Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-05-24
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Kaxan, the wild sledg'
dog. one-Quarter wolf and throe-uuarto
'husky." distrustful OF all men becaus'
OF their brutal treatment OF him. learn
60 love hin masters wife when she II kinl
" him IN new and strange surroundings.
CHAPTER II-He shows snarlinE enmi
" 10 AcCready. who n TO accompan,
Thorpe and his wife to the Red Rive
camp.
CHAPTER III-Kazan knows that Nc
Croady 10 = murderer. Mccready stealth
tSct Sar S TSofps S %hps sn Rsaan Nc
Cready tries 20 murder Thorpe and at
tacks Isobel Kazan kills him and then
fearing the club In punishment. runs away
Into the forest.
CHAPTER Iv-Torn between love OF hi.
mistress, the fear OF his masters club and
the desires OF the wolf nature In him, hS
A. ianRth sends forth the wolf cry.
They clrcled again, their eyes grow
ing redder. their lips drawn back until
they seemed to have disappeared. And
then Kazan leaped for that death-gr!p
at the throat-and missed. II was
only by an inch again, and the wolf
came back. rs he had done, and laid
open Kazan's flank so that the blood
run down his leg and Redeemed the
snow. The burn Of that flank-wound
told Kazan that his enemy was old In
the game of fighting. He crouched
low, his head straight out. and his
throat close 10 the SNOW. II was u
trick Kazan had learned in puppyhood
to shield his throat. and wait.
Twice the wolf circled about him.
and Kazan pivoted slowly, his eyes half
closed. A second time the wolf leaped
and Kazan threw up his terrible jaws.
sure Of that fatal grip just in front of
the forelegs. his teeth snapped on
empty air. With the nimbleness Of u
cut the wolf had gone completely over
his back.
The trick had failed. and with q
rumble OF the dog-snarl in his throat,
Kazad reached the wolf In u single
bound. They met breast To breast.
Their fangs clashed and with the whole
weight of his body, Kazan flung him
self against the VOLTS shoulders,
cleared his jaws, and struck again for
the throat hold. 1t was another miss
by hairs breadth-and before he
could recover, the VOLTS teeth were
buried In the back Of his neck.
For the first time in his life Kazan
felt the terror and the pain of the
death.grip, and with mighty effort he
flung his head a little forward and
snapped blindly. His powerful jaws
closed ON the VOLTS foreleg, close to
the body. There was a cracking OF
bone and crunching Of flesh, and the
circle Of waiting wolves grew tense and
alert. One or the other Of the fighters
was sure to 90 down before the holds
were broken, and they but awaited
that fatal fall as signal to leap in
to the death.
Only the thickness Of hair and hide |
on the back Of Kazan's neck. and the
IOughness OF his muscles, saved him
from that terrible fate OF the van
pushed. The VOLTS teeth sank deep,
nut not deep enough to reach the vital
'pot, and suddenly Kazan put every
ounce Of strength in his limbs to the
.frort, and flung himself up bodily from
Inder his antagonist. The grip on his
leck relaxed, and with another rearing
cap he tore himself free.
As swift as a whlp-lash he whirled
N the brOken-legged leader Of the pack
md with the full rush and weight OF
lis shoulders struck him fairly In the
ide. More deadly than the thrOat-grip
lad Kazan sometimes found the lunge
phen delivered at the right moment. 1t
Vas deadly now. The big gray wolf