The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24

not eat. Weyman noted that, and each
day he tempted her with the choicest
morsels Of deer and moose fat. Five
days-si1-seven passed. and she had
not taken q mouthful. Weyman could
count her ribs.
"She de-" Henri told him On the
seventh night. "She starve before she
eat In that cage. She want the forest,
the wild kill, the fresh blood. She
two-t'ree year old-too old to make
civilixe."
Henri went to bed at the usual hour,
but Weyman was troubled, and sat up
late. Midnight came.
He rose. opened the door softly, and
went out. Instinctively his eyes turned
westward. The sky was 4 blaze Of
stars. In their light he could see the
cage. and he stood, watching and lis,
tening. A sound came to him. It was
Gray Wolf gnawing at the sapling bars
of her prison. A moment later there
came a low s0bbing whine. and he
knew that 1t was Kazan crying for his
freedom.
Leaning against the side Of the cabin
was an az. Weylnan seized 1t, and his
lips smiled silently. He moved to.
ward the cage. A dozen blows, and
two Of the saplins bars were knocked
out. Then Weyman drew back. Gray
Wolf found the opening first, and she
slipped out into the starlight like
shadow. But she did not fee. Out
In the open space she waited for
Kazan. and for q moment the two
stood there, looking at the cabin. Then
they set OF into freedom, Gray VOLTS
shoulder at kazan's flank.
In the swamp Kazan and Gray Wolf
found a home under windfall. 1t
was small. comfortable nest, shut In
entirely from the snow and wind. Gray
Wolf took possession Of 1t Immediately.
She fattened herself out ON her belly,
and painted to show Kaxan her con-
tentment and satisfaction. Kaxan kept
close at her side. A vision came to
him, unreal and dreamlike, Of that
wonderful night under the stars-ages
and ages ago. 1t seemed-when he had
fought the leader. Of the wolf-pack, and
young Gray Wolf had crept to his side
after his victory and had given her
self to him for mate.
The hair had now begun to grow
over Gray VOLTS sightless eyes. She
had ceased to grieve. to rub her eyes
with her paws, to whine for the sun
light, the golden moon and the stars.
Slowly she began to forget that she
had ever seen those things. She could
not run moro swiftly at KaSan's hank.
Scent and hearing had become won
derfully keen. She could wind Carl
bou two miles distant, and the pres
ence Of man she could pick mp at an
even greater distance. On q still night
she had heard the splash Of . trout
half . mile away. And ~ these two
things-scent and hearing-became
more and more developed In her, those
same senses became less active In IA
xan.
He began to depend upon Gray Wolf.
She would point out the hiding place
Of q partridge nifty yards from thels
trail. In their hunts she became the
leader-until game was found. And
NJ Kaxan learned 70 trust to her In the
hunt, 70 he began Just % instinctively
to heed her warnings. II Gray Wolf
reasoned, It was to the effect that
without Kazan she would die. She had
tried hard now and then to catch .
partridge or . rabbit, but she had al,
ways failed. Kaxan meant life to her.
And-lf she reasoned-it was to make
herself indispensable to her mate.
It was her habit spring. summer
and winter. to snuggie close to Kasan
and lie with her beautiful head resting
on his neck or back. II Kaxan snaPled
at her she did not snap back, but SUNK
down ~ though struck q blow. With
her warm tongue she would lick the
long hair between Kaxan's toes. For
days after he had run q silver in his
paw she nursed his foot. Blindness
had made Kasan absolutely necessary
to her exlstence-And now, In Q differ.
ent way. she became more and more
necessary to Kazan. They were happy
In their swamp home. There was
plenty Of small game about them.
Rarely did they 70 beyond the limits
Of the swamp to hunt.