The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-17
CHAPTER x,!-ce"t'"u.d.

CHAPTER xil-centlnusd.
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One day he found q little baby moe
easin under one Of the closed win.
dows. It was old, and worn out, and
blackened BY snow and rain, but he
lay down beside 1t, and remained there
for long time, while the baby joan
Q thousand miles away-was playing
with The strange toys Of civilization.
Then he returned to Gray Wolf among
ths spruce and balsam.
TIE cabin was the one place to
which Gray Wolf would not follow
him. At all other times she was at his
dde. Now that she had become &C.
eustomed to blindness, she even ae-
eompanled him ON his hunts, until he
struck game. and began the chase.
Thea shs would wait for him. Kaxan
usually hunted the big snow-shoe rab-
bits. But one night he ran down and
killed young doe. The kill was too
heavy 70 drag to Gray Wolf. 10 he re-
turned to where she was waiting for
him and guided her to the feast. In
many ways they became more and
moro inseparable a. the summer
Iengthened, until at last, through all
the wilderness, their footprints were
always two BY two and never one by
enc.
Then came the great IRE.
Gray Wolf caught the scent Of II
whsn II was still two days to the west.
The moea. drifting tato the west, be-
came blood red. When Il dropped be-
hind the wilderness In this manner.
~ Indians called It the bleeding moon.
end ths air was 0llsd with omsns.
An The next day Gray Wolf was
nsrvouA and toward noon Kasan
easght h the air the warning that shs
I'D ssassd many hours ahead Of HIN.
0esadiiy The scent grew stsoagsr. and
~ tAs middle oe The Afternoon The ssn
Was vsilsd by . Alm Of smoke.
Ths aigAs q the Wild things from the
triangle a forest between the juno
usas a IL Pipsstoos and Cree rivers
wosld Aavs begun then, but the wind
sAiftsd Il was Q fatal shift. The Are
~ ras4ag from The west and soxth.
1Asa ~ wind swept straight east.
ward carrying tAs smoke With Il. and
1uriag tAis breathing spell all the Wild
srsatures Ia tie triangle between the
Two rivers waited. This gave the lro
00o 10 sweep completely across the
bass e ths forest triangle. cutting Oh
- let trails q escape.
TAsa ths wind shifted again, and the
~ swept north. The head Of the trt.
ansis became . death.trap. All through
the night the southern sky was filled
With luFid glow. and By morning the
beat and smoke and ash were suffocat.
No.
Paaie-stricken. Kaxan searched vain.
" for . means OF escape. Not for an
Instant did he leave Gray Wolf. 1t
would have been easy for him to swim
across either Of the two streams, for
- was three-q quarters dog. But st the
1rs< touch Of water on her paws, Gray
Welt drew back. shrinking. Like all
her breed. she would face hre and
death before water. Kazan urged. A
Aosen times he leaped In. and swan
o0t Into the stream. But Gray Wolf
Would come no farther than she could
wade.
They could hear tie distant murmur.
Nc roar Of the are now. Ahead Of II
came the wild things. Moose. caribou
end deer plunged Into the water Of the
streams and swan to the safety cf the
sppcs;te side. Out upon q white finger
q ssnd numbered Q big black bear with
I've cubA and even the cubs took to
The water. and swan across easily. Ka.
san watched them. and whlned to Gray
Wolf.
And then out upon that white finger
q sand came other things that dreaded
he water ~ Grny Wolf dreaded It: .
Ag fat porcupine. q sleek little martcn.
Q nshcr.cnt that sn:ffcd the air and
walled like Q child. Those things that
gould not or would not swim outnum.
sered the others three to one. Hun.
6rcds Ut little ermine scurrlcd along
the shore hke rats, their sQucaking 1T.
DO voices founding necessarily: foxcs
ran swiftly along the banks, seeking
Q trcc or windfall that might bridge
the wntcr for them: the lynx snnrlcd
and faced the nrc: and Gray wolrs
own tribc-thc wolvcs-<iarcd take no
deeper step thai she.
Dripping and painting, and half
ehokSd by heat md smoke. Knxnn came
70 Gray VOLTS side. There was but
one sefuEe left near them. and that
Vas the sand bar. II reached out for
efty feet Into tho stream. Quickly he
led his blind mnts townrd II. A they
0ns ti,rcsxh tAs low brush to the
nvre-ssA saaosthias stopped tbs0