The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-10-04

Size stood quIyerng and whining Will
he advanced. Light footed. his pointp
+ ears forward no menace or threat II
hts attitude he advanced II was III
dcally advance OF the husky trained fl
batilc, skilled 10 the ART Of killing. I
: man from civilization would have salt
thni the dog was approaching the lyn,
WIN friendly intentions. but the lynn
understood. II WIS the old fcud o
many generations made deadirr nov
. by kaznn's memory OF that night nj th,
top Of the Sun Rock.
Instinct told the ashcr-cat what we,
coming and II crouched low and fat
| me pOrcuplncs, scolding like little chill
dren at the presence Of enemies and
the thickening clouds Of smoke. thrust
their quilts still more erect. The LYNX
lay on its belly Ike cat its hind
quarters twltchlng, and gathered for
the spring. Kaznn's feet seemed scarce.
/ ~ to touch the sand ms ne circled light
! ~ around IT, The lynx plvoted as he
! clrcled, and then it shot in round
SnarlinG ball over the eight feet of
] III.
Kazan did not leap aside. He made
/ no effort to escape the attack. but met
| 1t fairly with The fun force Of his shouI-
ders, as sledgc-doc meets sledge-doc.
He was ten pounds heavier than the
| lynx, and for a moment the big loose
iolnted cnt with .ts twenty knlfeike
clnws was thrown on It's side. Like &
fash Kuzan took advantage of the mo-
ment, and drove for the back of the
cats neck.
In that same moment blind GRAY
Wolf leapcd in with snarllng cry. and
fighting under Kazan's belly. she fas-
tened her jaws in one of the cats hind
legs The hone snapped The lynx.
twice outwcighed leaped backward
dragging both Kazan and Gray Wolf.
u fell back down on one of the porcu-
pines, and a hundred quilts drove into
us body. Another leap and it was free
fleeing into the face Of the smoke
ka2nn did not pursue Gray Wolf
came TO his side and licked his neck.
whore fresh blood was crimsoning his
iawny hide. The flshcr-cut lay as if
dead watching them with fierce little
blacl; eyes. The porcupines continued
10 chattcr, as If begging for mercy.
And then q thick black sulTocating pail
of smoke drove low over the sand bar
and with It came air that was furnace.
hot
AZ the uttermost end of the sand bar
kn2an and Gray Wolf rolled them .
selves into bulls and thrust their heads |
under their bodies. The fire was very
near now. The roar of il was like that /
OF Il great cutaract, with now and then
a louder crash of falling trees. The f.
air was filled with ash and burning
sparks and twice Ka2un drew forth his
head to snap at blazing cmbers that
tell upon and scared him like hot
irons.
Close along the edge of thn stre,r,
grew thick Green hpsb and ,,.ben tl,.
lire reached this II burned mar, sro,..
.y. and the bent grey. less sim If was
ID long time before kn2pn and Gray
Wolf could draw forth rheir hcpJs and
irruthr more freely. Then tbev r,rrd
hat The finger OF sand rpurbinr ,ri In.
% the river had saved tbpm Everv.
where In that triangle brf,yrnn rho t,,.,
,ivers the world Ind tnrnrd bIor, and
was hot underfoot.
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