The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-27

I morning when the woman and the bah,
ne loved, and the man he endured be
cause Of them, had gone away In the
canoe, and often he would go to the
point, and gaze longingly downstream
where he had leaped from the canoe 70
return to his blind mate.
So kazans life seemed now to be
made up chiefly of three things: his
hatred Of everything that bore the
scent or mark Of the lynx. his grieving
I Tor Joan aud the baby, and Gray Wolf.
II was natural that the strongest pas
sion IN him should be his hatred OF the
( lynx, for not only Gray VOLTS blind
ness and the death OF the pups, but
even the loss of the woman and the
baby he laid to that fatal struggle on
I the sun Rock. From that hour he be-
came the deadliest enemy of the lynx
tribe. Wherever he struck the scent
81 the big gray eat ne was turned into
snariing demon, and his hatred grew
DAY BY day, as he became more com
pietely part Of the wild.
He found that Gray Wolf was more
necessary TO him now than she had
ever been since the day she had left
the wolf-pack for him. He was three
quarters dog, and the dog-part Of him
demanded companionship. There was
only Gray Wolf to give him that now.
They were alone. Civilization was four
hundred miles south Of them. This
nearest Hudson's Bay post was sixty
miles to the west often, in the days
OF the woman and the baby, Gray Wolf
had spent her nights alone out in the
forest, waiting and calling for Kazan.
Now II was Kazan who was lonely and
uneasy when he was away from her
side.
In her blindness Gray Wolf could
no longer hunt with her mate. But
gradually a new code Of understanding
grew up between them, and through
her blindness tley learned many
things that they had not known be-
fore. BY early summer Gray Wolf
could travel with Kazan, if he did not
move too swiftly. She ran at his flank,
with her shoulder or muzzle touching
him, and KaZan learned not to leap,
but TO trOt Very quickly le found that |
he must choose the easiest trails for |
Gray VOLTS feet When they came to
a space to be bridged by a leap, he
would muzzle Gray Wolf and whine,
and she would stand with ears alert
listening. Then Kazan would take the
leap, and she understood the distance
she had to cover. She always over
Ieaped, which was a good fault.
In another way, and one that was
destined to serve them many times in
the future, she became of greater help
than ever to Kazan. Scent and hear
ing entirely took the place of sight.
Each day developed these senses more
md more, and at the same time there
developed between them the dumb Ian
,uage whereby she could impress upon
Nazan what she had discovered by
icent or sound. 1t became a curious
labit Of Kazan's always to look at
fray Wolf when they stopped to listen,
y to scent the air.
After the fight on the Sun Rock, Ka-
an had taken his blind mate to Il thick
lump of spruce and balsam in the
liver bottom, where they remained I'M
II early summer, Every day for weeks
,azan went to the cabin where Joan
nd the baby--and the man-had been.
or long time he went hopefully
boxing each day or night to see some
ign of life there. But the door was
ever open. The boards and snplings
t the windows always remained.
lever a spiral Of smoke rose from the e
lay chimney. Grass and vines be- q
an to grow In the path. And fainter q
nd fainter grew that scent which Ka- [
m could still find about 1.-THE scent v
man, Of the woman. the baby. I