Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-02-01

o00 tne e0So u CvIlx1a00A. Because
II that cough, and the strain that came
WITH Il Pierre had made more than q.
dinary haste.
II have been thinking Of that" he
said. He mas badly hurt. and 1 do
not think he went far. Heretake lit
he Joan and ut close to the IRE until
eome back"
The moon and the stars were bril-
liant In the sky when he went ont In
the plain. A short distance from the
edge Of the timber line he stood for q
upon the spot where the
wolves had overtaken them an hour
before. Not one Of his four dogs had
lived. The snow was red with their
blood. and their bodies lay stif where
they had fallen under the pack. Pierre
shuddered as he looked at them. II
the wolves had not turned their FIRST
mad attack upon the dogs, what would
have become Of himself, Joan and the
baby7 He turned.away, with another
of those hollow coughs that brought
the blood to his hps. ~ i. M
A few yards to one side he found in
the snow the trail Of the strange dog
that had come with the wolves, and
had turned against them In that mo-
ment when all seemed lost. It was not
. clean running trail. Il was more Of
q furrow In the snow, and Pierre Rad
lsson followed It, expecting to find the
dog dead at the end of Il.
In the sheltered spot to which he had
dragged himself in the edge of the for
est Kazan lay for q long time after
the flght, alert and watchful, He felt
NO very great pain. But he had lost
the power to stand upon his legs. His
tanks seemed panlyxed. Gray Wolf
crouched close at his side, smiling the
air. They could smell the camp, and
Kaxan could detect the two things that
were there and woman. He knew
that the girl was there, where be could
see the glow Of the freight through
the spruce and the cedarx He wanted
to 90 to her. He wanted to drag him.
self close In to the 0re, and take Gray
Wolf with him, and listen to her voice,
and feel the touch Of her hand. But
the man was there, and to him man
had always meant the club, the whip,
pain. death. M
Gray Wolf crouched close to his
side, and whined softly as she urged
Kazan Ia, dee deeper with her into the
forest. At last she understood that he
could not move and she ran nervously
out into the plain, and back again, nm.
til her footprints were thick In the
trail she made. The instincts Of mate
hood were strong In her. It was she
who flrst saw Pierre Radisson com.
ing over their trail, and she ran swift
~ back to Kasan and gave the warn.
ing. u
Then Kaxan caught the scent, and
Ia saw the shadowy figure coming
through the starlight He tried to
drag himself back, but he cosld move
only by inches. The man came rapidly
nearer. Kaxan caught the glisten Of
the ride In his hand. He heard his
hollow cough, and the tread Of his feet
N the SNOW, Gray Wolf crouched
shoulder to shoulder with him, trem.
bling and showing her teekh. When
Pierre had approached within atty feet
Of them she SUNK back Into the despel
shadows Of the spruce. ~
Kazan's fsngs wers barred nepacing'
" when Pierre stopped anA looked
down at hin. With N effort hG
dragged himself 70 HE feet, but fell
back into tho snow again. TIE nau
leaned his ride against g. sapling and
bent over him feaxiessly. With J hsrcs
srowi Kasan snapped ct his exteaded
hands. TO his surpEiDe the nah did
not pick up . stick Or asclub. He held
out his hand asain-cautiously-an
spoke In voice new to KaEan. tn
dog snapped again, and Growled
The man persisted. talking to him
all the time. and once his mittened
hand touched Kasan's had, and 20
capped before the jaws could reach It
Again and again The man reached out
his hand. and three times Kasan felt
the touch OF II, and there was neitheI
threat nor hurt In It. At last Pierrs
turned away and went hack over the
t1NA. II go ef'F eFa ! tse ssif ~
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