The Arvada enterprise., 1918-02-07

On the sand 4cT1Egef had built dre,
and the man stood In the red glow Of
1t nov. facing the dark shadows be.
yond the shoreline. He, too, was lis
tening. What had reused Kaxan came
again now-the lost mourning cry Of
Gray Wolf far out on the plain.
With . whine Kazan was on his feet,
tugging at the babiche. Sandy snatched
up his club. and leaped toward him.
'Down, you brute!" he commanded.
In the drellght the club rose and fell
with ferocious quickness. When Nc
Trigger returned to the hre he was
breathing hard again. he tossed his
club beside the blankets he had spread
out for . bed. It was q different look
ing club now. 1t was covered with
blood and hair.
Several times that night Kazan heard
Gray VOLTS coll. He whined softly In
response. fearing the club. He watched
the fire until the Inst embers Of it died
out, and then cautiously dragged him.
self from under the snag. Two or
three times he tried to stand on his
feet, but fell back each time. His legs
were not broken, but the pain of stand
ing on them was excruciating. He was
hot and feverish. All that night he had
craved q drink Of water. When Sandy
crawled out from between his blankets
In the early down he gave him both
meat and water. Kaznn drank the wa
ter. but would not touch the meat.
Sandy regarded the change in him with
satisfaction. By the time the sun was
up he had finished his breakfast and
was ready to leave. He approached
Knxan fearlessly now, without the club.
Untying the babiche he dragged the
dog to the canoe. Kazan skunk in the
sand while his captor fastened the end
Of the hide rope to the stern Of the
canoe.
He pushed OF, bow foremost. Brac-
ing himself with his paddle he then be-
gun to pull Kazan toward the water. In
q few moments Kaxan stood with his
forefeet planted in the damp sand at
terval Sandy allowed the babiche to
fall slack. Then with sudden power
full pull he jerked Kaxan out into the
water. Instantly he sent the canoe into
midstream. swung 1t quickly down with
the current. and began to paddle
enough to keep the babiche taut about
his victims neck. In spite Of his sick
ness and injuries Kaxan was now COM
PEELED to swim to keep his head above
water. In the wash Of the canoe. and
with Sandy's strokes growing steadily
stronger. his position became each mo-
ment oas Of increasins torture. At
times his shaggy head was pulled COM
plstely under water. At others Sandy
would wait until he had drifted along
Ade. and then thrust him under with
the end Of his paddle. He grew weaker.
AZ the end Of q half mile he was
drowning. Not until then did Sandy
pull him alongside and drag him into
the canoe. The dog fell limp and gasp
Ing In the bottom. Brutal though
Sandy's methods had been. they had
worked his purpose. In Kaxan there
was no longer Q desire to Aght. He %
longer struggled for freedom. He knsw
that this man was his master. and foe
the time his spirit was gone. An -
desired now was to be allowed to lie II
the bottom Of the canoe, out Of reach
Of the club, and safe from the water.
Tho club lay between him and the
man. The end Of It WAS within q foot
or two Of his nose, and what b
smelled was his own blood.
For I'VE days and I've nights the
journey DOWNSTREAM continued. and
NcTrigger's process Of civilising Ka1an
was continued In three more beatings
with the club. and another resort to the
water torture. On the morning Of the
sixth day they reached Red Gold City.
and NcTrigger put up his tent close to
the river. eOmewhere he obtained Q
chain Cor Kasan. and after fastening
the dog securely back Of the tent hs
cut Oh the bibache muxxle.
''You can't put no meat In muxxie."
he told his prisoner. AN want you
to git strong-an' fierce % he'll. I've
got IN idee. It's an idee you can lick
your weight in wildcats. Wen pull Oh
stunt pretty soon that'I nh our
pockets with dust. I've done It afore,
and we Gun do Il here. Wolf aa' dog
s'elp me Satan but it'll b . drawin'
cnrdw
Twice q day after this he brought
fresh raw meat to Kasan. Quickly ka.
xan's spirit and couruge returned to
him. The soreness left his limbs. Ills
battered jaws healed. And after the
fourth day each time that Sandy came
with meat he greeted him with the
challenge Of his snariing fanEs. Nc.
Trigger did not beat him now. He
give him no nxh. no tallow and meal
nothing but ruw meat He travelled
i've miles up the river to bring Ia the
fresh entrail OF 4 carbon that had been
killed. Ono day Sandy brought an
other man with him and when the
strangcr cnme q step too near kaxnn
made sudden swift lunKe Mt him. The
man Jumped back with startled oath.
He'll do" he growlcd. lies light.
or by ten or fiftecn pounds than the
Dane. but he's got the teeth. nm tn
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