Evening star., 1924-08-08
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tSont1nued from Yesterday's starr
The last dog had been driven back.
The hubbub died down. And White
Fang licked his hurts and meditated
upon this his first taste. of pack
cruelty and his introduction to The
pack. He had nAver dreamed that
his own kind consisted of more than
They had constituted a kind apart
and here. abruptly. he had discovered
many more creatures apparently OF
mis- own kind. And there was a sub
conscious resentment that these, his
kind, at first sight had pitched upon
same way he resented his mother be-
ing tied with stick. even though it
was done by the superior man
animals. II savored of the trap. OF
bondage. Yet Of the trap and OF
bondage he knew nothing. Freedom
to roam and run and lie down at will
had been his heritage, and here u
was being infringed upon. His
mothers movements were restricted
to the length of stick. and by the
stricted, for he had not yet got be-
yond the need of his mothers side.
He did not like 1t. Nor did he like
it when the man-animals arose and
went on with their march; for q tiny
man n-animal took the other end of the
him. and behind Kiche followed White
Fang. greatly ,perturbed and worried
by this new adventure he had entered
upon.
stream, far beyond White Fang's
widest ranging, until they came to
the end of the valley, where the
stream ran into the Mackenzie River.
Here, where canoes were cached on
poles high in the air and where stood
Sci anI,e hA drxt tro nf Gc
camp. was made, and White Fang
looked on with wondering eyes. The
superiority Of these man-animals in
creased with every moment. There
was their mastery over all these
power. But greater than that, to the
wolf cub. was their mastery over
things not alive: their capacity to
communicate motion to .unmoving
things; their capacity to change the
1t was this last that especially
sNected him. The elevation of frames
of poles ca1s.t his eye; yet this in
itself was not so remarkable, beNg
done by the same creatures that flung
sticks and stones to great distances.
But when the frames of poles were
made into tepees by being covered
with cloth and skins White Fang
was astounded. 1t was the colossal
bulk of them that impressed him.
like some monstrous quick -growing
form Of life. They occupied nearly
the whole circumference of his field
of vision. He was afraid of them
They loomed ominously above him
and when the breeze stirred them into
huge movements he covered down
in fear. keeping his eyes warily upon
them, and prepared to spring away
IL they attempted to precipitate them
selves upon him.
p,,f In
the tepees passed away. He saw the
women and children passing in and
out Of them without harm, and he saw
the dogs trying often to get into
sharp words and flying stones. After
a time he left Kiche's side and crawl
ed cautiously toward the wall of the
nearest tepee. 1t was the curiosity
of the growth that urged him on
the necessity Of learning and living
and doing that brings experience
The last few inches to the wall OF
the tepee were crawled with painful
slowness and precaution. The day 6
events had prepared him for the
unknown to manifest itself in most
stupendous and unthinkable ways. a,
last his nose touched the canvas. He
waited. Nothing happened. Then he
smelled the strange fabric, saturated
with the man smell. He closed or
the canvas with his s,t;s teeth sa1nsnsd and says
though the adjacent portions OF the
tepee moved He tugged harder
There was a greater movement. i
was delightful. He tugged still
harder, and repeatedly, until TT the
the sharp cry of a squaw inside sen,
him scampering back to Kiche. But
after that he was afraid no more OF
the looming bulks of the tepees.
f4om stsr his he mane4 mas Hes
stick was tied to a peg in the ground
and she could not follow him. A
part-Erown puppy, somewhat larger
and older than he. came toward him
slowly with ostentatious and bellig-
erent importance. The puppy's name
him called. was Lip-lip. He had had
experience in puppy fights and was
already something of a bully.
1ip.lip was White Fang,s own kind
seem dangerous: so White Fang pre-.
pared to meet him in friendly spirit
But when the strangers walk became
stiff-legged and his lips lifted clear
of his teeth White Fang stiffened
too, and answered with lifted lips
tentatively snarling and bristling
rhis lasted several minutes, and
White Fang was beginning to enjoy
1t as a sort of game. But suddenly
Win rem8FkaDle S~iltHcss, bip-hL
feaped in, delivered a slashing snap
and leaped away again. The snar
had taken effect on the shoulder
that had been hurt by the lynx and
that was still sore deep down near
the bone. The surprise and hurt OF j,
brought a yelp out of White Fang
but the next moment. in rush OF
anger, he was upon Lip-lip and snap
ping viciously.
But Lip-lip had lived his life in
camp and had fought many puppy
fights. Three times. four times and
half a dozen times his sharp little
teeth scored on the newcomer. until
White Fang, yelping shamelessly
fed to the protection Of his mother.
1t was the first of the many fights
he was to have with Lip-lip, for they
were enemies from the start, born so,
with natures destined perpetually to
Kiche licked White Fang sooth-
ingiy with her tongue and tried to
prevail upon him oremain with her.
But his curiosity was rampant ano
several minutes later he was ventur-
ing forth on a new quest. He came
upon one of the man animals, Gray
Beaver, who was sQuatting on his
hams and doing something with
sticks and dry moss spread before him
on the ground. White Fang came
near to him and watched. Gray
Beaver made mouth noises which
White Fang interpreted as not hos
tile, SO he came still nearer.
Women and children were carrying
more sticks and branches to Gray
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