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KAZAN OLIWR HI . v iCURWQDD CHAPTER XVII. Continued. 17 I TtjaJ night sho elopt again whcro Jtaajfl hod latu, and three times she fcfUod wf turn without answer. A twtrT dew fell. and It drenched tho aRlrWetlffc of her mnte's scent out Eft the. folid. But tilt through tho USy'lndf followed, and tho day that oll66d tat. blind. Gray Wolf duns K Ihe narrow rim of white sahd. On the TpnrUi day her hunger reached o point whore she gnawed the bark from rlllow bushes. It was on this day VKhi she made a discovery. Bho was Jtrfn)ilnl, when her sensitive nose touched soraethtnjt In tho water's edge that was smooth, and bore a faint odor 'oY flesh. It was one of the blR north !nj river clams. Sho pawed It ashore, filing at the hard shell. Then she Crunched It between her teeth. Sho had never tasted sweeter meat than 'that which sho found Inside, and sbq .teau hunting for other clams. Bho found many of thfro, and ate nntll she was no longer hungry. For three days inore sho remained on the bar. f And then, one nigni, tno call came JO her. It set her quivering with a Wango new excitement something that may have been a new hopo, and h) tiio moonlight sho trotted nervously Jap and down the shining strip of sand, facing now the north, and now tho jiduth. and then tho east and tho west her head flung up, listening, as If In the soft wind of the night she was 'trying to locate tbo whispering lure bf a wonderful volco. And whatever was that came to her came from Oat of tho south and east Off thcro I across tho barren, far beyond the outer edge of the northern timber line was home. And off there, In her tjrute way, she reasoned that she must jflnd Kazan. The call did not come from their !oW windfall homo in tho swamp. It C&ine from beyond that, and In a Hash ing vision there roso through her blind ness a picture of tho towering Sun Rock, of the winding trail that led to It, and the cabin on the plain. It was there that blindness had como to ber. It was there that day had ended, and eternal night had begun. And 'tt was there that she had mothered per tlrst-born. Nature had registered these tilings so that they could never bo wiped out of her memory, nnd when the call came It was from tho sunlit world where she had last known light and life and had last seen the moon 'and the stars In the blue night of the skies. Ana to that call she responded, leav' Ing the river and Its food behind her straight out Into the face of darkness and starvation, no longer fearing death or the emptiness of the world sho Could not see; for ahead of her, two hundred miles away, she could see tho Sun Rock, the winding trail, tho nest f her first-born between the two big rocks nnd Kazan! CHAPTER XVIII. The Last of McTrlflQer. Sixty miles farther north Kazan lay at the end of his flno steel chain, watching little Professor McGIll mix ing- a pall of tallow and bran. A dozen yards from him lay tho big Dane, his huge Jaws drooling In antlcl pntlon of the unusual feast which Mo Gill was preparing. lie showed signs of pleasure when McOill approached him with a quart of the mixture, and ho gulped It between his huge Jaws The little man with tho cold blue eyes and the gray-blond hair stroked his back without fear. Ills attitude was different when he turned to Kazan, His movements were filled with cau- i . . . It tion, ana yet ms eyes ana ma upa were smiling, and he gave tho wolf dog no evidence of bis fear, If It could do caneo. rear, The little professor, who was op In he north country for tho Smithsonian gfcstltutlon, had spent a third of his !llf among dogs. He loved them, and Understood them. He hnd written a number of rnngazlno articles on dog intellect that had attracted wldo at tention among naturalists. It was llnrtrely becauso ho loved dogs, and Understood them more than most men, 'that he bod bought Kazan and the big Dane, on tno night wnen wnnay pic- SfflLM JftJffHff trLed Gold City saloon. Tho refusal of fiW splendid beasts to kill Oacb a for the pleasura of too wrej) idred rierj who had assembled to fight delighted WW, wo planned a paper on fno ay bd told him the story and bis ma WNL ft 3 mail's I k v.( w i ITT t I mate, Gray Wolf, nnd tho professor had asked hltn n thousand questions. But each day Kuzun puzzled liiin niorv No amount of kindness on his part coul) bring n responsive gleam In Kazan's eyes, Not once did Kazan signify a Willingness to become friends. AitJ yet ho did not snarl nt McGIll, or QOhp at his hands when they enmo within reach. Quito frequently Sandy SfcTrlgger camo over to tho little cabin where McGIll wns staying, and three times Kazan leaped at the cud of his chain to get at lit in. nnd his Whl to fangs gleamed as long ns Sandy wns In sight. Alone with McGIll he become quiet. Something told him that McGIll had come ns a friend that night when bo and the big Dane stood shoulder to shoulder In tho cago thnt had been built for n slaughter pen. Vwny down In his bruto heart he held McGIll apart from other men. Ho hnd DO desire to barm him. Ho tolerated him, but showed none of tho growing affection of the hugo Dane. It was this fact that puzzled McGIll. He had never beforo known n dog that ho could not make love him. Today he placed the tallow and bran beforo Kazan, and tho smllo In his face gave way to a look of perplexity. Kazan's lips had drawn suddenly back. A fierce snarl rolled deep In his thront. The hair along his spine stood up. Ills muscles twitched. Instinctively tho professor turned. Sandy McTrlggcr bad come up quietly behind him. His b'rotnl fa co woro a grin as ho looked at Kazan. "It's a fool Job tryln' to make friends with him," ho said. Then he added, with n sudden Interested gleam In his eyes, "When you stnrtln'?" "With first frost," replied McGIll. It ought to como soon. I'm going to Join Sergeant Conroy nnd his party at Fond du Lac by the 1st of October' "And you're going up to Fond du Lac alone?" queried Sandy. "Why don't you tnko a man?" Tho little professor laughed softly. "Why?" he asked. "I've been through tho Athabasca waterways a dozen times, and know the trail as well as I know Broadway. Besides, I like to be alone. And tbo work Isn't too hard, with tho currents all flowing to tho north and east" Sandy was looking nt tho Dane, with his bnck to McGIll. An exultant gleam shot for an instant Into his eyes. "You're taking the dogs?" "res." Sandy lighted his pipe, and spoke llko one strnngely curious. "Must cost a henp to tako theso trips o' yourn, don't It?" "My Inst cost about seven thousand dollars. This will cost five," said Mc GIll. "Scot!" breathed Sandy. "An' you carry nil thnt along with you! Ain't you afraid something might hop pen ?" The little professor wns looking tho other way now. The carelessness In his face and mnnner changed. His blue eyes grew n shndo darker. A hard smile which Sandy did not seo hovered about his lips for an Instant. Then ho turned, laughing. "I'm n very light sleeper," ho said. "A footstep nt night rouses mo. Even a man's breathing nwnkes mo, when I mako up my mind that I must bo on my guard. And, besides" ho drew from his pocket a shining blue-steeled automatic "I know how to use this." no pointed to n knot In tho wall of tho cabin. "Observe," ho said. FIto times ho fired at 20 paces, and when Sandy went up to look nt tho knot ho gavo a gasp. There was ono Jogged hole whcro the knot hnd been. "Protty good," ho grinned. "Most men couldn't do better'n that with a rlfio," When Sandy left, McGIll followed him with a suspicious gleam In his eyes, and n curious smllo on his lips. Then ho turned to Kazan. "Quess you've got him flggered out about right, old man," ho laughed soft ly. "I don't blnmo you very much for wanting to got him by tho thront. Per haps" Ho shoved bis hands deep In his pockets, and went Into tho cabin. Ka zan drooDcd his head between his foropaws, and lny still, with wldo-open eyes. It was Into afternoon, early In September, and each night brought Oo7 tho first chill breaths of autumn, jjaznti watched tho last glow of tho fltifn As It faded out of tho southern iklcs, Darkness always followed gwjftiy after that, and with darkness camo more fiercely his wild longing for freedom. Night oftor night bo pad gnawed at his steel chain. Night after night be had watched the stars, anfl the moon, and bad listened for Gray Woirs call, while tho big Dano lay sleeping. Tonight It was colder than usual, and tho keen tang of tho wind that camo fresh from the west stirred htm strangely. It set his blood ntlro with whnt tho Indians call tbo Frost Hunger. Lcthnrglc summer was gono nnd tho days and nights of hunting wcro nt hand. Ho wanted to leap out Into free dom nnd run until ho wns exhausted, with Gray Wolf at hU side. Ho Ijnow that Gray Wolf was off thoro whpro the stars hung low In tho clenr sky, and thnt sho was waiting. Ho strain ed at tho end of his chain, and whined. All thnt night ho wns restless moro restless than ho hml boon nt any time beforo. Onco, In the far distance, ho heard n cry that he thought wns tho cry of Gray Wolf, ana ms nnswer roused McGIll from deep sleep. It was dnwn, nnd tho llttlo professor dressed himself nml enmo out of tho cabin. With satisfaction ho notod tho exhilarating snap In the iilr. H wot his fingers nnd hold them above his head, chuckling when ho found tho wind hnd swung Int) tho north. Uo went to Knznn, nnd talked to him. Among other things ho snld. "Thls'tl put tho black files to sleep, Kazan. A duy or two more of It nnd we'll start" Five days later McGIll led first tho Dano, and then Kazan, to a packed canoe. Sandy McTrlggcr saw them off, and Kaian watched for n chanco to leap nt him. Sandy kerd his dlstnnce, and McGIll watched tho two with n thought that set tho blood running swiftly behind the mask of his enro less smile. They hnd sllppod a mllo down-stream when bo leaned over nnd laid n fearless hum! on Kazan's head. Something In tho touch of that hand, and In tho professor's voice, kept Kn znn from n desire to snap at him. Ho tolerated tho friendship with expres sionless eyes and a motionless body. "I was beginning to fear I wouldn't hnvo much sleep, old boy," chuckled McGIll ambiguously, "but I guess I can tako a nop now and then with you along I" Ho mndo camp that night fifteen miles up tho lake shore. Tho big Dano ho fastened to a sapling 20 ynrds Five Times He Fired at Twenty Paces. from his small silk tent, but Kazan's chain ho mndo fast to tho butt of a stunted birch thnt held down tho tent- ilnp. Before ho went Into tho tent for tho night McGIll pulled out his nuto- matlc and examined It with euro. For three days tho Journey con Untied without n mishap along tho shore of Lnko Athnbascn. On tho fourth night McGIll pitched his tent In a clump of bnnsklan pine n hundred yards bnck from the water. All that day tho wind hnd como steadily from behind them, and for nt leust a half of tho dny tho professor had been watching Kazan closely. From tho west thero hnd now nnd then como n scent that stirred him uneasily. Slnco noon ho had sniffed thnt wind. Twlco McGIll hnd heard him growling deep in his throat, nnd onco, when tho scent had como stronger than usual, ho had bared his fangs, nnd tho bris tles stood up along his splno. For nn hour after striking camp tho llttlo professor did not build a fire, but sat looking up tho shoro of tho lnko through Ids hunting glass. It wns dusk when ho roturned to whero ho had put up his tont nnd chained tho dogs, For a fow moments ho stood unobserved, looking nt tho wolf dog. Kazan wns still unensy. Ho lay facing tho west. McGIll mndo noto of this, for tho big Dano lay behind Ka zan to tho cast. Under ordinary con ditions Kazan would havo faced him, Ho was suro now that thcro was Homo thing In tho west wind. A llttlo shiver ran hp his back as ho thought of what it might bo. Behind a rock he built a very email 8ro, flnd prepare supper. After this 0 went lntd tho tent, and whon ho camo out ho carriod ft blnnkot undor his arm, Hp chuckled as ho stood for a momont over Kazan. n 'Wg're not going to sleep In thero tonight old boy," bo saio. "I don't like what you've found In tbo west wind, It tuny bo a thunderstorm I" Ho lauRhed at his Joko, and burled himself in a clump of stunted ban sktnns 110 paces from tho tent, Hero ho rolled himself in his blanket, and went to sloop. It wns a quiet starlit night, and hours afterward Kazan dropped his noso between his forepaws and drowsed. It was tho snap of n twig that roused him. Tho sound did not nwnkim tho sluuulsh Dano hut In stautty Kazan's head was alert, Ills keen nostrils sullllng tho air. What bo hnd smelled nil day was heavy about him now. Ho lay stilt nnd quivering. Slowly, from out of tho hansklnns ho- htnd tho tout, thero camo n figure. It wns not the llttlo professor. It ap proached cautiously, with loworcd head and hunched shoulders, nnd tho stnrllght revealed tho murderous faco of Sandy MeTrlggor. Kazan crouched low. Ho laid his head lint between his forepaws. Ills long fangs gleamed. But ho made no sound that betrayed his concealment under a thick ban sklan shrub. Step by step Sandy ap proached, and at last ho reached tho flap of tho tent. He did not carry a flub or a whip In his hand now. In tho plnco of either of thoso was tho glitter of steel. At tho door to tho tent ho pnuxed, and peered In, his hack to Kazan. (TO 1IH CONTINUED,) THRIFTY YANKEE FOUND WAY When His Creditors Paid Him With Cheap Money Ho Dought Cheap Land and Decame Rich Man. An tntoreittng tnla of tho profitable uso to which ragged confedcrnto money wns onco put by n Connecticut Ynnkco wns related to mo n few days ago by Gen. Rdwnrd S. Godfrey. In tho Ku-Klux days General God frey was sent to South Carolina and was quartorcd In tho homo of tho Yan kee, who had gono South two doendes beforo tho war. Tho Now Englnndor was n Democrat and had married 0 Southorn woman, but South Cnro- llnlnns didn't fully rely upon his heart When tho Civil war camo customers all over tho stuto owed hlra monor for carriages nnd wagons ho had sold to them. As confodurnto monoy bocnmO extremely cheap, thoso old debto woro pnld off. Whnt did ho do with tho monoy? Put It all In Innd, which was then also dirt cheap, and when General Godfrey mot htm ho owned about half tho county nnd was a rich ninn. In reality his heart was with tho South. This Connecticut wagon bulfd- or had armed and equipped nn cntlro company for Ia'o'h army. G Irani, in Philadelphia Ledger. Wllllna to Take His Word. An Irish contractor who had tnken on a now Job wns addressing tho gnng of men ho hnd omploycd. "Look here, boys." ho snld. "This Job has got to bo carried through quick ly. Thcro has got to lo no slacking. I ntn under a penalty of llvo iiunureu dollars if I don't get tho work finished In a month. And look hero I I can lick any man In this gang, und If I havo any trouble, you've got to iook outi" "Whnt did you say?" snld a big Irishman, who hnd evidently had a glass too much. "Old you sny that you could lick any man In this gang? If you did, It's n llol You can't lick mo I You como down hero nnd try I" Tho contractor answered, "If I can't lick you, you hnd better go nnd get your money, becnuso I don't mean to havo nny mnn on this 'ero Job thut I can't lick 1" London Tlt-Blts. Sunar Crop of Hawaii, 1010. Tho sugar production of Hawaii for tho year ending September 110, 1010, wns about 502,7011 tons, or 5:1,237 tons less thun In tho preceding year. Tho iiren harvested in 1010, or IIB.-IIO ncn-H, wns 2,210 more than In 1015 J but In 1010 n lower yield of enno per ncro nnd n smaller average yield of sugar per ton of cane mndo tho sugar crop of 1010 less than that of tho pre ceding yeur. Tho totul aren In enno In 1010, or 240,832 ncrcs, wns nn IncrenHo of 0,532 acres over 1015. Of tho total enno area, 115,410 acres, or 47 per cent, was harvested, and tho remainder, 130,018 acres, was left for tho next year's grinding. Power of Humor. Tho following miecdoAi illustrating iienry wuru iiuucnura power or us Inir humor for argument Ih related In tho Youth's Companion: "On ono oc casion a man In tho congregation fialrori. 'If n mnn Is n uond fntlwr nml a good husband, but never rends tho Blbio, wncro win no go wnen no dloa?' "I'm niirn I ilnn't know.' ItooMini- rn. pllod, 'but wherovor hot'oes ho hnu my, beat wishes.' " - Not Oo Fortunate. "My wlfo is llko Georgo Washington t X don't bellovo sho could toll a llo to bovo hor soul." "You'ro lucky I Mlflo Can toll a llo tho mtnuto I get It out of my mouth." Nof tho Dreamless Kind. Poep snoring is not always slgnU cant of that urana oi sioep. Tifty-FiftyM Biscuits Havo you tried "fifty-fifty biscuits" Undo Sain'M latest Idea for saving wheat Hour In hot bread? You una two cupfuln of comment, noy beans which can ho home ground, finely crushed peanuts, or rleo Hour to two cupfuls.of whlto flour. Or you can uso ono cup ful of common! nnd ono cupful of ground soy bonus or crushed peanuts with tho wheat product. You can ninko "fifty-fifty" mulllns with ono nnd ono-half cupfuln of cook cd and mashed sweet or Irish potnto, or cooked cereal, or ground soy beans, to nn equal nmnunt of flour. Then thcro nro "flfty-flfty" recipes for waf ers and for comment cookies. How to mako nil Uicsq "fifty-fifties" ns well as homo mothods for enttro common! gems nnd yeast breads and rolls made In part of finely crushed peanuts, sweet or Irish potato, soy bean meal which can bo made nt homo by grinding soy beans In n hnndmlll, rice, common!, or cooked cerenls, aro loscrlbed In dotall In United States do- pnrtmont of agriculture circular No. A 01, "Partial Substitutes for Whoat In Bread Making." Hero Is a snmplo re cipe tho ono for "fifty-fifty" biscuits ns worked out by Ilnnnnh L. Wcss ling, specialist In homo demonstration work : Two cupfuls corn meal, ground soy beans or finely ground peanuts, rlco flour, or other substitute. Two cupfuls whlto flour. Four teaspoonfuls baking powder. Two teaspoonfuls salt. Four tablespoonfuls shortening. Liquid sufficient to mix to proper consistency (1 to 1 cupuls). Sift togetiicr tho flour, meat, salt, ond baking powder twlco. Hnvo tho shortening ns cold as iwsslhlo nnd cut It Into tho mlxturo with n knife, finally rubbing it In with tho hands. Mix quickly with tho cold liquid (milk, skim milk, or wnter), forming n fairly soft dough which can bo rolled on tho board. Turn onto a floured board roll Into n sheet not over ono-half Inch thick; cut Into rounds; plnco theso in lightly floured biscuit tins (or shallow pans), and mako 10 to 12 minutes In a rather hot oven. If peanuts nro usod, tho roasted and shelled nuts should bo finely crushed with a rolling pin. In ranking tho flour nnd peanut bis cuits tho flour nnd othor dry Ingredi ents should bo sifted together twlco and then mixed thoroughly with tho crushed peanuts. 6 AHW!rtrtrWWrHWWWrirrrf6 ft EPIGRHYMES: I'm sottln' out n row of P08T8 to fenco some pasture land. Now, my Ideo OF HONOR Is to sot 'em so they'll stnnd ngln' tho storms of winter nnd tho crowdln' of tho stock; for my of boss lenvcs things to mo: "My boy, you ARE n rock," ho tol' mo onco, "for EVERMORE them P08T8 will stand, If I show you my senso OF confi dence no DANCER thut you'll try to mako work ensy for yourself AND freo yourself OF CARE If you Just feel It's up to you, nnd that your boss nln't thoro." Now tills may sound like hlowln' my own horn, hut, 'seems to mo, thnt this Is whnt Tim Tit comb meant, nnd I think, honestly, that this hero war's another proof that whnt ho said wna right to hold Our Country's honored post both you nnd mo must Fight I Robert Russell. "l'ontn (if honor nro overmoro pouts of danKor nml of euro." (CcwrUbt, 1017, IT lul'l i'rcu llurtiu.) POULTRY POINTERS : Bo ijuro to clean tho dishes In which you glvo milk to fowls or chicks at least onco' a day and disinfect them by, scalding. Otherwise, dlscaso gennfj flnd In th.cso dishes n very good plnco to multiply. It Is very essential to havo tho quar ters n which you kopp tl)6 chickens sanitary, und also to feed sweet, clean food. Novcr glvo spoiled food to young or old poultry, for It is likely to potsdli them or nt least to causo digestive, troubles, In making n chango In rations fof llttlo chicks It Is bettor to bo on ilia snfo sldo and feed small grain Instead, of grains that nro too largo, Thoro is nothing bottor for tho grow ing chicle than plenty of green feed, i 5 ho largo body llco oh fowls aro ; destroyed by tho uso of llco on tfloht which is applied to a certain part of tho hen, or by filling tho plum ago full of llco-ktlllng powdor which! Can bo obtained from poultry supply dealers.