Show l 1 BA REE S I on 0 f K Kaza azan By Bv JAMES OLIVER CUR CURWOOD WOOD I ubI I P. P A Co l u o r r rr J lIP w J I Chapter IX X I 15 15 I I ck to Lac Jac late In Septem I 1 came MacDonald the map mater I i jien ten days Gregson sou the atI at I sent agent had been bed Bush t It t at the post and twice In that t jelt It had come into Maries Marie's mind to tc top gp p upon him while he slept and kill kit I 1 The Tile Factor himself paid pali little lIttI to her now floW a fact fuet which I pd d have made her happy happ It If It hat had Iia I b ben en ea for Cor Gregson He lie was en rap rapped ped d d with the wild sinuous beauty pI Cree girl and with with- jealousy rT JIn enco encouraged ed him He was Taggart told Gre Gregson son this ii iid He Jd d to get rid of IU her I and If he he- he J could on-could could possibly take her on him It would be a great gleat favor wh why A little later when deep deep snow came caine he lie was wa going to tog a g the daughter of Pierrot Due Du ne e to the Post In the rotten rotten- 1 ot f their brotherhood he told tolt of of the manner of ot his r recep- recep cep- cep rand and of ot the Incident at the chasm Ite of a ay alJ this he assured Greg Greg- l 1 girl would soon be at att atas t RaIn Bain as at this time that MacDonald He lie remained only one night without knowing that he heas was as add add- ddt t fael to a I fire already dangerously 7 g he gave ga the photograph he taken of to the l' l Factor act r nS s II a splendid picture fOIl ou ecu rn get it down to that girl Jirl day Ill I'll be mightIly obliged he het t to M Taggart I pr her Her fathers father's name Is j Du Quesne Du Quesne You probably hem And the girl girl girl- blood lood warmed as he described how beautiful she he was day dar In n her hel red dress which had bad g. g lack black In the phot photograph graph lie not Dot gu guess S how near tile the boiling blood was vai e next da day MacDonald started for forray ray House did not r th the plc picture UIe He kept It Im elt and at night under the tile othis his lamp he be looked ed at It with MS s that filled him with a grow grow- ro resolution There was but one IThe The scheme had been In his fr r r. r weeks and weeks and the picture de- de med him He dared not whisper et even to Gregson or But it line tue UlC one way It would give ghe J him im pe Only he Only he must wait for the snows the thee the r snows I buried ri iJ their tragedies deepest Taggart was glad when Gregson wed ed the map maker to Norway TOut of ot courtesy he hID a days day's s Journey e returned on his way to the tile Post lost Marie AlarIe oJe He was glad He sent of ofT Quer r w with a load of f for People and the Ih i. i r Keep her message Dont Don't She Is free tree m WIth the bustle hustle g and I stir sUr of ot ginnIng ot of the trapping season gart began l to prepare his house of He Be knew le e liked In the 6 wa way of and anti a few other t lIe He had wal s paInted white with I 1 0 the that Were wore Intended for fOI his ul Certain Win partitions i an n lane down were and new lien ones were built hullt wife of hIS Chief ruce ruc f for tor the e wIndows W and ind boUd Id have ha a small Rma t gone Bone on to Lac la ha laai had B no DO d doubts and tie he lays days ai as us they passed II the the- Gray Loon Pierrot and ere re Il 1083 sr at ninny y things thing t at at so times t fea fears of ir r at lae Lac hey C Rain lin Were forgot forgot- Went vent out of f l the Willows Willow's It DJ was the Herl 1101 Moon I wIth tIl the anticipation I nent of I tile tie hunt II l I J a U ady 4 hundred mixed er while made 1 r ady dy f for r setting on Ill Y from lIe was gone one more Ith h bitti 1111 the she woo Wan he cullin there tu Lu Uk Ilk I all hiJ tb d Northern lid did not uIl begin to keen en prepare tang of autumn was ms In ln Were Wert ti th to be tie berg be cut Iu in readiness fur for r Si a a n Jn tile the le cabin hUll i l to l I to be and Uld vinter r t lione ne II hun hun- e Ired to he be attended tended to the th rackS rack J lit ut t We cabIn where from ot of m Mie UH cob colLI hang weather until mun the theof the md Launches haunches of deer L. L d no j for the faintly Wiles fish Was scarce e. e Ul the tle oj of all thil LO o wn give he less than Attention to r the lie lle did preceding I not pia Play so tl lere sWum swam with lie I nd tl the was deep frost t on tin the 1 they wat Water was vas turn turnIng In t. t the e forest no lon longer e- e wandered lor l'or or ho hours c after fIvers ver and anti Q uW He Ilk at a time Bur Buree at t the c her Willows Willow's feet teet 10 lingers Wi as they anti aDd out lut with herand her and od u l now ow and ond then thon would pause ause to put her lear lean over and on hIs him far tor head a and talk to a soft soft Cree sometimes momen sometimes moment mS In ln her er fathers faUler's French In ln English sh or her lier It was ras the voIce Baree had hOd whIch the mo ement to understand and the Poise of her lips hips P her hel gesture gestur o ot of her I bod i body moods ds the changing which brought lIght 5 t Into her d w or sunlight Sun sun- f lie when she knew CW what It lt self elf and smiled t. t l lie he c shook ook him him- sympathetic jumped u about her in I laughed her happiness rejoicing when when she him a stern was a part of word from her than a It biow Twice Twice was worse Pierrot struck him had hail and twice Balee had bid sprung back and ammil faced him with wHir fangs and und bared an angry snarl the ulon along his hits back crest brush Had standing UI up Ji like bike a one one- of the done this Pierrot other dogs dos killed would have half halt him It would have Ilave tiny and the been mutiny mu mu- nut But Baree Balee man must be master was always safe A of Ut touch the Willows Willow's hand a word tier her from from lips PS and amid the lie crest slowly settled and und the time snarl Pierrot went out of his lila throat DIeu was not at nt all nil displeased I will never go 0 so far fan as to try and whip that out of him him he lie told himself He lie is a t barbarian n barbarian beast beast and a wild Ud and her bier slave shive For her he would kill so o It mc It came clune through Pierr Pierrot t self him him- and self and without telling his for It that It-that that Baree Ilaree did not reason become sledge Jog flog lIe He a n was allowed his free free- dom Oln are and was never Jle tied like bike the others ers not wn was glad b bit bat lt did not Pierrot's guess the thought tJ that Dt was In lii mind To himself Pierrot chuckled cl She She- would never know why he lie kept Baree Buree ahva always s 's suspicious of him even men to the It point of hinting hating him required considerable rahle skill and ond cun cun- fling on his liEs part pirL With himself he lie reasoned If I 1 make him h hate te me he 11 hate all men men oo Mey-oo That TIl t Is good So SQ he looked Into the future future for for Nones I ese Now the tonic tilled I days and mind cold frosty Crost nIghts nights of the lied Moon brought about the big Chun change e In Baree Balee It was inevitable Ine J. J Pierre l ne kuC It would co come collie 11 and the first night that Baree Daree settled lack hack on his haunches hf and howled U UI up at the TIed Red Moon roon Pierrot prepared noo e for It It tie He Ue Is a wild dog Ma Ia he said to said to her He Is half wolf and the Cal will come to to him strong He tie will go 0 Int the IntO the forests lie He will disappear at times But we must not fasten him He tie will come back Ka Ku he will wUl come back And he rubbed his lila hands In the Ue moon-glow moon until his knuckles cracked The Call Cull came to Baree ar e like a It thief entering slowly and cautiously Into a forbidden place He did lid not understand understand under under- stand It at ot first It made him nervous nervous' and uneasy so Si restless restless' that frequently heard him whine softly in hIs Ills sleep He Ie was waiting altin for some some- thing timing What was was' it ft PI Pierrot t knew and smiled In lii his hs inscrutable way vay And then it It came caine was night a glorious night filled with moon and stars stal's under tinder which the earth was whit whit- I cuing ening with vita a mum film ui of frost when they heard the heard time the first hunt-call hunt of ot the time wolves wol Pierrot knew y that at last h timid had d come that for which Baree had bind been In an instant Baree Buree hud sensed It Ills His muscles grew taut as pieces of or stretched rope as he stood up in jn the tIme moonlight facing the direction from which floated the myStery and thrill of if the time soun sound They could hear him whining softly and Pierrot bending down so that he lie caught the light of the time night properly could see ee himI him tre trembling II It Jt It Is is oo Mee i he snub Lin whis whisper per nr to Ui e. That W was IS it uie the call ui of the iii bl nd thui was running swift In Iii Baree's veins not viuS-IlOt not alone time the call of If lila his species ape ape- des cies hut the time call coli of Kazan and Gray Gruy GrayWolf Wolf olf and of it his hits forebears for or generations genera ons unnumbered it was waR va the time theolee voice olee of his lila people So Pierrot had whispered HII and amid lie lii was rl right ht In time the gulden III night ht the ibm Willow S as was waiting for or it R was she I I who hail had gambled mo most t und and It H was vas wasS S he who must lose se or 01 win She wat watched hed Baree Duree as us he slowly faded away step steEl LJ by stop stel in lu the shadows II In a It few ew III moments 0 III more inure he lie was gone Y Y Y y J H U UIt rJ lit It was then that he be stood od and flung back straIght her bead that eyes glowed In I rivalry rJ with time UIO stars Unreel roe ree eel m-eel Hame Baree I oe she ca culled called IDa Baand Ba- Ba lIe must blare ha been near the edge ot of the forest for tor she Bhe had waiting breath drawn a or two before he back at h her r sIde But Dut he had was conic come straight as un an arrow v and he up Into wh whined 1 her face N put ber her s to in hIs head 1 1 ou are lie Be rI ht Juon mon pete I re she s said ld will go 0 to the tb wolves but lie he will come back lie Will will never ne len leave f me mc r long With one hand still mes me's on Ba head Ih luto pointed with the o other the Go blackness ot of the forest to them Bared I sue she lint But you ou commie come back You must J 1 With I she le wert t Into t the theand e n t time door closed he hind them them- and ana n Baree Buree was alone aone A choking gathered in his throat He threw v hIs hIs' up Straight above him was the thenn lied fled A Moon l Inviting him him hn to the thrill nn mystery of of- time the open iw world The Thee Ther sound grew In his t throat lr nt and slowly It ft rose e In volume Ume until I VS hIs answer was wo r teta rising to the time stars In their cabin Pierrot and time the Willow heard it Pierrot Pier Pier- rot shrug shrugged ed his Ills shoulders lIe He h e Is gone he said J VUI uI ne I Is S gone gone- mon nion VH Pere replied peering through the time window Nolon No longer er nS as asin in th the days the o of old old did did- d or of the forests hold a fear for had l rIsen rien Baree This night his cry hunt to time the star tar and the moon moo and ami In that cry en he lie had bind for the first time sent forth forti his Itis defiance of ot night and spa space e his warning to all nB t the and his e wId Son acceptance ot of f the Brother Brother- hood In T n that t and cry and the answers answers that came back to to him he s 's sensed ns J new hew pOt the power the r-the final 6 triumph of I in 1 Imp Impinging on Oh him the fact that the forests ore ts and the creatures they held heldele W were ele m-e m no longer loner to be feared but that h t all timings things feared c him Off ore there be e e. I yond vend the tIe pale Pille of ot the th cabin nIn nyu and th in In- o of or 1 were all the 1 th timings things gs I that the wolf blood In him bUn found f ii d now now most desirable companionship of or his bla kind the time lure of ot adventure the red Ted swe sweet t blood of ot the time chase chase and and mate mate- hood This last after all y was wat the the th dominant mystery that was as urging him and yet least of ot all did he un understand under under- er- er I stand It I lie ue ran straight Into into the darkness I to tie tIC north and west st slinking I low under un un- der the time bushes his tall tail drooping hi his I ears eals aslant the aslant the wolf II as us the wolf runs run I on or the nl night ht trail The pack ha hud I swu swung due lue north and was traveling faster than he so that at the end nd of ol r half an hour he could no longer longe hear it B But t the lone wolf howl to the west was nearer and three tIn times Baree Barei ar e go gave e answer to It j At the end of ot an hour he lie heard th the pack again swinging southward PIerrot Pierrot Pier PIer- rot would easily have understood Their quarry had found safety beyond I water or In a Jake and the tile I were on a fresh tresh trail By this t time timi me not more than thun a quarter of ot a mile of ot r the forest fores separated Baree from frolD the lone Jone wolf but the lone one wolf was als also an 7 old wolf and with the directness and precision of ot long mong experience he he swerved In Jn the direction of ot the hunters hunt hunt- ers em compassing his trail rail so that he ho was lealIn leading for a point unit half or three three- quarters of ot a mile in advance of th pack This was a trick of ot the tIme brotherhood which Baree aree hind hall yet to learn lern and tIme the result of Ot his Ignorance und and lack of ot skill kihl was that twice within the next lett half he lie found himself near tho time pack paci without being helg ab able e to join It IL Then came camue a Ion long and final silence The Time pack had pulled down Its kill and In n their feasting they made no sound i I The flie rest t of or the time night Baree naree wandered wan dered alone or or at fit least until the time moon was well iveli on the time wane He lie was wasa a U rig ng way from froum the time cabin and his trail had been meen an fin uncertain and amid twisting twist twist- Ing hig c one but he lie was no longer DOS DOS- with the tIme discomforting lien sensa tiou of ur heln being lost Th The hist two or om three months had been developing strongly ly In him the time sense of orienta tion Hint flint sixth which guides time the pigeon n on its way 11 and takes II a b bar ur straight as a bird might fly Ily to its lust last years year's denning place iTO TO J CONTINUED I Y Y Y Y Y X Y Y Y Y Y T |