| Show 1 Baree Son of Kazan I By James Oliver Curwood I I I S I. I I I F Continued from yesterday moving Sot swiftly At It At bodies sight ot of Baree's Barcos those heart leaped for foran foran gray his throat He lie forgot forgot forgot for for- an an instant into and that she had fun got l from him The moon and run gun away tor for went out of ot existence t nce the stars chill chillot the sensed him He lIe no longer feet He was under his of ot the snow wolf all wolf With the warm scent and o of ot the caribou in his nostrils kill sweeping through the to passion the after him like fire tire he darted pack f bit Even at that was a ahead of him He did not miss her in the excitement of his first chase he no longer felt the desire re to have her at his side Very soon he found himself close to the flanks of ot one of ot the gray monsters of the pack half a minute later a new hunter swept in from the bush behind him i and then a second and after that thata I I a third At times he was was running shoulder to shoulder with his new companions he lie heard th the whining excitement in their throats the snap of ot their jaws as they ran ran and and andin or ot moonlight ahead in the golden him the smash of ot the caribou as it plunged through thickets and over windfalls in its race for life lite It was as if it Baree had belonged to the pack always He had Joined it naturally as other stray wolves had j joined ined it from out of ot the bush there had been no ostentation no had welcome such as 1 given him in the open and no hosI hos hos- He lie belonged with these slim I swift footed outlaws of the old forests forests for for- ests and his own Jaws snapped for I and his blood ran hot as the smell othe 0 the caribou grew heavier and th sound of its crashing body nearer It seemed to him they were al almost almost almost al- al most at its heel when they swep into an open plain a stretch c o 01 barren without a tree or a shrub brilliant in the light of ot the star and moon Across its unbroken carpet carpet carpet car car- pet of ot snow sped the caribou a spar span hundred yards ards ahead of the pack pad Now the two leading hunters n no nc longer followed directly in m the trail trat but shot out outi at an angle one t to the right and the other to the letof let left of ot the pursued and like well trained soldiers the pack split in halves ant and spread out shape fan-shape in the final fina charge S The two ends of ot the fan forged ahead and closed in until the leaders lead ers were running almost abreast o othe of the caribou with tiny fifty or sixty feet fee separating them from the pursued Thus adroitly and swim swiftly with wit deadly precision the pack had hat formed a horseshoe cardon of ot fangs fang from which there was but on one course of flight flight straight ahead For the caribou to swerve half halt i a degree to the right or left mean meant death It was the duty of ot the leaders leaders lead lead- ers era to draw In the ends of ot th the horseshoe now until one or both oi of them could make the fatal lunge for foi forthe forthe the hamstrings After that it would be a simple matter The pack would close in over the caribou like an Inundation Baree had found his place in the lower rim of ot the horseshoe so that he was fairly well in the rear when the climax came The plain made madea a sudden dip Straight ahead was ras the gleam of water water water-water water shimmering shimmering shim shin mering softly sonly in the and the sight of it sent a final great spurt of ot blood through the caribous caribou's bursting heart Forty se would tell the story story forty forty seconds of ot ota a alast alast last spurt for life of ot a final tremendous tre re effort to escape d death ath Baree felt the sudden thrill of ot these moments and he forged ahead with wilh the others in that lower rim of oC the I F horseshoe as one of ot the lead leading ng wolves made a lunge for the young oung bulls bull's hamstring It was a clean miss A second wolf darted in And this one also missed There was no time for tor others to take their place From the broken end of the horseshoe Baree Bares beard heard the heavy plunge into iato water When Baree joined the patio pact a maddened mouth frothing snarlIng snarling snarling snarl- snarl ing the youn young bull was well wen out in the river and nd swimming steadily for the opposite shore It was then that Baree Bares found himself at the side of ot l n. n She was panting her red tongue hung from her open jaws but at athi athis his presence she brought her fangs to together together to gether with a snap and slunk from Irons him into the heart of ot the wild-run wild and disappointed pack The wolves 5 were in an ugly temper but Bares Bam did not sense the fact had bad trained him to take to water like an otter and h Inc he did not understand why this this' narrow river river- should stop them as it had He ran down to th the tha water and stood belly deep in It it facing for an Instant the horde o ot of savage beasts above him wondering wondering wonder wonder- ing why they did not follow And he was black black black Ho Ha cause came amon among them again agarn and for the first time they noticed him The restless movements of th waters ceased now X K new and wondering interest held them ri rigid Fangs closed shary A little inthe is in the open Bare Baree saw n. n with a big gray wolf standing near her lie He went to her again and I this time she with flat flattened toned ears until he ho was her neck And then a vicious snarl she snapped at him H Her r teeth sank deep deen in the soft flesh of- of his shoulder shoulder shoulder- and at the the edness and pain of or her attack he let out a yelp The next install the big gray wolf was at him Again caught unexpectedly Bare Bar went down with the wolfs wolf's fan at his throat But in him was t tM tine blood o e ot Kazan the flesh an and bo bone and sinew of ot Kazan and for t ti th e first time in his life he fought a as Kazan fought on that terrible da daY at the top of ot the Sun Rock He was na young joung he had yet to learn th the cleverness and the strategy of he veteran But his jaws were lik the iron clamps with which Pierrot pierro set his bear traps and in his hear heart was sudden and Blinding rage a desire to kill that rose above sense of pain or fear tear That fight if It it had been fair would have been a victory for Baree even in in- his hI youth and inexperience In fairness the pack should h have base 8 waited It was a law of or the Pack to waft wart until one was done f for r- r But Baree was black he was wa as a. a stranger an Interloper a creature creators whom the they noticed now In a moment mo run ment when their blood was is hot bOt v wa u uthe the rago and disappointment o. o ot killers who had missed their prey A second wolf sprang in striKing ing Baree treacherously from j I flank and while he was In the snow his jaws crushing the i foreleg fore fore- re leg of or his first foe the pack as on him en masse Such an attack attack on the young caribou bull would have meant death in less than a a. minute Eve 7 Iso ho fang would its have hae found Baree by the fortunate circum 1 stance that he was beneath IsiS his fit 1 two wo assailants and protected b bing be being I their heir bodies was Avas saved saed fr from ra j ing ng torn instantly into pieces S for r knew that he was fighting Ilife life If e. e Over him the horde of b s tf I rolled and twisted and snarled j felt the burning pain of ot teeth Is s h hing ing into his flesh He was WS SILO ed en d. d A hundred knives knies 86 cutting him Yet into pieces Ct crr a sound not a whimper nor 0 the theand came ame from him now in a and hopelessness of ot it all aU hr ther therIt It would have ended in a ano not Oi I minute halt had the the- struggle bani been at the very edge of ot the ja t Undermined erosion oi of j by the ant spring spring- floods flood a a. section of this o it suddenly gave way and W WD 10 scent J Bare and half the PaC l ef efa a a. fl flash sh Baree thought o of the theand w a For or and the escaping caribou IV st sel bare instant the ht had d that hat hathim him free of ot the pack and in n oler oer space he lie gave a n single le leap P Into nto 1 It the gray backs s of ot his enemies f stream the tine deep water of ot the WI behind him half halt a d dozen zea As It snapped shut on empty a air air- r striP tilts lS s so O U had saved the tine caribou 10 1 the e In of water shimmering ring had of ot the moon and the th starS saved Baree v S Continued tomorrow tom S |
