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Ooprrlcht br the Bobbs-Merrlll Comptay.
CHAPTER IX Continued.
Knrnn stopped In the trail. lie catno
back then and sot down upon his
haunches beside her, waiting for her
to move and speak. But she was very
still. lie thrust his nose Into her loose
hair. A whine rose In his throat, and
suddenly he raised his head and
sniffed In the face of the wind. Some
thing came to htm with that wind. lie
muzzled Joan again, but she did not
stir. Then he went forward, and stood
In his truces, ready for the pull, and
looked back nt her. Still she did not
move or speak, nnd Kazan's whine
gave place to n sharp, escltcd bark.
The strange thing In the wind camo
to him stronger for a moment. He
began to pull. The sledge runners
had frozen to the snow, and It took
every ounco of his strength to free
them. Twice during the next flvo min
utes he stopped and sniffed the air.
The third time that he halted, In a
drift of snow, he returned to Joan's
side again, and whined to awaken her.
Then he tugged again at the end of
his traces, and foot by foot ho dragged
the sledge through the drift. Beyond
the drift there was a stretch of clear
ice, and here Kazan rested. During a
lull In the wind the scent came to him
stronger than before.
At the end of the clear Ice was a
narrow break In the shore, where a
creek ran Into the main stream. If
Joan had been conscious she would
have urged him straight ahead. But
Kazan turned into the break, and for
ten minutes he struggled through the
snow without a rest, whining more
and more frequently, until at last the
whine broke Into a Joyous bark. Ahead
of him, close to the creek, was a small
cabin. Smoke was rising out of the
chimney. It was the scent of smoke
that had come to him In the wind. A
hard, level slope reached to the cabin
door, and with the last strength that
was In him, Kazan dragged' his bur
den up that Then he settled himself
back beside Joan, lifted his shaggy
head to the dark sky and howled.
A moment later the door opened. A
man came out Kazan's reddened,
snow-ihot eyes followed him watch
fully as he ran to the sledge. lie
heard his startled exclamation as he
bent over Joan. In another lull of tho
wind there came from out of the mass
of furs on the sledge the walling, half
smothered voice of baby Joan.
A deep sigh of relief heaved up from
Kazan's chest He was exhausted.
Ills strength was gone. Ills feet were
torn and bleeding. But the voice of
baby Joan filled him with a strange
happiness, and he lay down In his
traces, while the man carried Joan and
tho baby into the life and warmth of
the cabin.
A few minutes later tho man reap
peared. He was not old, like Pierre
Itadlshon. He came close to Kazan,
and looked down at him.
"My Ood," he said. "And you did
that alone 1"
He bent down fearlessly, unfastened
him from the traces, and led him
toward the cabin door. Kazan hesi
tated but once almost on the thresh
old. He turned his head, swift and
alert From out of the moaning and
walling of the storm it seemed to him
that for a moment ho bad heard the
voice of Gray Wolf.
Then the cabin door closed behind
him.
Back in a shadowy corner of the
cabin he lay, while the man prepared
something over a hot stove for Joan.
It was a long time before Joan rose
from the cot on which tho man had
placed her. After that Kazan heard
her sobbing; and then the man mado
her cat, and for a timo they talked.
Then tho stranger hung up a big blan
ket in front of the bunk, and sat down
close to the stove. Quietly Kazan
slipped along the wall, nnd crept un
der the bunk. For a long time he
could hear the sobbing breath of the
girl. Then all was still.
Tho next morning he slipped out
through the door when tho man opened
It, and sped swiftly Into the forest
Half a mile away he found tho trail
of Gray Wolf, and called to her. From
the frozen river came her reply, and
lie went to ber,
Vainly Gray Wolf tried to lure hlra
,back Into their old haunts away
from the cabin and the scent of man.
Late that morning the man harnessed
kin dogs, and from the fringe of the
forest Kazan saw him tuck Joan and
the baby among the furs on tho sledge,
as old Pierre bad done. All tout day
By
Jamos
Ollvar
0 Garwood
JOAN LEARNS THAT THE
GREAT PRIZE INDEED,
AFFECTION
Kazan, a vicious Alaskan sledge dog, one-qunrtcr wolf, snves tho
life of Thorpe, his master, nnd Is taken nloug when tho mnstcr goes to
civilization to meet his bride nnd return with her to tho frozen country.
Kvcn Thorpe Is afraid to touch Kazan, but Isobel, tho dog's new mis
tress, wins his affection at once. On tho war northward McCreiuly, a
dog-team driver, beats tho master Insenslblo nnd attacks tho bride.
Kazan kills McCrendy, flees to tho woods, Joins a wolf pack, whips
tho leader, takes n young mate, Gray Wolf, nnd n few nights Inter
drives off the pack which had attacked Pierre, a sick man, his daughter
Joan, nnd her baby. Knznn, lured by Joan's kindness, stnys near her.
1'lerro dies. Joan nnd Knznn start to pull tho sledgo to tho settle
mcnt. Joan falls exhausted nnd cold.
he followed In the trail of tho team,
with Gray Wolf slinking behind him.
They traveled until dark; nnd then,
under the stars and the moon that had
followed tho storm, tho man still urged
on his team. It was deep In tho night
when they enmo to another cabin, and
tho man beat upon tho door. A light,
tho opening of the door, the Joyous
welcome of a man's voice, Joan's sob
bing cry Kazan heard theso from the
shadows In which ho was hidden, nnd
then slipped back to Gray Wolf.
In tho days nnd weeks that followed
Joan's homecoming the lure of tho cabin
nnd of the woman's hand held Knznn.
As he had tolerated l'lerre, so now ho
tolerated the younger man who lived
with Joan nnd the baby. He knew
that the man was very dear to Joan,
nnd thnt tho baby was very denr to
him, as It was to tho girl. It was
not until tho third day that Jonn suc
ceeded In coaxing him Into tho cabin
nnd that was tho day on which tho
man returned with the dead nnd fro
zen body of Pierre. It wns Joan's
husband who first found tho name on
the collar he wore, and they began
calling him Kazan.
naif a mile away, at tho summit of
n huge mass of rock which tho Indlnns
called tho Sun rock, he nnd Gray
Wolf had found a home; and from
here they went down to their hunts
on the plain, nnd often tho girl's volco
reached up to them, calling, "Kazan I
Kazan I Kazan 1"
Through all the long winter Kazan
hovered thus between the luro of Joan
and tho cabin and Gray Wolf.
Then camo spring and tho Great
Change.
CHAPTER X.
The Great Change.
The rocks, the ridges and the val
leys were taking on a warmer glow.
The poplar buds were ready to burst.
The scent of balsam nnd of spruco
grew heavier in the air each day, and
all through tho wilderness, In plain and
forest, there was the rippling murmur
of the spring floods finding their way
to Hudson's bay. In that great bay
there was the rumble and crash of tho
Ice fields thundering down In the enrly
break-up through the Boes Welcome
the doorway to the Arctic, and for that
reason there still came with tho April
wind an occasional sharp breuth of
winter.
Kazan had sheltered himself against
that wind. Not n breath of air stirred
In tho sunny spot tho wolf-dog had
chosen for himself. He was more com
fortable than ho had been at any time
during the six months of terrible win
terand as he slept ho dreamed.
Gray Wolf, his wild mate, lay near
him, flat on her belly, her forcpnws
reaching out, her eyes nnd nostrils as
keen and alort as tho smell of man
could make them. For there was that
smell of mnn, ns well ns of balsam
and spruce, In tho warm spring nlr.
She gazed anxiously nnd sometimes
steadily, at Kazan ns ho slept. Her
own gray spine stiffened when she
saw the tawny hair along Kazan's
back bristle at some dream vision.
She whined softly as his upper Hp
snarled back, showing his long, white
fangs. But for the moat part, Kazan
lay quiet, save for the muscular
twltchlngs of legs, shoulders and
muzzle, which always tell when a dog
Is dreaming; and as ho dreamed thcro
came to the door of the cabin out on
the plain n blue-eyed girl-woman, with
a big brown braid over ber shoulder,
who called through tho cup of ber
hands, "Knzan, Kazan, Kazan I"
The voice reached faintly to tho top
of tho Bun rock, and Gray Wolf flat
tened her ears. Kazan stirred, and In
another Instant he was awako and on
IiIh feet. Ho leaped to an outcropping
ledge, sniffing the air and looking far
out over the plain that lay below them.
Over the plain tho woman's volco
came to them again, and Kazan ran to
the edge of tho rock and whined. Gray
Wolf stepped softly to his sldo nnd
laid her muzzle on his shoulder. She
had grown to know what the Volco
meant. Day nnd night she feared It,
more than sho feared tho scent or
sound of man.
Since sho had given up the pack and
her old life for Kazan, tho Volco had
becorao Gray Wlfs greatest enemy,
and she hated It It took Kazan from
her. And wherever It went, Kazan
followed.
Night after night It robbed her of
her mate, and left her to wander alone
LOVE OF KAZAN IS A VERY
AND SHE SHOWS HER
FOR THE DOG
under tho stars nnd the moon, keeping
faithfully to her loneliness, and never
once responding with her own tonguo
to tho hunt-cnltn of her wild brothers
and sisters In the forests nnd out on
tho plains. Usually sho would snarl nt
tho Voice, nnd sometimes nip Knznn
lightly to show her displeasure. But
today, ns tho Voice enmo n third time,
sho slunk buck luto tho darkness of n
flssuro between two rocks, nnd Kazan
saw only the tlery glow of her cyos.
Knzan ran nervously to tho trail
their feet had worn up to tho top of
tho Sun rock, and stood undecided. All
day, nnd yesterday, ho had been uu
ensy nnd dUturbed. Whatovor It was
that stirred him seemed to bo In tho
air, for ho could not see It or hear It
or scent It. But ho could feel It Ho
went to the flssuro nnd sniffed nt Gray
Wolf. Usually sho whined coaxtngly.
But her rcsponso today wns to draw
bnck her lips until ho could seo her
white fangs.
A fourth tlmo tho Volco camo to
them faintly, and she snapped fiercely
at somo unseen thing In tho darkness
botween tho two rocks. Kazan went
ngaln to tho trail, still hesitating. Then
ho began to go down. It wns a nar
row, winding trail, worn only by tho
Darted Swiftly In the Direction of the
Cabin.
pads and claws of nnlmnls, for the Sun
rock was n hugo crag that roso almost
sheer up for a hundred feet abovo tho
tops of tho spruco and balsam, Its bald
crest cotchlng tho first gleams of the
sun In tho morning und the last glow
of It In the evening. Gray Wolf had
first led Kazan to tho security of tho
retreat at the top of tho rock.
When ho reached the bottom bo no
longer hesitated, but dortod swiftly In
tho direction of the cabin. Becauso
of thnt Instinct of tho wild that was
still In him, he always approached tho
cabin with caution. He never gave
warning, nnd for n moment Joan wns
startled when sho looked up from ber
baby and saw Kazan's shaggy hoad
and shoulders In tho open door, Tho
baby struggled and kicked In hor de
light, and held out hor two bands with
cooing cries to Kazan. Joan, too, held
out o hand.
"Kazan I" sho crlod softly. "Come
In, Kazan I"
Slowly tho wild red light In Kazan's
eyes softened. Ho put a forefoot on
the sill, and stood there, whllo the girl
urged him again. Syddonly his legs
seemed to sink a little under him, bis
tall drooped and ho slunk In with that
doggish air of having committed a
crime. Tho creatures ho loved were
In tho cabin, but the cabin Itself ho
hated. Ho hntod nil cabins, for they
all brcuthed of tho club and tho whip
bondage. Llko all tho slcdgo-dogs, he
preferred tho open snow for a bed, and
tho spruco-tops for shcltor.
Joan dropped her hand to his head,
and at Its touch thero thrilled through
him that strango Joy that was his re
ward for leaving Gray Wolf nnd tho
wild. Slowly ho ralsod hla head until
Ids black muzzle rested on her lap, and
he closed his eyes while that wonder
ful llttlo creature that mystified him
so the baby prodded him with her
tiny feet, and pulled his tawny hair.
He loved these boby-mtullngs even
more than the touch of Joan's hand.
Motionless, sphlnxltke, undmontr-
tlvo In cvory musclo of hla body, Ka
snu stood, scarcely breathing. More
thnu once this lack of demonstration
had urged Jonn's husbnnd to wnrn tier.
But tho wolf thnt wns In Katun, his
wild aloofness, oven his mating with
Gray Wolf hnd tnnda hor lovo him
more. Sho understood, nnd hod faith
In him.
In tho days of tho last snow Kntnn
hnd proved himself, A neighboring
trapper hnd run over with his tenm,
and tho bnby Jonn hnd toddlod up to
ouo of tho big huskies. Thero was a
fierce snnp of Jaws, n scrcnni of horror
from Jonn, n shout from tho men ni
they leaped toward tho pack. But Kn
znn wns nhend of them nil. In n gray
streak that traveled with tho speed of
n bullet ho was tit tho big husky's
thront. When they pullod htm off, the
husky wns dead. Jonn thought of that
now, ns tho bnby kicked nnd tousled
Kazan's head.
Another Important event bobs
up for Kazan, and the wolf
dog assumes a new pride and
dignity. It's all told In the next
Installment
(TO HU CONTINUKD.)
DRINKING WATER IN GUTTERS
However, the Ladles of tho Andsan
Capital Also Oath
In It
Ibngue, capital of tho Colombtnn
provlnco of Tollma, claims 2,300
"souls," but tho count takes much for
grunted. It Is a squnre-cornored town
of almost wholly thatchod ono-stpry
buildings, Its wldo streets atrociously
cobblod and Its few sldewulks worn
perilously slippery nnd barely wldo
enough for two feet nt once.
A stream of crystal-clear water
gurgles down every stroot through
cobbled gutters, lulling tho travel
weary to sleep nnd furnishing a con
venient menus of washing photographic
films. Wo drank less often, however,
ufter wo had strolled up to tho end
of the mountain nnd found threo none-too-handsome
Indies bathing In tho res
ervoir. It Is a pencefut, roomy plnco, where
cveryono has unlimited spaco on tho
grassy, gontlo slope to put up his llttlo
chalky, straw-roofed cottage, yet nil
too tho stroot lino ns If fearful of miss
ing anything thnt might unexpectedly
pass. Foreigners seem to bo n grent
novelty, nnd I could find no nt I fac
tory ronson why so mnny Ibnguenos
wero blind, unless they hnd overin
dulged themselves In tho national gnmo
of stnrlng. Hnrry A. Frnnck, In the
Century Magazine.
Eucalyptus Loaves.
Eucalyptus nro ovcrgreens, which
shed their bark but not their leavos,
but they nro not shndo treos. Tho
leaves nro placed In Inclined rathor
thnn In horizontal positions, nnd the
pnssngo of light Is but llttlo obstruct
ed. For this reason, smaller trees nnd
bushes nnd grass grow undornoatb,
nnd tho woods In places nssumo tho
npponrnnco of n Jungle from which
nrlse tho towering shnfts of troes. It
Is interesting to noto thnt primitive
types of eucalyptus, as well ns the
young or moro modern typos, hnvs
horizontal leaves, pointing to a time
In tho geologic past when tho cllmato
wns moro congenial nnd no precau
tions to conserve molsturo need bo tak
en. National Geographic Mngnzlno.
Big Profit In Onions.
Roman 8klvlckl of Sundorlnnd con
tinues to bo favored of fortune or by
his own foresight. Ho held on to his
onions when nil his wlso Ynnkeo
frlonds snld "sell," nnd has got tho
highest price on record, $7 a bag of
100 pounds. When tho prlco got up to
$3 his Yankee friends dropped In nnd
told Itomnn thnt It wns dangerous to
hold on any longor, nnd thsy repeated
tho warnings at H 5 and $0, but still
Boman kept somo of thorn till tho last,
If thore Is any Inst whon crops nro
going up on a crop fnlluro. Boman
mndo a not profit of $7,000 on his on
ions In 1001, nnd he must havo dono
much hotr than that this yeur,
Northampton Gazette.
Dootors Don't Know Everything.
"I thought you told mo that your
doctor had ordered you to quit drink
ing?" said Smith.
"Aw, theso doctors don't know whnt
ihav nra tnlklnir nhotit." rfmllnrt
Brown, as ho stlrrod IiIb highball. "I
oult drinking for two dnys and I didn't
feel a hit better."
Ho Disliked Laziness.
Aftor a duy or two in a hustling,
bustling western town a tramp shook
tho dust from his boots with a snarl.
"They. must bo durn lazy people la
this town. Everywhere you turn they
offer you work to do,"
Safe to Be Around,
"now Is your husband getting on
with his golf?"
"Very well, Indeed. Tho children
nro allowed to watch him now."
The dry season range of tomperatuM
In Cuba la from 80 to 85 degree.
SAGE AND SULPHUR
DARKENS GRAY HAIR
It's Grantlmother'fl ltcclpc
Restore Color, GIohh nnd
AttractlvcncsH.
to
Almost ovoryono knows that Sago
Tea and Bulphur, proporly compound
ed, brings bnck tho natural color nnd
lustro to tho hair whon fadod, streak
od or gray. Ycnra ago tho only way
to got this mlxturo was to mako It at
homo, which Is mussy and troublo
somo. Nowadays, by asking nt any
drug storo for "Wyolh'a Sngo and Sul
phur Compound," you will got a largo
bottlo of this famous old roclpo, Im
proved by tho addition of othor In
gredients, for about 60 cents.
Don't stay Rray! Try 111 No ono
can possibly tall that you darkonod
your hair, ns It does It so naturally
nnd ovonly. You dnmpon n npougo or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hntr, Inking ono small
strand nt a tlmo; by morning tho gray
linlr dlsnpponrs, nnd nftor another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, glossy and attractive.
Wyoth'a Sngo nnd Sulphur Com
pound Is a delightful tollot roqulslto
for thoso who doslro dark hair and a
youthful appoaranco. It la not Intond
od for tho euro, mitigation or provon
tlon of disease
A Forward Quest
Hostess to Hor Husband How Inat
tentive you nro. John. You must real
ly look nftor Mr. Blnnk bettor he's
helping himself to everything. Boston
Transcript.
Repartee 8ee-8aw.
Tho nuodlo hnd been ranking plure
Ing remarks to tho shirt
"I know your fell purpose," snld tho
Inttor. "It Is to soo tho senmy sldo of
life." Exchange
Just a Suggestion,
"My boy," snld Mr. Grnbcoln, sorl
ously, "I wnnt you to acquire n com
petency." "Well, dnd, If you treat mo right In
your will, your drunm will como true"
Birmingham Ago-Hornld.
A WOMAN'S BURDENS
IN THIS WAR
Every wonmn'ii htmlm nro lightened
when Kite turns to tho rlKht mettlrlna. If
her (ixlutonca In randa gloomy by tho
chronic wenknci, delicate dornngo
meat, nnd painful dlHonlera thnt afflict
her sex, alio will find relief nnd emanci
pation from her troublo In Dr. I'lorco'a
rnvorlto Prescription. If xho's over
worked, nervous, or "run-down," alio
find now Ufa nnd strength. It's a power
ful. Invigorating tonic pud nervine -which
wn dUcovored nnd ued by nn eminent
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"feinnlo complaints" nrul weakness For
young girl Jiint entering womanhood:
for women at tho critical "chango of Ufa;"
In bcarlng-down nonsntlonti, periodical
pulns, ulceration, Inflammation, nnd every
kindred allmmt. tho "Kuvorlto Prescrip
tion" will benefit or cure.
The "Proncrlptloti" contains no alcohol,
nml In Hold In tablet or llaulri form. Kend
luc to Dr. I'lerce, Invalid Hole), Buffalo,
N. V., for lursa trial pltg.
Ought to Know.
A recently commtsslonod nocond
lieutenant wns drilling his command
in an Indliuinpolls stroot
Something wont wrong nnd tho sol
dlors found themselves trying to
march over n six-foot fonco.
Tho llotitonant halted tho company
nnd said:
"Men, why don't you do what I wnnt
you to da Instead of what I toll you
to do?" Indianapolis Nows.
NERVOUSNESS
AND BLUES
Symptoms of Moro Serious
Sickness.
Washington Pnrlt, 111. "I am tba
mother of four children nnd havo suf
fered with fcmalo
troublo, backacho,
nervous spells and
tho blues. My chil
drcn'o loud talking
and romping would
mako mo so nervous
I could juut tear
ovory thing to plecca
and I would actio all
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thnt I would not
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to tho Lydla E. PInkhom remedies."
Mrs. IIodt. Btopiel,, SogoAvenuo,
Washington Park, Illinois.
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