The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-12-06
CHAPTER vi-centinusd.

AsAsNN S~0AOASN tusNO OVyOp0 tuNS
moving blOtch was the thin line Of tim
Der. aud Kaxan and his followers bore
down swiftly. Halfway to the timber
they were almost upon It. and suddenly
II stopped and became black and mo-
tionless shadow on the snow. From out
OF 1t there leaped that lightning tongue
Of fame that Kaxan had always dread.
ed. and he heard the kissing song Of
the death.bee over his head. He did
rot mind It now. He yelped sharply.
and the wolves raced In until four Of
them were neck and-neck with him.
A second fash-and the death.bee
drove from breast to tail of a huge
grny fighter close to Gray Wolf. A
third-a fOurth--n fifth squirt OF that
Ore from the black shadow. and Kazan
himself felt sudden swift passing Of
Q red-hOt thing along his shoulder.
where the mans last bullet shaved on
the hair and stung his flesh.
Three Of the pack had gone down un.
der the fire of the rifle. and half Of
the others were swinging to the right
and the left. But Kaxnn drove straight
ahead. Faithfully Gray Wolf followed
him.
The siedge-dOgs had been freed from
thcir traces. and before he could reach
the man, whom he saw with his rifle
held like q club In his hands. Kazan
was met By the fighting mass Of them.
He fought like ficnd. and there was
the strength and the fierccness Of two
mates In the mad gnnshing Of Grny
VOLTS fangs. kaxan wanted to reach
the man who held the rifle. and he
freed himself from the fighting mass Of
the dogs aud sprang to the sledge. For
the first time he saw that there was
something human on the sledgc. md In
an instant he was upon II. He buried
his jaws deep. They sunk In something
soft and hairy. and he opened them for
another lungc. And then he heard the
voice. II was her voice! Every muscle
In his body stood still. He became sud
denly like flesh turned to lifcless stone.
Her voice the bear rug was thrown
back and whit had been hidden under
Il he saw clearly now In the light OF
the moon and the stars. In him instinct
worked more swiftly than human brain
could have given birth to reason. 1t
was not she. But the voice was the
same. and the white eirlish face SO
close to his own blood -rcddcncd eyes
held In II that same mystery that he
had learned to love. And he saw now
TINT which she was clutching TO her
breast. md there came from IL u
strange thrilling cry.
In a flash he turned. He snapped nj
0fny VOLTS flank. and she dropped
away with startled yclp. II had all
happened In moment. hut the man
VAS almost down. Kazan lcapcd under
his dubbed ride aud drove into the
face Of what was left OF the pack. His
like n demon against the dogs. he
fought like ten demons now. and the
man--bleeding and ready 10 fall-stng.
kercd back Ia III. slcdgc. marveling ut
what wns happening. For In Gray
Wolf there was now the instinct Of
mntehood. and seeing Knzan tearing
and fighting the pack she Joined him In
the struggle which she could not I'M.
dcrstnnd.
when II was over. Kazan and Gray
Wolf were alone out on the plain. The
pack Ind skunk away into tho night
aud the same moon and stars that had
given to Kuznn the first knowledge Of
his blrthright told him now tina, no
longer would those wild brothers Of
the plains respond to his call when he
howicd Into the sky.
He was hurt. And Gray Wolf was
hurt. but not NO badly rs kaznn. Hc
was torn aud bleeding. One Of his legs
was terribly bitten. After time he
Jaw q Are In the edge Of the forest. The
Nd coll was strong upon him. lie
wanted to crawl Ia TO II. and feel the
gtri's hand on his head. as he hnd felt
that other hand In the world beyond
the ridge. He would have gOne--and
would have urged Gray Wolf TO 81
With ht,u-hus the mau was there. He
vAiue,l. and Gray Wolf thrust her