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ing more or less than perfect express
sion Of the iron-clad control that his
steel nerves had over his muscles.
Then. through the silence. he heard
the shout Of the PACK as the wolf had
leaped at Snowbird. He knew what It
meant. The wolves were attacking
then, and great food Of black. hating
bitterness poured over him at the
thought he had been too late. It had
all been In vain. and before the thought
could fully 60 home, he heard the dim,
far-of crack Of a pistol.
Was that the first Of the three shots.
the one she might expend on the
wolves, or had the first two already
been spent and was she taking the last
gateway Of escape7 Perhaps even now
Lennox was lying still on the sled. and
she was standing before the ruin Of
her fire, praying that her soul might
have wings. He shouted with all the
power Of his lungs across the snow.
But Snowbird only heard the soft
glide Of the wolves In the snow. The
wind was blowing toward Dan; and
while he had heard the loud chorus Of
the pack, one Of the most far-carrying
cries, and the penetrating crack Of Q
pistol. she couldn't hear his answering
shout. In fact, the wilderness seemed
preternaturally still. All was breath
less. heavy with suspense, and she
stood. justNas Dan had thought, be-
tween the ruin of her fire and the sled,
and she looked with straight eyes to
the oncoming wolves.
Hurry. Snowbird," Lennox was
whispering. "Give me the pistol-for
that last work. We have only q mo-
ment more"
He looked very calm and brave, half
raised as he was on the sled, and per-
haps a half-smile fingered at his beard
ed lips. And the bravest thing Of all
was that to spare her. he was willing
to take. the little weapon from her
hand to use 1t in IT'S last service. She
tried to smile at him, then crept over
to his side.
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what they had to face. She put the
pistol in his steady hand.
! His hand lowered to his side and he
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o.ufa that tho nacr had ever faced
tha leadar chns.o = ,roto tha t,rst loan
himself r Was trne that these two
had neither such horne nor razor.
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ewes that chilled his heart whom no
tried IA look At them Rnt one was
wing almost nrone md the f,re was
out. Besides. the madness Of starya.
tion. intensified ten times by their ter.
rible realization Of the wound at her
hin. was upon the pack as never be-
fore. The muscles punched at his
lean flanks.
Bur as Snowbird and her father
gazed at him in fascinated horror tha
great wolf Suddenly smashed DOWN in
the snow. She was .wnra a. its curi.
ous. utter collanse actnallv hefnra the
sound Of the rifie shot that occasionefi
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and for a long instant her tortured
faculties refused TO accep, the truth
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