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trotted close at his side as they en-.
tered into the gloom Of the forest.
CHAPTER VI.
The Fight In the Snow.

The Fight In the Snow.
They found shelter that night under
thick balsam, and when they lay down
on the soft carpet Of needles which the
snow had not covered, Gray Wolf
snuggled her warm body close to Ka.
Fan and licked his wounds. The day
broke with velvety fall Of snow. SO
white and thick that they could not
see dozen leaps ahead of them In the
open. 1t was quite warm. and so still
that the whole world seemed filed with
only the dutter and whisper Of the
snowfakes. Through this day Kazan
and Gray Wolf travelled side by side.
Time and again he turned his head
back to the ridge over which he had
come. and Gray Wolf could not under
stand the strange note that trembled In
his throat.
In the afternoon they returned to
what was left Of the caribou doe on the
lake. In the edge Of the forest Gray
Wolf hung back. She did not yet know
the meaning Of polson.baits. deadfalls
and traps. but the instinct of number
less generations was In her veins, and
1t told her there was danger In visiting
a second time thing that had grown
cold In death.
Kaxan had seen masters work about
carcasses that the wolves had left. He
had seen them conceal traps cleverly,
and roll little capsules Of strychnIne In
the fat Of the entrails, and once he
had put foreleg In a trap. and had
experienced its sting and pain and
deadly grip. But he did not have Gray
VOLTS fear. He urged her to accom-.
pany him to the white hummocks on
the Ice. and at Inst she went with him
and sank back restlessly on her
launches. while he dug out the bones
and pieces Of flesh that the snow had
kept from freezing. But she would not
eat. and at last Kaxan went and sat on
his launches at her side, and with her
looked at what he had dug out from
under the snow. He shifted the air.
lie could not smell danger. but Gray
Wolf told him that It might be there.
She told him mnny other things In
the days and nights that followed. The
third night Kaznn himself gathered the
hunt-pack and led In the chase. Three
times that month. before the moon left
the skies. he led the chase. and each
time there was q kill. But as the SHOWS
began to grow softer under his feet he
found a greater and greater cOmpgn.
ionship In Gray Wolf. and they hunted
alone. living on the big white rabbits.
In all the world he had loved but two
things. the girl with the shining hair
and the hands that had carcssed him
and Gray Wolf.
He did not leave the big plain. and
often he took his mite to the top Of the
ridge and he would try to tell her what
he had left back there. With the dark
nights the call OF the woman became
80 strong upon him that he was filled
with n longing to 20 back. and take
Grny Wolf with him.
Something happened very soon after
that. They were crossing the open
plain one day when up on the fncc Of
the ridge kazsn saw something that
made his hcnrt stand still. A man,
with u dog-sledge aud team. wns com.
Ing down into their world. The wind
had not warned them. and suddenly
Knznn saw something Ellstcn In the
mans hnnd. lie knew what II was. II
was the thing that spat fire und thun.
der. and killed.
lie gave his warning TO Gray Wolf.
and they were on like the wind. aide
by side. And then came the sound
and Knzap's hatred Of men burst forth
In a snarl ms he lcnpcd. There was a
queer humming over their hcnds. The
sound from behind came ngain. md
this time Gray Wolf gave yclp Of
pnin. and rolled over In the snc@. She
WINS on her feet a.nin In mn instant,
and Kaznn dropped behind her. md
ran there until they reached the shel.
ter Of the timber. Gray Wolf lny down.
aud began licking the wound In her
shoulder. Knxan faced the ridge. The
man was taking mp their trail. He
stopped where Gray Wolf had fallen
and examined the snow. Then he came
on.
Kaxan urged Grny Wolf to her feet
and they made for the thick swamp
close 10 the lake. All that dny the,
kept In the face Of the wind. and when
Gray Wolf lny down Knsan stole bach
over their trail. watching md snlfsinu
the air.
II For DAYS after that Gray Wolf RAJ