Evening star., 1924-08-10

missiles, prepared to act precipita tely
and coolly, to leap in with a fash OF
teeth. or to leap away with a menac-
ing snarl - -
AS for snarling. he could snarI more
terribly than any dog, young or old
in camp. The intent of the snarl
is to warn or frighten. and judgment
is required to know when il should
be used. White Fang knew how to
make il and when to make it, Into
vicious. malignant, and horrible. With
nose serrulated by continuous spasms,
hair bristling in recurrent waves
tongue whipping out like red snake
and whipping back again, ears fiat
tened down, eyes cleaning hatred,
lips wrinkled back, and fangs ex-
posed and dripping, he could compel
a pause on the part of almost any as
sailant. A temporary pause, when
taken off his guard, gave him the
vital moment In which to think and
determine his action. But often a
ii evolved into a complete cessation
from the attack. And before moro
than one. of the grown dogs White
Fang's snarl enabled him to beat an
honorable retreat.
An outcast himself from the pack OF
the part-grown dogs, his sanguinary
methods and remarkable efficiency
made. the pack pay for its persecution
of him. Not permitted himself to run
with the pack, the curious state of af-
fairs obtained that no member of the
pack could run outside the pack.
White Fang would not permit il.
What of his bushwhackfng and way
laying tactics, the young dogs were
afraid to run by themselves. With
the exception of Lip-lip, they were
compelled to bunch together for mu-
tual protection against the terrible
enemy they had made. A puppy
alone by the river bank meant
puppy dead or a puppy that aroused
the camp. with its shrili pain and ter
ror as il fed back from the wolf-cub
that had waylaid it.
But White Fangs reprisals did
not cease, even when the young dogs
had learned throughly that they must
stay together. He attacked them
when he caught them alone, and they
attacked him when they were bunch
ed. The sight of him was sufficient to
start them rushing after him, az
which times his swiftness usually
carried him into safety. But woe to
the dog that outran his fellows IN
such pursuit. White Fang had learn
ed to turn suddenly upon the pursuer
that was ahead of the pack and
thoroughly to rip him up before the
pack could arrive. This occurred
with great frequency, for once in full
cry, the dogs were prone to forget
themselves IN lHc e3CikEHhCHt vi tH'
chase, while White Fang never for
got himself Stealing backward
glances as he ran. he was always
ready to whirl around and down the
oyerzealous pursuer that outran his
fellows.
Young dogs are bound to play, and
out of the exigencies of the situa
ton they realized their play in this
mimic warfare. Thus 1t was that the
hunt OF White Fang became their
chief game-a deadly game, withal,
and at all times serious game. He.
on the other hand. being the fastest
footed, was unafraid to venture any
where. During the period that he
waited vairly for his mother to come
back, he led the pack many wild
chase through the adjacent woods.
But the pack invariably lost him. Its
noise and outcry warned him of its
presence, while he ran alone, velvet
footed, silently. a moving shadow
among the trees after the manner of
his father and mother before him.
Further, he was more directly con-
nected with the wild than they; and
he knew more of its secrets and
stratagems. A fayorite trick of his
was to lose his trail in running water
and then lie quietly in a nearby
thicket while their baff1ed cries arose
around him.
(Copfiuued in TnmorrouyS Starl