttrse or four times before dusk Sandy
-e,red 70 rouse Kazan's animoslty But
share was no longer any desire left In
Tszan to fight. His two terrific beatngs,
and the crushing blow of the bullet
svainst his skull, had made him sick.
~ law with his head between his fore
ra,rs. his eyes closed, and did not see
MeTrigger He paid no attention to the
meat that was thrown under his nose.
ue did not know when the last of the
eun sank behind the western forests, or
when the darkness came. But at last
eosnethinE reused him from his stupor.
1'o his dazed and sickened brain II came
IKE call from out of the far past, and
hs raised his head and listened. Out on
,ha sand McTrigger had built a fire and
The man stood in the red glow of 1t now,
facing the dark shadows beyond the
sbore line. He too, was listening. What
had reused Kazan came again now-the
lost mourning cry of Gray Wolf far out
on the plain.
with a whine Kazan was on his feet
hrglng at the bablche. Sandy snatched
up his club and leaped toward him.
.Down, you brutel" he commanded.
In the frelght the club rose and fell
With ferocious quickness. When McTrig-
ssr returned to the fire he was breathing
hard again. He tossed the club beside
the blankets he had spread out for bed.
1t was different looking club now. 1t
was covered with blood and hair.
"Guess that'll take the spirit out of
him" he chuck.ed. "It'll do that-or kill
'imr'
several times that night Kazan heard
Gray VOLTS call. He whined softly In
response, fearing the club. He watched
the fire until the last embers of it died
out and then cautiously dragged himself
from under the snag. Two or three
times he tried to stand on his feet. but
fell back each time.
His legs were not broken, but the pain
Of standing on them was eXcruciating.
He was hot and feverish. All that night
be had craved drink OF water. When
Sandy crawled out from between his
blankets In the early dawn he gave him
both meat and water. Kazan drank tho
water, but would not touch the meat.
Sandy regarded the change in him with