Show WHITE FANG Continued front from yesterday His JUs was the luck of the beginner begin begin- ner be a hunter bunter of meat thou though h he did not know It he blundered upon meat just outside his own cave door on his first to foray ray Into the world It was by sheer blundering that he chanced upon t the shrewdly hidden ptarmigan an nest lie fell tell into It II He had esea es essayed es- es ea sayed sayel ed to walk along th the trunk ofa of ofa a A. fallen pine The rotten rotten bark barlt gave way under his feet and with witha a despairing yelp he lie pitched the rounded descent smashed through the leafage and s stalks alks' alks of ot ofa ota a small amaH bush and In In the heart of the bush bushon on the tho ground gro fetched tIP up amongst seven ptarmigan chicks s. s They made noises and at first he was frightened at them Then he perceived that hat they were wele ver very little and he became bolder They moved noved He placed his paw on n one and amI Its movements were accelerate ate This was was a source of ot en enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment en- en to him him- HP Ha smelled it He HeI picked It up In his mouth It struggled and tickled kled his tongue I At the same time he was mado made aware of ot a sensation of hunger Ills His jaws closed There Ther I was a a. crunching of fragile bopes bones I and warm blood ran In his I Th The taste of t it was good This was vas meat ment the same as his ls mother gave gaye him only it was alive between his ls teeth and anti therefore better So he heMe ate the ptarmigan Nor Nop did he stop until he had devoured the whole brood Then he ho licked his Chops In quite the same way his mother did and began to crawl out of t the e bush He TIp encountered 1 a 1 th feathered r d whirlwind He was confused and blinded b by the rush of it and the beat of of angry wings He hid his head between n his his- paw paws and anti yelped The blows increased The mother ptarmigan was in a tur fury Then he became angry He rose up snarling striking out with his paws He Ife sank his tin tiny teeth into one of or the wings pad nad pul pulled sturdily dily The ptarmigan struggled against him showering blows upon him with her fre free fred wing It was his first battle He was wag elated He forgot all about the unknown Heno Heno He lie lieno no longer was wall afraid of anything He Ho was spas fighting tearing at a live thing that was striking striking- at him hini Also this live thing was meat The I lust to kill was on him He had just destroyed little live liva things He would now destroy a big live thing He was too busy and t happy to know that he was happy He Ho was thrilling and exulting in ways wars new to him hint and greater to him than any he had known before He held on to the wing winE and ald growled between his ti tight ht clenched tc teeth th The ptarmigan dragged him out of the tha bush When she turned and tried to drag him back into the shelter he be pulled her awa away from it and on into the open And all the time she was making malting t outcry and striking with her wing while whilo feathers were flying like a a snowfall The pitch to which be lie was aroused was waR tremendous All the n fighting blood of his breed was up I ift 11 him and sur surging him This was living though he did not I l J know now it it- itHe He was realizing his o own on n mearing r in the world he was doI doIn do- do I In In- that for which he h was ml e- e killing meat and battling to kill It Ho lie AS ns his existence than which life Ufe can do no greater for life achieves its Hs summit when It does oes to the uttermost that which It was equipped to do After a time the h her r struggling gg He still sun held hOT her bv hv the wing and they lay op on the ground and mil looked n at teach each other He to tn threaten threaten- ipg ferociously S She he e pecked on his pose which by y now what of pf previous previous pre pre- adventures was Vas sore ore HP lie winced but held op on She pecked hIm 1 Ts ain aln in l arm arm- nm v-nm w w-r. w w he ha went vent to whimpering He tried to back away from her ob 01 oblivious 01 livious of or th the fact that by p- his hold op 01 11 her bier he dragged l n. n her r after him A vain r n If t p Perks a 1 fell teU on li his t ill III used no nose nope e. e The Tha flood l of fight ebbed down dop In him him- and releasing his I i prey rpy 11 he turned tan tall and nd 8 scampered C r across cross the tho open In Inglorious I t retreat repeat t. t j He lay lav down to rest on the other j side Ide p pf the onen oPen near the edge of I the hu hushes bushes heR hi his ton lolling out his ills heaving and panting pl his nose ORe still RUn hurting him and causing him blip to continue to But Butas ai as he lav las there there m t to him a a f lr as S pf of thin r terrible impending The un unknown unknown un- un known with f flU all H Its terrors terror rushed 1 POn him rind h he h. shrank back ill In- IY Into th Rh shelter lter of the hush bush As ARI h hA did Old FO ro n a draught of C fanned him ar nl l si a re alaree pd bo body v swept iv and l r Pst mst s s A hawk k driving down of or f fe blue had b pa rely v lv nIed him While hUe he lay Jay in the bu bush h. h ering from this fright and peering fearfully out the tho mother ptarmigan on the other side aide of or the open space apace fluttered out of or the ravaged n nest st st. I It was because of her loss that she paid no attention to the winged cd bolt of ot the sky But the cub saw and It was wag a warning and a lesson to him the him the swift downward swoop of the tho hawk the short skim of its body just above the ground the strike of its talons In ip the e body of the ptarmigan the ptarmigans ptarmigan's squawk of agony and fright and the Hawks Hawk's rush upward into the blue carrying t the tte e ptarmigan away with it It was a long time before t the e cub left his shelter He ile had learned much Live things were meat They were good to eat Also live li things when they were large larze enough could give hurt Jt it was better to eat cat small live things like ptarmigan chicks and to let alone large live things like ptarmigan hens Nevertheless t ss he felt a little prick of ambition a p. sneaking de desire desire desire de- de sire to have another battle batUe wl wIth h that ptarmigan hen hen onlY the haw hawk had carried her away Maybe there Maybe there were other ther ptarmigan hens H He HP would go and see He came down a a. shelving bank to the stream He had nad never seen water before The footing looked good There were no Inequalities of ot surface He ife st stepped boldly out outon outon outon on it It and went down crying with fear into the embrace of the un un- un- un known It was cold and he gasped breathing quickly The water water rushed into into his liis lungs Instead of the air that had always accompanied n pled nied ed his a apt act t of ot breathing T The e suffocation suffocation suf suf- he experienced was S like the pang of death To him it signified signified signified sig sig- sig- sig death He had no conscious knowledge knowledg of de death th but like every animal l of the wild he possessed the the- I i Instinct of death To him It s stood as the greatest of hurts It was I the very essence of the unknown It was the sum of or the terrors of the u unknown known the one culminating and unthinkable catastrophe that could happen to him about which he knew nothing and about which he feared everything He lie came capte to t the e surface and the sweet air rushed Into hi his open mouth He lie did not go down again Quite as though it hail had been peen a long established custom of or his he struck i j put out with all his legs and began to swim The near bank bankas was as a yard away but he had come up with I his b back ck to it and the first thing hl his eyes rested upon was the opposite opposite opposite site bank toward which he Immediately Immediately Imme Imme- began to swim t The stream Was Wasa was a small one but in ip th the pool itI It widened out aut to a score of feet Continued tomorrow I Hand Handkerchiefs of pf crepe de de' de dechine chine printed with very very bizarre designs in ip crude colors are arc mado made In every size from the tiny square that may maybe maybe maybe be put inside the glove to tile the large larse model that may pay be pe use used for a a. scarf if necessary |