Show Son of Kazan I Chapter C XI XIV XIV Continued Continued V-Continued 24 54 4 The The stranger stronger was looking at Baree Daree face Ina-face e was as turned away awny from Mc- Mc j. j He e said MId ore are right Let the devil 1 guess you ou Pj- Pj rot rot rot- if youre you're heading for tor Lac Bain Bahl ril rn rim travel a short distance with t i now no It will ivill take a couple of ofIes Ies to straighten out the line of ot my It He lie picked up his gun M To led lei d the way At the end ed of half an ii Dour the tranger stopped and pointed north ith Straight up there there there-a a good five nun hun m- m Bred miles he said speaking as ns lightly gf as though he lie would reach home Ill leave ll here fant night you re Tie age ne made ronde no offer to shake hands I going he ire said You might re- re pm rt that John Madison has passed d this way a way Erter that he traveled straight northward for half halt a mile through h the J deep p forest Then he swu swung g westward fay two miles turned at nt a n sharp angle l i into tb tO the south sonth and an nn hour after he lie hei i imd left he was once more on an his heels almost within I reach rench of Baree F r s find r iid d he was sa saying ln as ns though speak speak- Into a n human companion so So So that's what t youve you've been old bo boy A i robber eh An outlaw And 1 yOU Tou beat him at nt the game for tor two ro r months I And for that because youre you're beast than he Is he wants to dl die here as slow as YO you l can Ai outlaw 1 I His nis voice broke Into n pleasant laugh the sort of ot laugh that W warms one even e a R beast r ranny ny We ought to shake hands flop Boy by George we had I Youre You're a R gild one he says Bays Well BO so am I. I fold Told him my name was S John Madison Im I'm Jim Carvel Car And oh fiord all rord-aU all 1 I said was Police And Aud t lot t wa was right It aint a lie Im I'm rented by hy the whole corporation by corporation by very danged clanged policeman between Hudsons Hudson's Duds Dud's Hudon's Hud Hud- sons son's on's ons s 's bay and auel the Mackenzie river S hake 1 kc old man Were We're in tn the same coat nn Im I'm cl glad to meet ee you I I Chapter XV Jim Jim Carvel CarTei held o out t his his' hand and he nT snarl narl f that was In Baree's Barce's throat tied lied ii d away n The man rose to his feet f Eie stood there 1001 looking in the direction lion lion tion taken by Bush t and ond ondi i Suckled kled In Inn Ina a n curious exultant sort of ot m tap There was friendliness ev even n in ini ii i chuckle There was friendliness i his n-his ls eyes and In the shine of ot othis his IP teeth th as he looked again at nt Baree b about bout ut him there was something that thatto med to make the gray day brighter ri that seemed seemed to warm tile the chill air a asire a n sire something somethIng- that radiated cheer l tad hope d- d hope and comradeship just as ns a n amt nm m mt lot t stove sends out the glow glov of or heat li Elaree ree felt elt It For the first time since h hc tw two men had come his trap torn dy dy lost Its tenseness his hack back egged ged his teeth clicked as he shiv- shiv j r red d In his agony To To this man he Strayed his bis w weakness In his blood- blood 1 liot of eyes there was a n hungering look looks look's 1 s 's he e watched Carvel the el the self con r sed ri-sed ed outlaw And Jim Carvel el n again aIn he held out his hand much hand much nearer this I I inc me You Tou U poor devil Il he said ld the smile I Laing I out of ot his face You poor 11 1 a Hie 1 he words were like a n caress to i the Ige-the the the first he had known sIn since e 1 hc ln loss g of and Pierrot He Ift his head until his Jaw lay flat nn lie he snow Carrel Carvel could see the theil il hood O J dripping slowly from It Ton ou poor devil de I he repeated There here was no fear In the wily way the he the I forth his hand It was the confidence con- con Mence nce of ot a great sincerity and a n great grent 2 passion pa ra slon It touched Baree's naree's head inputted patted It In n a brotherly fashion and slowly then then slowly and with a n bit more it Ion It it went to the trap fastened m forepaw In his half crazed brain n Baree was ryas fighting to understand under under- J stand nd things and the truth came ally II I when he felt the steel Jaws of trap open and he drew v forth his maimed d foot lIe He did then what done one to no other creature but Just once his hot tongue eliat g t out ut and licked Carrels Carvel's hand Th The ii a laughed With his powerful Mends pMs ds h he opened ed the other traps and Baree tree was free Far t r n a few m moments he lay In without u in I hIs bis eyes fixed on th the man mean an i 11 l el had seated himself an on the 1 covered eo end of ot a birch log 10 and andI tilling his pipe Baree watched I It lie he noted with new Int In In- t t tIle the first purplish cloud of smoke i t left eft Carvel's CurnIs man mouth The file man nian U L no not more than the h length of or two t away away arid and he lie grinned at nt ar arc e P Screw crew up op your nerve nen old aIr chap he a N liNn bones broken en Just ut little L. L tt stiff J wed we'd better better get rl r- r get l lie Ile turned his face fuce In the dIrectIon direction LLac Lue Alain liln The suspicion was sas was in ind I d that might turn cab cab- Perhaps that same Rame suspicion s l essed upon Barce nuree for tor when i jj In d I looked at nt him again he her was his lis fn feet staggering a bit as ns he heI I ell Sei his bis equilibrium In another ell the outlaw had swung the aek Rack i V from his shoulders and was I ll g It ik He lIc thrust fn Cn his hand und null v out ut chunk of raw red led meat I LUlled 1 JM Jt it t this morn morning In 0 he e exo ex- ex t o to 0 Baroe Baree Yearling bull ten- ten 1 HIS has 1 to Ji and rort nn and that's as fine a J loread read 7 as ag ever came out from un- un ft f tx ll 0 Tr Try it i j lusse IJ uc ae ne-m ne to Baree There n o 0 vocation In tile mauner of lanCe Baree a was tI ume c e meat was nay flung nun to him by a IBy L I- By JA JAMES ms OLIVER CURWOOD Doubleday Pan Pace A Ce c. Benlo friend burIed He-burIed jaws s his teeth In It HIs crunched run It New fire leaped hIs Into bloOd ns he feasted but not for tor Instant an dId hIs hIs' reddened eyes ees leave the others other's face Carvel Canel pack no iio replaced his hla rose to his feet teet l his lS took up P rifle sUpped slipped on n his sno snowshoes flo and fronted ted the north Come on Boy Doy he said Weve got to travel tra as ns It though Was a th the tho h flatter of matter two hud had fac f-fac been invitation traveling companions for a n long time it was 9 perl Perhaps not only an nu Invitation but partly a command and It It- P puzzled led Baree naree For or a full half minute to he stood mo mo- motionless In his tracks Cartel gazing at nt Cm Carrel l ns as he str strode into the north th A budden BUtS sud bud bud- den convulsive COD twitching shot through Barc 8 he swung his head hend nn toward Lac I-ac Bal Bain i he Ie looked Cd I iS agaIn nt at i Carrel a whine i that a an and J was scar scarcely cly more than llian a breath came out of his throat The tile the Ulan man SI was ns just nb about Ut to disappear Into thick spruce Ile He Paused and looked d back Coming Coiling Boy o Even at that distance Baree naree could see hIm him grinning affably he saw the outstretched hand and the tho voice stirred 1 new sensations In hi him It was not not like like- Pl Pierrot's voice He had never loved Pierrot t. t Neither was It soft and sweet like the Willows Willow's lie He had known only a T few w meu men and all nU of or them he lie had regarded with distrust But this was a n voice olce that disarmed h him m. m It was In Its Ita appeal He wanted to answer It He lie was uns filled fined i r v lY fr- fr The Me Meat t Was Flung to Him by a Friend He tie Buried Burled His Teeth In It with a desire all at nt once to follow close at nt the heels beels of ot this stranger For the first time In his life a cravIng craving In ing for the friendship ot of man man possessed possessed pos pos- d Baree He did not move until POS POS-j I Jim Carrel Cal entered the spruce Then he followed That night they were camped In nd n a d dense gro growth th of ot cedars and balsams ten miles mites north of ot Bush trap F FOr r two hours it had snowed ved and their trail was covered It was still snowing but hut not a n fluke flake of ot of the white deluge sifted down clown through the thick canopy of boughs Carvel Carrel had put up his small silk tent and had bad built bunt a a fire their supper waso was o over er and Baree ta lay on his belly facing the outlaw almost within reach rech of his hand With his back to a tree Carvel was smoking luxuriously He lIe had thrown oil off his cap and his coat and andIn andin in inthe In the war warm n he looked looked almost boyishly young oung But even In that glow his jaws lost none of their nor his pis eyes eJes their clear alertness lIe He rubbed his hands together and held them out toward the fir fire file Baree e- e watched matched his movements ITlo and lIsten listened d sound that escaped Intently to every his lips His eyes eyes' had In them now nowa a dumb sort of ot wOI worship a n look that warmed Carrels Carvel's heart and did dill away with the vast loneliness and emptiness of the time night Baree had dragged him himself self bearer to the mans man's feet and suddenly Carrel Carvel leaned leme over oyer and patted his head Im a bad one old chap he chuckled You haven't bavent got It on me me- me bit Wont Want to know what happened happened hap hap- not a n I wind and He lIe waited wafted a moment Baree looker looked at nt him m steadily Then en J. J 4 J. J iT i Carvel CarTel went on as 82 if It speaking to n a human Lets see-It see was five years ago 80 before five e years this December Just Christmas time Hn Had a dad Fine une old chap my dad my-dad clad was No moth moth- just er-just er j er-j just st the dad nd an nn when you oU added us up we made Just One Understand And Ana along came a white striped skunk named Hardy and shot him one day because dad hind had worked against him In politics Out an out ont murder Anthey An Anthey Anthey they didn't hang that skunk No sir they didn't liming hang lg him hint He lie had too much mone money an too ninny many friends In politics an nn they let Mm off ore with two years in the penitentiary But he lie didn't get there the No me God he didn't get there 1 Carver Carter w was s twisting his hands un un- til till his knuckles cracked An exultant smile lighted up his face and his e eyes es flashed back ck the firelight Baree naree d drew drewa ew ewa a n deep breath breath n a mere coincidence I but It was a 8 tense m moment ment for all that No No he didn't get to the the penitentiary went eat on Cartel Can looking straight at Har Baree e again Yours Tours trul truly knew what that meant old chop chap I Hed He'd d have hl been pardoned Inside a year r. el An there was my dad the biggest half of ot me in his hiIs grave So I Just went up p to t that nt white striped striped skunk right there before the Judges Judge's eyes nn an time tile lawyers lawyers' lawyers lawyers' lawyers lawyers' law law- e eyes es an nn the e 63 eyes es of all nIl his dear relatives es an and friends and I 1 killed him I And I got away Was out through a Q window before they the woke up hit forthe forthe for forthe the bush hugh country ou ry and Hl have e b been en eat ent entIng eating ing lug up the trails ever since An Iguess I Iguess Iguess guess God was ns as with me Boy For He I 1 did a n que queer r thing to help hell me out summer summer sum sum- mer before last jU Just 1 when the Mounties Mounties Moun- Moun Mounties ties were we're were after me rue hardest an nn it looked pretty black Man was found I I I drowned d down dawn wn In the Reindeer country country country coun coun- I try right w where re they thought I was corn cornered an an the good Lord made that man look so much like me that he was burled hurled under my name So Im I'm officially d dead ad old chap I 1 dont don't need to be afraid any more so Ion long as I II I dont don't get too familiar with people for tor torn fora a n year or so eo longer and way down Inside me Ive I've liked to believe God fixed It up in that way to help me out of ot a n bad hole What's your our opinion Eli Eli- Eh Ell He leaned forward for tor an nn answer Baree had listened Perhaps in a n away away way he had understood Built Buelt it was wa another sound than Carvel's Carrels voice that came to his ears cars now With his head clo close e to th the ground he l heard it t quite I distinctly He whined and the wh whine ne ended in a snarl so low that Carvel Just caught the he warning note in it He straightened He lie stood up then and faced the south Baree stood beside be side BIde him his legs tense and his spine bristling After a moment Carvel said Relatives old of ot yours chap Wolves I l He e went Int Into tho the tent for tor his rule rifle and cartridges s Baree Daree was on his feet rigid as be hewn ben rock when hen Carvel Carvel came out our of ot the tent and for tor a afew few moments Carvel Carrel stood In silence i watching him closely Would the dog respond to the call of the pack Did he belong to Would he go now go-now now The wolves were drawing nearer They were not circling cir clr cling a as n a caribou or a deer would have circled hut but were traveling tra straight straight dead dead straight for their camp The significance of this fact was easily understood under tood by Carvel Car All AU that afternoon after after- noon Baree's Barce's feet had left a blood smell in their trail and the wolves wol had hind struck the trail In the deep forest for fot est where the falling fulling sn rw ty had not nol I co covered It Carvel 1 was wag not alarmed t More Iole than once once in his flye years of 01 o wandering between the Arctic and amI the tin i Height of oC Land he had played tin the game with the wolves Once he be had I almost lo lost t but that was out In the open Barren Tonight he had a fire fird and In the ev event nt of ot his firewood run running running ning out he had trees h he could climb His anxiety Just now was centered In III Baree So he lie said sold making his valet quite casual You arent aren't going art ari you old chap If It Baree heard him he gave ga no evl en But Carvel still watchIng watch dence thence of it I Ing lag hIm him closely saw that the hah halt along his spine had risen like a l brush I and then h he growing heard growing slowly hr Baree's Barles throat a throat a snarl of at ferocious hatred H n wn was the sort of ot snarl snarl- l. l that thai hud butt held back the Factor from Lac Rain and Carrel Carvel opening the breed breech of hi his gun Rim to see that all was right j i chuckled 1 happily Baree may have he heard nl the chuckle Perhaps Perhaps' it mt mean I something to him for or he lie turned hll hit head Bu suddenly and with flattened ears ear ean looked ut at his liis companion TO BE DE CONTINUED f X r l ru ra |