The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-11-22
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of 1t.
That night, when the moon and the
stnrs came out again, he sat back with
fear and hesitation no longer in him.
and announced himself to his new COM
rades Of the great plain.
The pack hunted again that night, or
else it was new pack that started
miles to the south, and came up with a
doe caribou to the big frozen lake. The
night was almost rs clear as day, and
from the edge of the forest Kazan firs'
saw the caribou run out on the lake
third OF n mile away. The pack was
about dozen strong, and had already
split into the fatal horseshoe lorna.
ton, the two leaders running almost
abreast of the kill, and slowly closing
In.
With d sharp yelp Kazan darted out
into the moonlight. He was directly in
the path Of the fleeipg doe. and bore
down upon her with lightning speed.
Two hundred yards away the doe saw
him, and swerved to the right, and the
leader on that side met her with open
jaws. Kazan was In with the second
leader, and leaped at the does soft
throat. In snarling mass the pack
closed in from behind. and the doe
went down. with Kazan half under her
body. his fangs sunk deep in her jugu.
lar. She lay heavily on him. but he did
not lose his hold. 1t was his first big
kill. His blood ran like fire. lie
snnrled between his clamped teeth.
Not until the last culver had left
the body over him did he pull himself
out from under her chest and fOrelegs.
He had killed a rabbit that day and
was not hungry. So he sat back In the
snow and waited, while the ravenous
pack tore Mt the dead doe. After lit.
tie he came nearer, nOsed in between
two Of them, and was nipped for his in
trusion.
AS KaZnn drew back still hesitatng
to mix with his wild brothers, a big
grny form lcaped out Of the pack and
drove straight for his throat. He had
Just time to throw his shoulder to the
attack, and for moment the two
rolled over md over In the snow. They
We're up before the excitement of sud.
den battle had drawn the pack from
the feast. Slowly they circled about
each other. their white fangs bare,
their yellOwish backs bristling like
brushes. The fatal ring of wolves
drew about the fighters.
1t was not new to Knzan. A dozen
times he had sat In rings like this,
waiting for the final moment. More
than once he had fought for his life
within the circle. 1t was the sedge.
dog way Of fighting. Unless man inter.
rupted with n club or whip 1t always
ended in death. Only one fighter could
come out nllve. Sometimes both died.
And there was no man here-Only that
fatal Gordon Of waiting whlte-fanged
demons. ready to leap upon and tear
to pieces the first Of the fighters who
was thrown upon his side or back. Ka.
Fan was stranger, but he did not fear
those that hemmed him in. The one
great law Of the pack would compel
them to be fair.
He kept his eyes only on the big gray
leader who had challenged him. Shout.
der to shoulder they continued to
circle. Where few moments before
there had been the swapping Of jaws
and the rending Of flesh there was now
silence. Soft-fOOted and sOft-throated
mongrcY dogs from the south would
have snarled and growled. hut Kazan
and the wolf were still. their ears laid
forward instead Of back, their tails
free md bushy.
Suddenly the wolf struck In with the
swiftness OF lightning. and his jaws
came together with the sharpness Of
steel striking steel. They missed by
nm inch. In that same Instant Kazan
darted In to the side. and like knives
his teeth gnshcd the VOLTS flank.
They circled agaln. their eyes grow.
Ing retider. their lips drawn back until
they seemed to have disappeared. And
then Kazan leapcd for that death-grir
nj the throat-and missed. II was
only by IN inch again, and the wolf
came back. MS he had done, and laid
open kaZnn's flank so that the blood
run down his leg md Redeemed tn.
snow. The burn OF that flank wound
told knzan that his enemy was old 10
the game OF fighting. He crOuched
low, his head straight out. and his
thront close to the snow. II was .
trick Knzan had learned In puppyhOOd
to shield his throat. md wait.
Twice the wolf circled about him,
and Knzan pIvoted slowly. his eyes half
closed. A second time the wolf leaped
and knzan threw up his terrible jaws,
sure Of that fatal grip Just In front Of
the forclcgs. His teeth snapped on
empty mir. With the nimblcness Of Q
eat the wolf had gone completely over
his back.
The trick had failed. and with Q
rumble NJ tho dog.snnrl In Ills thront,
knznn reached the wolf In single
bound. They mot breast to brenst
Their fnngs FLASHED and with the whole
weight Of his body, Kaznn ilung him
self against the VOLTS shoulders,
cleared his JAWS. and struck again IN.
the thront hold. II was another miss
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