Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-20

satisfaction. BY the time the sun was
w ne had finished his breakfast and was
ready 10 leave. He approached Kazan
.eariessly now, without the club. Untying
.ne pabiche he dragged the dog 10 the
tnoe, Sal Nazan skunk In the sand while
ms captor fastened the end of the hide
rope to the stern of the canoe. Sandy
erlnned. What was about TO happen
would be fun for him. In the Yukon he
dogs. '''' 9f'i''' 0U' "
lie pushed of, bow foremost Bracing
hlmself with his paddle he then began 10
pun hazan toward the water. In few
moments kazan stood with his forefeet
plahted In the damp sand at the edge of
the stream. For brief interval Sandy
allowed the babiche to fall slack. Then
win sudden powerful pull he jerked
hazan out into the water Instantly he
sent the canoe Into midstream swung II
quickly down with the current, and began
10 paddle enough to keep the babiche
taut about his victims neck. In spite
Oh his sickness and injuries Kazan was
now compelled to keep his head above
water. In the wash OF the canoe and
with Sandy's strokes growing steadily
stronger, his position became each mo-
ment one of increasing torture At times
ms shaggy head was pulled completely
under water. At others Sandy would wait
until he had drifted alongside, and then
thrust him under with the end of his
paddle. He grew weaker At the end OF
a half-mile he was drowning. Not until
then did Sandy pull him alongside and
drag him into the canoe. The dog fell
limp and gasping In the bottom. Brutal
though Sandys methods had been, they
had worked his purpose In Kazan there
was no longer a desire to fight. He no
longer struggled for freedom. He knew
that this man was his master and for the
time his spirit was gone. Ali he desired
now was to be allowed to lie in the bot
tom of the canoe, out of reach of the
club, and safe from the water.
The club lay between him and the man.
The end of 1t was within a foot or two
of mis- nose, and what he smelled was
his own blood
For five days and FIVE nights the jour
ney downstream continued and Nc
Triggers process of civllizing Kazan was
continued in three more beatings with
the club, and another resort to the water
torture. On the morning OF the sixth
day they reached Red Gold City, and
McTrigger put up his tent close to the
river. Somewhere he obtained a chain
for Kazan, and after fastening the dog
securely back Of the tent, he cut off the
babiche muzzle
You can't put on meat in muzzle,"
he told his prisoner. AN l want you to
git strong-an' fierce as hell. I've got
an idee. It's an idee you can lick your
weight in wildcats. Wen pull off a stunt
pretty soon that'll fill our pockets with
dust. I've done II afore, and we can do
1t here. Wolf an dog-s'elp me Gawd
but it'll be a drawin' card!'
Twice n day after this he brought fresh
raw meat to Kazan. Quickly Kazan's
spirit and courage returned to him. The
soreness left his limbs. His battered
jaws healed And after the fourth day
each time that Sandy came with meat he
greeted him with the challenge OF his
snarling fangs. McTrigger did not beat
him now. He gave him no fish, no tallow
and meal-nothlng but raw meat. He
Travelled five miles up the river to bring
in the fresh entrails of caribou that had
been killed. One day Sandy brought an
other man with him and when the
stranger came a step too near Kazan
made sudden swift lunge at him. The
man jumped back with a startled oath.
He'll do he growled. Hes lighter
by 10 or Is pounds than the Dane, but