Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-14
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70 him In new and strange surroundings.
CHAPTER Il-He shown snarlinG enmi-
" TO McCready, who II to accompany
Thorpe ana his wife 10 the RED River
camp,
CHAPTER III-Kaxan knows that Mo-
Cready IL q murderer, McCready stealth
tacks him. Thorpe whips Kaxan. Nc
Cready tries TO murder Thorpe and at
ncks Isobel Kazan kills him and then.
fearing the club In punishment, runs away
Into the forest.
CHAPTER Iv-Torn between love OF his
mistress. the fear OF his masters club and
the desires Of the wolf nature In him, he
~ lsnGth sends forth the wolf cry.
CHAPTER V-Kazan runs with the
wolves. lights their leader. becomes mas
Ter OF the pack. and mates with Gray
CHAPTER VI-Kazan and the pack at
tack Pierre Radisson his daughter Joan
and her baby. but In the battle Kazan
turns dog again and helps drive or the
wolves.
CHAPTER VII-Kazan's wounds are
dressed and he IL tied to the sledge.
CHAPTER vIII-Pierre and Kazan drag
the sledge. Gray Wolf follows at a dis
ltlHCe. t1erTe dies, " miles away FROM
their home on the Little Beaver.
CHAPTER TX-out Of q blizzard Kazan
drags the sledge with Joan and the baby
on II To safety and then goes back to
Gray Wolf. He spends the long winter
lowering between the lure Of Joan and
the baby and Gray Wolf.
CHAPTER KIN their den on the top OF
Sun Rock nipples come 10 Gray Wolf and
kaxan In the spring.
In the days or rne iusr snow Nnzun
had proved himself. A neighbOring
trapper had run over with his team,
and the baby Joan had tOddled up to
one of the big huskles. There was a
fierce snap Of jaws, u scream Of horror
from Joan, u shout from the men as
they leaped toward the pack. But Ka-
zan was ahead Of them all. In gray
streak that Travelled with the speed of
a bullet he was ut the big husky's
throat. When they pulled him on, the
husky was dead. Joan thought Of thar
now, as the baby kicked and tousled
Kazan's head.
"Good old KaZan." she cried softly,
putting her face down close to him.
"We're glad you came, Kazan, for
we're going to be alone tonight-baby
and l. Daddy's gone to the post, and
YOU must care for US while he's away"
She tickled his nose with the end OF
her long shining braid. This always
delighted the baby, for in spite OF his
Btoicism Kazan had to sniff and some
times to sneeze, and twig his ears. And
It pleased him, too. He loved the sweet
scent Of JOan's hair.
"And you'd fight for us, If you had
to, wouldn't your" she went on. Then
she rose quietly. II must close the
door," she said. II don't want YOU to
40 away again today, Kazan. You
must stay with u.s."
Kazan went Off to his corner, and layI
down. Just us there had been some
strange thing at the top Of the Sun
Rock TO disturb him that day, so now
there was mystery that disturbed
him in the cabin. He shifted the air,
trying to fathOm its secret. Whatever
It was, II seemed to make his mistress
different, too. And she was digging
out all sorts Of odds and ends Of things
about the cabin, and doing them up in
packages. Late that night, before she
went TO bed, Joan came and snuggled
her hand close down beside him for
few moments.
"We're going away" she whispered,
and there was curious tremble that
was almost a sob in her voice. We're
going home, Kazan. We're going away
down where mis- people live-where
they have churches, and cities, and mu-
sic, and all the beautiful things in the
world. And we're going TO take you,
KaZanw
Kazan didn't understand. But he
was happy. at having the woman so
near to him, and talking to him. At
these times he forgot Gray Wolf. The
dog that was in him surged over his
quarter-strain Of wildness, and the
woman and the baby alone filed his
world. But after Joan had gone to her
bed, and all was quiet in the cabin, his
old uneasihess returned. He rose to
his feet and moved Stealthily about the
cabin, smiling ut the walls, the door
and the things his mistress had done
Into packages. A low whine rose in
his throat. Joan, half asleep, heard II,
and murmured:
'rBe quiet. Kazan. Go to Sleep-go
10 sleep"
Long after that, Kazan stood rigid
In the center OF the room. listening,
trembling. And family he heard, far
away, the wailing cry Of Gray Wolf.
But tonight II was not the cry Of lone
illness. II sent q thrill through him.
He ran TO the door. and whined, but
Joan was deep in slumber and did not
hear him. Once more he heard the
cry. and only once. Then the night
grew still. He crouched down near
the door.
Joan found him there, still watchfui,
Btil listening, when she awoke In the
early morning. She came to open the
door for him, and in a moment he was
gone. His feet seemed scarcely to
touch the earth as he sped in the d.
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