Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11

pain she sprang in under the windfall.
Five traps Henri had hidden in the space
in front Of the baithouse and Gray Wolfs
| feet found two OF these. She fell on her
| side, swapping and snarling
In his struggle Kazan sprung the re-
| naming two traps. One Of them missed.
| The NTH, and last. caught him by
| hindfoot
This was a little past midnight. From
then until morning the earth and snow
under the windfall were torn UP by the
struggles of the wolf. tho dog and the
lynx to regain their freedom. And when
| morning came, all three were exhausted
! and lay on their sides, painting and with
bleeding Jaws. waiting for the coming
| Of man--and death
Henri and Weyman' were out early
| When they struck off the main line
toward the windfall. Henri pointed to
| the tracks Of Kazan and Gray Wolf, and
his dark face lighted up with pleasure
! and excitement. VII n they reached the
| shelter under the mass OF fallen timber
| both stood speechless for a moment,
astounded by what they saw Even
! Henri had seen nothing like this before
] two wolves and n lynx, all In traps, and
! almost within reach OF one anothers
| fangs. But surprise could not long delay
| the business of Henris hunters instinct.
| The wolves lay first in his path and he
| was raising his rife to put q steel-capped
bullet through the base OF Kazans brain,
! when Weyman caught him eagerly by the
arm. Weyman was staring His fingers
| dug into Henris flesh. His eyes had
| caught n glimpse Of the steel-studded col
lar about Kazan's neck.
"wat" he cried. IT'S not a wolf It's
a dog
Henri lowered his rife, staring at the
| collar Weyman's eyes shot to Gray
! Wolf. She was facing them, snarling, her
ub I'm tn hp
not see. Her blind eyes were closed.
! Where there should have been eyes there
was only hair and an exclamation broke
from weyman's lips.
Look" he commanded of Henri.
/ What in the name of heaven"
"One is doE-wld dog that has run
to the wolves said Henri. And the
| other is-wolf"
And blind" gasped wcyman.
! "Oui. blind, m'sieur." added Henri, fall
ing partly into French in his amazement.
He was raising his rife again. Wey-
man seized 1t firmly.
| Don't kill them" he said. give them
to me--alivc. Figure UP the value of the
| lynx they have destroyed and add to that
the wolf bounty, and l will pay. Alive.
they are worth to mo a great deal. My
| God. n dog-and blind wolf-mates!"
He still held Henris rife, and Henri
was staring at him, as If he did not yet
| quite understand
weymann continued speaking, his eyes
| and face blazing.
"a dog-and a blind wolf-mates" he
repeated at is wonderful, Henri. Down
there they will say that l have gone be-
| yond reason. when my book comes out.
But I shall have proof. | shall take 20
| photographs here. before you kill the
lynx. And shall pay YOU, Henri. a hun
dred dollars apiece for the two. May
have them"
| dnH hnlI rin in
| readiness, while Weyman unpacked his
camera and got to work. Snarllng fnngs
greeted the click of the camera shutter
the fangs of wolf and lynx But Kazan
lay cringing, not through fear, but be-
| cause he still recognized the mastery of
| man. And when he had finished with
his pictures, Weyman approached almost
| within reach of him, and spoke even more
| kindly to him than the man who had lived
back in the deserted cabin.
Henri shot the lynx, and when Kazan
understood this he tore at the end of his
! trapchains and snarled at the writhing
body of his forest enemy. BY means of
pole and n babiche moose Kazan was
| brought out from under the windfall and
taken to Henri's cabin. The two men
then returned with n thick sack and moro
| babiche. and blind Gray Wolf still fet-
tered by the traps, was made prisoner.
All the rest of that day Weyman and
| Henri worked to build stout cage OF
| saplings. and, when II was finished the
two prisoners were placed In it.
Before the dog was put in with Gray
| Wolf, Weyman closely examined the worn
and tooth-marked collar about his neck
on the brass plate he found engraved
| the one word "Kazan," and, with a
| strange thrill, made note of 1t in his diary.
After this Weyman often remained at
the cabin when Henri went out on the
trap-line.
After the sacopd dav ha dared IN nut
his head between tho saplIng bars and
| touch KaZan. and the next day KaZan
| accepted piece of raw moose meat from
his hand. But at his approach, Gray
| Wolf would always hide under the pile of
balsam in the corner OF their prison. The
instinct of generations and perhaps OF
| centuries had taught her that man was
| her deadliest enemy. And yet, this man
| did not hurt her. and kazan was not
afraid of him. She was frightened at
first; then puzzled, and a growing curl
| osity followed that. Occasionally, after
the third day, she would thrust her blind
face out of the balsam and sniff the air
| when Weyman was at the cage. making
| friends with KaZan. But she would not
| eat. Weyman noted that, and each day
he tempted her with the choicest morsels
| of deer and moose fat. Five days-siX-
seven passed. and she had not taken a
mouthful. Weyman could count her ribs.
she die" Henri told him on the sew
| enth night. "She starve before she eat in
that cage. She want the forest, the wild
| kill. the fresh blood. She two-tree year
| old-too old to make civilize."
Henri went to bed at the usual hour,
| but Weyman was troubled and sat up
| late. He wrote a long letter to the sweet
| faced girl at North Battleford. and then
| he turned out the light and painted Wis
| ions of her I'm the red glow OF the fire
] He saw her again for that first time
when he camped In the little shack where
| the fifth city of Saskatchewan now stood
| with her blue eyes, the big shining
| braid. and the fresh glow of the praires
! in her cheeks. She had hated him-yes,
actually hated him, because he loved TO
kill He laughed softly as he thought of
that. She had changed him-wOnderfuly.
He rose, opened the door swiftly, and
went out Instinctively his eyes turned
westward. The sky was a blaze OF stars.
In their light he could see the cage, and
he stood, watching and listening. A
sound came to him. 1t was Gray Wolf
gnawing at the sapling bars of her prison,
A moment later there came a low sob
bing whine, and he knew that il was
Kazan crying for his freedom.
Leaning against the side OF the cabin
was an AK, Weyman seized it, and his
lips smiled silently. He was thrilled by
| a strange happiness. and a thousand
IIaa tn fhaE oil, ~, t,l,