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KAZAN
i The Story of a Dog J
That Turned Wolf
I James Oliver Curwood
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' CHAPTER XVIII. Continued
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. Silently, swiftly tho wolf now In
every movement, Kninn enmo to his
vfeet. Ho forgot the chnln that hold ,
, him. Ten feet away stood the enemy J
he hated nbove nil others he hnd over
known. Every ounce of strength In .
Ms splendid body gntnemi ltseir tor
' tho stirlnir. And thon he leaned. This
time the chnlnHd .not'fVutl him brick,"
almost neckbroken.. Ago and the ele
ments hnd wenkejted tho .leather col
lar ho hod worn sft'ico tho days of his
slavery In the traces, nnd It gave way
with n snnp. Sriridy turned, hnd In a'
second leap Kazan's fangs sank. Into
the flesh of his arm.
With a startled cry tho man fell,
nnd ns they rolled over on tno ground
the big Dane's deep voice rolled out
In thunderous alarm ns he tugged nt
his leash. In tho fall Kazan's hold was
broken. In an Instant he wns on his
feet, ready for another ntfnck. And i
men tne cimnge enme. no wns iree.
' Tho collar was gone from his neck.
The forest, the stars, the whispering
wind were all about him. nere wero
men, and off there was Gray Wolf I
His ears dropped, nnd ho turned swift
ly, nnd slipped like a shadow back Into
the glorious freedom of his world.
A hundred yards nwny something
stopped hlni for nn Instant. It wns
not the big Dane's voice, but tho sharp
crack crack crack, of tho little pro
fessor's automatic. And nbove thnt
sound there roso the voice of Sandy
McTrlgger in n weird nnd terrlblo
cry.
CHAPTER XIX.
An Empty World.
Mile nfter mile Kazan went on. For
a time he wns oppressed by the shiv
ering note of death that "had come to
him In Sandy MeTrigger's cry, nnd
he slipped through the bnnsklans like
a shadow, his ears flattened, his tall
trailing, his hindquarters betraying
that curious slinking quality of tlrj
wolf and dog stenllng away from dan
ger. Then he came out upon a plain,
and the stillness, the billion stars In
the clear vault of tho sky, nnd the
keen air thnt carried with It a .breath
of the Arctic barrens made him alert
and questioning. He fnced the direc
tion of the wind. Somewhere off there,
far to the soutii nud west, was Gray
Wolf.
For the first time In mnny weeks
he sat back on his haunches and gnvo
the deep and vibrant call that echoed
weirdly for miles about him. Hack, in
the bunsklans the big Dane hoard it,
and whined. From over the still body
of Sandy McTrlgger the little profes
sor looked up with n white tense face,
nnd listened for a second cry. But
nstlnct told Kazan that to thnt first
.call thero would be no answer, and
now he struck out swiftly, galloping
.mile after mile, as a dog follows the
.trail of its master home. Ho did
not turn back to the lake, nor was his
direction toward Hed Gold City. As
straight ns he might havo followed a
road blazed by the hand Qf man ho
,cut across tho forty miles of plain and
swamp and forest nnd rocky rldgo
that lay between him and tho McFnr
lnne. All that night lie did not call
again for Gray Wolf. With him rea
soning was u process brought about
by habit by precedent and as Gray
Wolf had waited for him many times
before ho knew thnt sho would be
waiting for him now near tho sand
tbar. By dawn ho hnd reached tho river,
within three miles of the sand-bar.
Scarcely was tho sun up when ho stood
'on tho whlto strip of sand whero he
'and Gray Wolf had come down to
!drlnk. Expectantly and confidently he
looked about him for Gray Wolf, whin
ling softly, and wagging Ids tall. tlO
began to seurch for hor scent, but
rains had washed oven her footprint
from tho clean snnd. All that day bo
searched for her nlong the river and
'out op tho plain. He went to where
they had killed their last rabbit. Ho
sniffed at the bushes whero the poison
baits had, hung. Again nnd again ho
sat back on his haunches and sent
gut his mating cry to her. And sloy?-
ly, ns ho did these thing, naturo was
working In him that mlrnclo of tho
Wild which tho Crees havo named tho
"uniril call." As it had worked in
rarnr Wolf, so now it stirred tho blood
01 JVttu.
with tho going of tho sun, and tho
sweeping about him of shadowy night,
'ho turned more nnd more to tho south
'and east. His whole world was mude
jup of tho trulls over which ho had
hunted. Beyond thoso pluces ho did
not know tluvt th,oro was such n thing
ns existence. Anil In thnt world, small
In his understanding of things, was
Orny Wolf. Ho could not miss hor.
Thnt world, In hU comprehension of
It, ran from the McFnrlnno In n nnr
row tmll through tho forests nnd over
, tho plains to tho llttlo valley, ir Orny
Wolf wns not hero oho wns thoro,
ntul tirelessly ho resumed hU quest of
her.
--No( "tanUrtlii sthK wefoTnaitiir iiiit
.of. the.aikr.ncaltk.4uul.jijuv0ar was
ivlui!urcuitljAfMH;.xlifllou
nml hunger stop mm. no kiiicu n run
hit, nml for hours nfter ho hml fenwted
ho lay close to his kill, uml steit.
Fhen ho vent on. ".
Tho fourth night he enmo to the
llttlo vnlley between tho two rlilK,
nml under tho stars, more brilliant
....... i., ,ilp ei.iii clearness of the wirlv
ttUtmm, nights, he followed tho crock
,lmvn jnt0 tnoir 0 swamp home," It
wns l)r01Ki imy wj,cn no ronched whnt
h(ul ouco blHn nj, lomo nn,j 0ray
Rolf's, nnd for many minutes Knxhn
stood silent nnd motionless sutfllug the
nlr. 'Until now his spirit hnd remained
unbroken, Footsore, with thinned sides
nnd gaunt hend," ho circled slowly
through the swamp. All that day h
searched. And his crest luy flat now,
and there was a hunted look In the
droop of his shoulders and In thu shift
ing look of his eyes. Gray Wolf wns
gone.
Slowly nature was Impinging thnt
fact Unon him. She Juul tinsscd out
of h,g worU1 mu wut o ll9 iIf0( nn(1
hn ...... fllI,,.i .vi.h loneliness nnd n
Krle so gruat tllnt tno fortfst seemoi
strnnBei nud tho stillness of tho wild
u thing that now oppressed and fright
cned 1dm. Once more tho dog in htm
was mastering the wolf. With Grny
Wolf he hnd possessed the world of
freedom. Without her, thnt world was
so big nnd strange nnd empty that It
appalled him.
Late In the afternoon ho enme upon
n little pllo of crushed clnm sholls on
the shore of the stream. He sniffed
ut them turned nwuy went bnck,
nnd sniffed again. But tho scent she
hnd left behind wns not strong enough
to tell Knznn, nnd for n second time
he turned nwny. Thnt night he slunk
under n log, nnd cried himself to
sleep. Deep In the night lie grieved In
his uneasy slumber, llko n child. And
day after day, and night nfter night,
Knznn remained a slinking creature of
the big swamp, mourning for tho one
creature that hnd brought him out of
A Strange Fire Leaped Through His
Body.
chaos Into light, who had filled hlH
world for him, nnd who, In going from
him, hnd tuken from this world even
the things that Gray Wolf had lost In
her blindness.
CHAPTER XX.
The Call of Sun Rock.
In the golden glow of tho nutumn
sun there came up the stream over
looked by tho Sun Itocl: one day a
man, n woman nnd a child In n ennoe.
Civilization had done for lovely Joan
what It had dono for many another
wild flower trnnsplnnted from the
depths of tho wilderness. Her checks
were thin. Her blue oyes had lost
their luster. She coughed, nnd when
she coughed tho man looked nt her
with lovo nnd fonr n his eyes. But
now, slowly, tho man hnd begun to
see tho transformation, and on tho dny
tholr canoo polntoa up tho strewn and
Into the wonderful valley thnt hnd
been their homo before tho call of the
distant city camp to them, ho noted
the Hush gathering onco more in hor
cheeks, the fuller reijness of her lips,
nnd tho gathering Blow of happiness
nnd content in her oyes. Ho. laughed
softly as ho saw these things, nnd ho
blossod tho forests. In tho ennoo sho
hnd leaned back, with her bond (d
most ngntnst his shoulder, and ho
stooped puddling to draw hor to him,
nnd run his flngors through tho soft
golden masses of her hnlr.
"You nr'e happy again, Joun," ho
laughed Joyously. "Tho doctors wero
right. You aro a part of thd foroets."
"Yes, I am happy," she whispered,
and suddenly thero came a llttlo thrill
' "Pf MS
Into her voice, nml sho pointed to ft
wldto linger of snnd running out Into
tho stream. "Do you remember yonra
and yenrs ago, It soenls thnt Knznn
left us hero? She wns on tho snnd
oror there, calling to him. Do you
remcmbor?" Thero wns n llttlo trem
ble about hor mouth, nnd she added, "I
wonder whero they- hnvo gone,"
Tho cabin was as they hml left It.
(Duly tho crimson hnkneosh lml jrro.tynj
up nooui it, nnu snruiis mm mil grass
Jud sprung up.uear.tts wjtll.i. ,Qnco
more It tdok on life, iuid dny byfny,
tho color enmo deeper Into' "Joan's
chocks nm Jim voice ,w.an HIledwBh
Its old wild sweetness of song,-Joan's
husband cleared tho trails over tils' Aid
trap-lines, imd Joan mjd.tfio llttlo Jonn
transformed tho cabin Into .home. Quo
night" tho rhnh returned to tho cnhln
late, and whoh he eaino lit there wns n
glow .of excitement ln1Jonn,'s bluo eyes,
nnd ri tremble In her voice when sho
greetod him. ;
"Did you henr itr' sho asked. "Did
you hear tho call?"
'HO nodded, stroking her soft hair.
"I was n mile hack In tho cfcok
swamp," ho said. "I beard it I
Jonn's hnhds'clutched his nrms.
"It -wasn't Kazan," sho said. "I
would recognize his voice. But It
seemed to mo It as llko tho other
the call that cnm' that morning from
tho srtiid-lmr, his mate?"
Tho man was thinking, Joan's Au
gers tightened. Sho wits breathing a
llttlo quickly.
"Will you promise mo this)" she
asked, "Will you promlso mo thnt you
will never hunt or trap for wolves?"
"I had thought of that," ho replied.
"I thought of It after I heurd tho call.
Yes, I will promlso."
Joan's arms stole up nbout his neck.
"Wo loved Kazan," she whispered.
"And you might Ut II him or her."
Suddenly sho stopped. Both listened
The door was a little ajar, and to
them there came ngnln tho wailing
mute-call of the w.ilf. Jonn ran to the
door. Hor husband followed. Togeth
er they stood silent, and with tonso
brenth Jonn pointed over tho starlit
plain.
"Listen I Listen I" she commanded.
"It's her cry, und It came from tho
Sun Bock I"
Sho run out Into tho night, forget
ting that thu man was close behind her
now, forgetting that llttlo Joan wns
alono. In her bed. And to them, from
miles nnd miles nrross tho plnlu, there
enmo a walllni; cry in nnswer n cry
that seemed n part of tho wind, and
that thrilled Joan until her brenth
broke in a strnngo sob.
Further out on the plain she went
and then stopped, with thu golden
glow of thu nutumn moon and tho stars
shimmering In tier hair and eyes. It
was many minutes beforo tho cry cumo
again, nnd then It was so near that
Joan put her hands to hor mouth, and
her cry rang out oven tho plain ns In
tho days of old.
"Kazan I Kazan I Kazan I"
At tho top of tho Sun Bock, Gray
Wolf gaunt and thinned by starva
tion henrd tho woman's cry, and tho
cull that was in her throat died nwny
In a whine. And to thu north a swiftly
moving shadow stopped for a moment,
nnd stood llko n tiling of rock under
tho starlight. It wus Kazan. A strnngo
flro leaped through his body. Uvery
fiber of his bruto understanding wns
afire with tho knowledge that hero wns
homo. It wns iiere, long ago, thnt lie
hnd lived, and loved, nnd fought ami
ull nt onco tho drenms thnt had grown
fuded nnd indistinct in ids memory
came back to him ns real living things.
For, coming to him faintly over tho.
plain, ho heard Joan's volcol
In tho starlight Joan stood, tense
and white, when from out of tho palo
mists' cil tho moon-glow ho enmo to
her, cringing on his belly, panting nnd
wind-run, nnd wlUi n strnngo whining
noto In ills thronf. And as Joan wont
to him, her arms reaching out, her Hps
sobbing tils namo over nnd over again,
tho man stood and looked down upon
them with tho wonder of n new nnd
greater understanding In ids face. He
hnd no fear of tho wolf-dog now. And
as Joan's arms hugged Kiizan'H great
shaggy head up to her ho heard tho
whining gasping Joy of tho boast nnd
tho sobbing whispering volco of tho
girl, nnd with tensely gripped hnnds
iio faced tho Hun Bock.
"Good heavens I" ho breuthed "I be
lieve it's so "
As If In responso to tho thought in
bis mind, thero enmo onco more across
tho pluln Grny Wolf's mnto-sooklng
cry of grief nnd of loneliness. Swiftly
ns though struck by u lnsh Kazan wns
on his feet oblivious of Jowi'h touch,
of her volco, of tho presenco of tho
man. In another Instant ho was ijne,
nnd Joan flung herself against her
husband's brortst, and almost flercoly
took his face betwflen hor two hnnda,
"Now d6 yoU believe?" sho cried
pnntlngly. "Now do you bellevo In tho
God of my world tho Pod 1 have Uvej
with, tho Qod'Oint gives souls to Ujo
wild things, tl)0 Ood thnt (lint hds
brought us all togothor onco mora
nie arms closed gently about hor.
"I bellove, my Jonn," ho whlsperod.
"And you understand now what
It means, 'Thou shalt not kill?'"
"Except thnt It brings us life you,
I understand," ho replied.
Her worm, soft lmnda stroked his
face. Her blue eyes, IHIed with tho
glory of tho stars, looked up Into his.
"Knznn nnd she you nnd I and
tho bubyl Aro you sorry thnt we
enmo bnck?" sho asked.
Ho close ho drew her ngnlnst his
breast thnt sho did not hear the words
ho whispered In tho soft warmth of
her hair. And nfter thnt, for many
hours, they sat In tho starlight In
Jtr.oul of 4htt.cubln,jlqor.- But thoy did
not Irt'itr again that lonely cry from
the Sm ;Bpcki Jonn nudbtjr himbniid
understood. v
"Ho'll visit us again' tonl6rrow," tho
mint suld Ut last, "Como, Jonn, let us
go to bed."
Together they entered tho cnhln.
Add thnt nlghtMddo by side, ICnxnn
and Gray Wolf hunted ngnln in tho
moonlit plain.
THE END.
SHE NEEDED NO POLICEMAN
Athletic Young 8uffrHgette Olvea Im
pudnt Storekeeper the Sur
prise of Hit, Life.
An athletic young sufTrngetto stroll
ing down Fifth avenue, In New York,
the other day gave the surprise of his
life to thu proprietor of nn nntlquo
shop. The man was In the Unck of thu
store, and tho young woump hud been
wandering about In tho front of It
sovornl moments beforo hu beeamo
nwnre thnt sho was there. Then ho
came forward storming nml declared
she could not leave tho storo without
being searched.
"You como siivnklng In here to tnlio
some of my things whllo my bnck Is
turned," he cried, seizing her by tho
nrm.
"You Impossible person I Don't you
dnro to touch mo," said tho young
woman coolly. "Why don't you slny
In tho front of your storo whero you
belong to wait on people?"
By tills tlmo they had reachud the
little (light of steps lending down Into
the shop, the man Kill clutching nt
tho gtrl's elbow. Sho looked nround.
There was no policeman In sight. Ho
sho settled mutters herself. With one
vigorous push sho sent tho proptetor
of tho nntlquo shop sprawling down
tho steps, then continued her calm
stroll up tho avenue.
"Tlpperary."
From the train windows I watched
tho airplanes coming up for night duty
outside l'arls, writes Louise Closser
Halo In Harper's Magazine. Wo
slackened speed at hist, and tho guard
ians of our welfare passed on. Our
c-arrlngo at tho end looked out upon
n stream with a path nhingsldo of It.
A young soldier inn relied by. He wns
whistling. It Is pleasant to write
"whistling." . . . But tho air was
"Tlppertiry." Ah, the enso with which
wo all sang It two years and more
ago! Tho sureness of a quick return
to Tlpperary I The conlldence of so
many singers quiet now foroverl It
came to me "that night on tho train like
n n ocho across deep waters waters
on which u host are still struggling
toward the fan snd shore of victory.
" 'Tls a loug, long way "
Submarine Diseases Studied.
Passed Assistant Surgeon It. W. .Mc
Dowell has compiled some Interesting
facts in connection with disease inci
dent to submarine duty. Tho most fre
quent ailments observed In tho sub
marine service Include effects of gaso
line fumes Inhaled, gastro-lntostlnnl
disturbances, ear troubles, Infections
of the respiratory tract, conjuctlvltls,
rheumatism, or myalgia, burns and In
juries nud nervous complaints. Of spe
cial Interest is gasollnu poisoning, tho
effect of Inhaling gasoline fumes pro
ducing whnt Is known ns "gnsollne
jag." Tho D class of submarines havo
gasoline engines, and Surgeon McDow
ell has seen u largo number of enses of
poisoning duo to the Inhalation of tho
fumes of raw or burned gasoline
A New Creation.
Margaret, aged eleven, bad Just re
turned from her visit to tho zoo.
"Well," said her mother, smiling,
"did you seo the elephants and tho
glrnffo nnd the kangaroos?"
Margaret looked thoughtful.
"Wo saw tho elephant and thu giraffe
and the dnng-gor-roos."
"Whnt?" said Mrs. Blank.
"Tho dung-ger-roos. It sold 'these
nnlmnla nro d-a-n-g-o-r-ou-s.'"
Wlno for French Fighters.
In tho year 1015 tho French gov
ornmont distributed 018,006,000 bottles
of wlno among thu armies, each man
and ofllcor receiving half n liter a day.
Last year thero wns n consldorublo
Increase, tho total amount requisi
tioned reaching 790,000,000 bottles.
Where Const Gains Upon 8en,
Tho Vo, In North Italy, Is (100 miles
n Jensth. Tho deposits at Its mouth
havo caused tho coast to gain upon
tho sou so rapidly that a point which
In tho tlmo of Augustus wns n seaport
town Is now 18 miles from tho Adri
atic. Real Dints Cutter.
It is onlje tkojiatu.r;il;-polnt of n dlo-,
tnojid which will cut glass thu t 'ob
tained by polishing will not,
LEAVES STORED FOR WINTER
Thoy Aro Emily nnd Quickly Qnth.
ered In Various Ways Dig Pieces
of Cloth Excellent.
Gly M. A. COVKimnLL.)
If funnels only understood tho
tunny uses to which leaves could bu
put, more of them would bo stored.
Homo my thliik 'lt tnkeVtob' touich
tlmo unit labor, but jthcy ar,o easily
(mil quickly gathered In various' way:
One k)i0 Plnn-ls to,Iiuve cheap bar,
rels hitnjly, All thuii.vlth leaves, nnd
set them nwny wherit rain or snow will'
not reach them.. ,
Another method by wJileh tUg .stor
ago or leaves may ho accomplished i
that of using common gunny or bur
lap sacks. These, also, limy bo stored
nwny without emptying tho sacks, and
they will bo In convenient shnpo to
use u few nt a tlmo during tho winter.
If one hits only n smidl number of
sncks, tho lenves may bo carried n'nd
emptied from tho sticks into somo out
building not in uso; but where one
desires to storo a considerable quan
tity, wo llnd thnt bed-sheetM. or simi
lar iMvceH of cloth, nro uxcelleut for
the purpose.
Simply spread them on the ground
ruku tip the leaves with u common
gnrdcu-rnku and pllo them on thu
sheet; catch hold of each of thu four
corners nud draw them togettier.
A largo quantity can be curried In
this manner, nud when It Is desired to
empty the sheet, let go of ono corner
and allow tho leaves to roll out.
GOOD MATERIALS FOR MULCH
Allies, Lenvet, 8trnw, Evergreen
Doughs and Clippings Mowed
From Lawns Are Valuable.
Thero aro many materials which nro
vulunblu for mulching. Ashes, leaves,
straw, evergreen houghs and clip
pings, grass mowed from the lawn,
rotten manure, bark, half-rotten wood
en chips raked up nt tho huso of tho
out-of-door woodpile, pine needles from
tho woods, marsh liny, charred pent
and stones nro among the materials
which can bo used.
Stones nro vuluiihlo laid above tho
rooting portion of layered slips. Ever
green boughs, course iimuuro and dry
litter suit hyacinths. Lilies receive n
mulch of ashes with favor and well
rotted manure Is n benefit to peonies,
for It can bo worked Into tho soli In
the spring.
NOVEL USE FOR MOTORCYCLE
Missouri Farmer Converts Vehicle Into
Quick-Delivery Machlno for Mar
keting Products
Dntto an unusual emnlovment In
mndo of a motorcycle and sidecar by
a Missouri farmer and stockman who
tins converted the vehicle Into a nulck-
delivery machlno for currying certain
products to market. By securely fas
tening a crate over the rear wheel and
Rapid Trnnolt to Market,
placing another on tho chasls of tho
sidecar, ho is ablo to transport n con
siderable load with dispatch and with
out particular dllllciilty. Ills country
place Is more than 110 miles from St.
Joseph, but with this delivery van ho
recently curried u cult and it dozen
chickens to market mfd returned with
in it fow hours' time. Popular Me
chanics. APPLY LIME WITH SPREADER
Object Should Do to Meet Require
ment of Soil Do Not Mix With
Commercial Fertilizer.
Apply llmo with a sprendor after
tho ground Is plowed. Do not drill
It In with seeds nor mix It with com
mercial fertilizer nor uso It In placo
of fertilizer. Apply llmo to meet tho
llmo requirement of a soil, and when
this has been douo uso mantiro And
commercial fertilizers in thu wnyti
that havo been found profitable for
tho crops which tiro to bo grown re
gardless of thu fact that llmo has
been applied.
SUCCESS IN TURKEY RAISING
t
Proper Selection of Dreedlng Stock Is
of Qreat Importance 8omo of
Desired Qualities. '
Ono of tho most Important, steps to
ward success In turkey rnlsjng Ih tho
proper selection of breeding stock.
Birds for breeding should bo selected
for vigor, filzo, shnpo, strong bono,
early muturlty, nnd color of plumage
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