| Show n nJ c coo cooBy J coco BAREE Son of Kazan azan By y JAMES OLIVER CUR CURWOOD WOOD OD ODI I il Doubled a ra tais Co C. I- I J cr W WAI III wolf wot purl loB two Iwo month old n r tug haa h. h hIs hie first mp meeting wi with h an On enemy nemy vr v hl Iy yOU younK 0 u n g owl bard th the Ih onit t are arc Into a creek k fally buff and ind hiatt drowned U ri e Is Ia ly 11 flur on the Ih hank bank hut the water watH nan he his Ma nu of nf direction and ho lie la Ii lout bat lonely and dun hungry cry For many ilaya ti lUll life In to on one of or fear a phd and lid M. ItrI He n. meeta various creature of the Iha wild and icon through ft Ii lie 11 I to Is learning more mol and more II lie If Into the Ih rounds of and wounds wound with a rifle rine but bul h he e u. u cape cals on and learns learna natures nature secrets ral rapidly mildly Chapter IV 7 7 For two or three Ihrl days flarce's ex- ex food took him further away 11 from the pond Hut lifter lifter- noon ut hI ret returned ii rued t tu lu ip I It It t until I I I the ii o t third Ii I rd toy tiny when In- In discovered II a nOW new crook und Walo Oo The creek was fully two miles thiCk bark In the forest It sang nung merrily over u Ii Ily crau-Ily lied hell and between be tween V. V of ut split ruck It formed 1 oil liOn deep pools B nil foaming on in I ng eddies ii's unit w where first struck It the theet et nIl r I w with It hi I the lie disi distant ii mit t thunder nit cc of lit It a II waterfall full It was much I the lie dark silent heaver fit stream It seemed pos possessed of ot life unit find till the lie rush imd unil tumult of ot U the It-the the tone Mill and thunder nf ot the water guve witter-guve t to entirely new formations I He lie Ic ru hiM hIli WilY along It slowly and unil cautiously can cau anil It wils because of at this thU slowness anti caution that f hI Cube suddenly Ill I'll hy anti ii vell u upon Wilko- Wilko t the in hi bin big I Muck d bear r iii 0 at III 1 work vork tI fishing oll stood deep Imel In n a pool that haul hall formed behind i it snail Hand liar hilI find he hens IllS ns as liming having In tremendously Rood good luck 11 I r. en II en aa its shrunk back hl bis luI 4 eyes ejes t popping at III sight eight of at this monster lie ie had tool seen neon hut but once before In t tuo lie of ot night one of big biff paws jaws sent n a great Int splash of ot water cater high in In the nIl nir and a fish landed handed on the pebbly A little while hUe hill before lIto the suckers IN luul lund run up Ul the creek In III thousands thou sands to spawn n. n and the rapid lowerIng lower lower- lag Ing of ot till the vater I 11 lund caught t many ny of of them In III these prison pools fill sleek fat itt body bOlly was Willi e of or the tilt ty I tills It is ci circumstance had broil brought gl u t hul him in A Although I t luau gli It II was Willi tu a n a little II t tIe the prime for fIll bearskins past 1111 season j il coat cont was splendidly I thick hick ond hi lor l'or n II of an hour farce a him Mm him 1 while hll hue be lie knocked out of or th Ih the pool When WI nt lit In laM t he hue stopped there were IlIre twenty or thirty fish among the st stones ones some gothiC of ot them dead auth others ethers si tl ill Hopping From where he hl helay helay IR lay flat flattened I out nut bet between hlll t two tl iva rocks could hear the crunching of ot flush flesh unit 1 hone bone as he the bear devoured hi Ills hIli Is tI inner dinner I It t sounded 1111 unit and t the lie fresh h smell 11 I of nf II-h II tilled him lIh 1 it ii n a craving cra hut that lund never ne been roused i by crawfish n h or nr even In part partridge ridge In spite of t his hll fat and intI his hN size was Willi not n II glutton 11 antI utter after lie hI im had ad cat eaten en hl his bis fan fourth rt hi lI fish tiIu h he lie pawed nil illi thu the lilt e ot others hers t together oget hi er In III n fl lull pile 11 0 un partly rt 13 cred co I them heat h by ing up lip san sand tI lint anti stones toOlS w with lIh Ms his Ion long claws daws his Ills work ork of nf caching h by breaking down downa n a small hili 1111 sapling so that the lilt were end eat I rd rely y v concealed 1111 Then he lit I lumbered lum tutu I slowly away In thud the direction of ot I tup IIII lie lu I Ii g edit ii Twenty seconds sifter after the last of ut Iud had In a alum turn of nt tIll the circle flares was 1 under nailer the II lit broken hlll I He III Ic dragged out a 11 lI h that was still till alIve 1 He III Ic ate IIII I the lie holt holo of nf oft 1 1 t I It and uund It wits delicious S t I tut mee now found I that 1 VaUa k oo hut it Ihl the food anti problem for him mind anil tills this tin he did not nol return to the Ir or pond nor the next The hi big bigbear bear heitt wits I Incessantly fishing up UI am down the tue creek and 1 after day tiny farce cant continued rl his feasts Kor n II neek eek life was exceedingly pleasant And then came thu break the change that 1111 was destined li to min mean as U much for as liS that hat other ther tIny lillY long ago hn haul meant for fr Kazan lazan hIs bis i 1 when he hI killed the Ihl titan man brute In the titi edge of ot the wilderness Tills change conic came 1111 on nn I the lilt lie tin day when In trotting I rot t in g around rotund U a 11 great rock ti near near th the Ih e found him him- set t face to In face with the tIll hunter hun hum ter and the star gi girl 11 ci who unit had shot him In the 11 edge of the Clearing Ita mI hg It was fin whom he lit saw si tl first 1111 If tr It had leon been Pierrot he lie would have ha I turned U cited ha cit un I ck I It Hut ii t a again I tilt the blood of nf his bis forebear was us rousing strange within kin him julia Was 11 It II like this Ihl that the Ihl first haul bud looked to 10 unmet Hood still 1111 III v os s not hOt more I tWIlIt twenty feet from him blat siw h. h sat t on tin II n iak full fat I I In III n I the Ihl hit en early ny morning ng stun Min mull mil 1 V MIS 85 I brushing ii mug au out ut I her wonderful wonder rUI r- r fill ful UI hair I Her ler lips Ill parted I Her lIer eye ejes 4 shone In an bin Instant like stars tIne one remained poised weighted with ii 1 ne jet eT Irl tress tress-e s SItu She 11 ed him hInt die hp hl saw Ill the till white whitt star on eli his huts breast 11 the Ihl I lit white tip on Ms lila en II and huh under un tier der her 1111 breath she 1 el 1 Uhl t Il Dug dog h I It s the Ihl rR R wild wlM dog she he lint hal shot shot shot-nn thought md hod died I IThe The Ilie evening before anti Ne- Ne ee e hind built haul a n shelter of ot tl the lIlt tt hi big rock ruck anti on a small huRt plot of If und Pierrot was Wait kneeing knel lag Ins ng over n a fire preparing breakfast 1 u hue hilI time the Willow WJ arranged Item her hair lie III IP raised his Ills head to speak IlIk to her md nail saw Balee In that the spell pell was broken saw W tint the man anita beast ns as he lie rose roue to his Ills feet Like a ashot shot he was gone Scarcely swifter was WM be lie titan than Nc- Nc IIII leese I pp her vans mon perel site she cried 1111 It Is the pup log I Quick Quick- In the Hunting cloud of ot her hair hall she like the hue wind tier Iler rot followed antI and In going he lie caught up his bis rifle It was dl difficult for till him to tn n catch up lip with the Willow She Site was like ilk n a wild lid Iid spirit her hr little 1 feet scarcely touching the Imn sand as 1111 she sheran sheran ran up UI the long liar bar It was 1011 wonderful to o see pe the thin lithe swiftness of ot her and that hat wonderful hair streaming out In he lie sun stun llIn Kven 11 now In this moments moment's It made Pierrot think of at K 1 j Full In His HI Path Stood the the Huge Hug Black Dear the I flay Buy company's factor o l over o r at ut I Iu ac haiti antI what he hue lund hud said yesterday I Half hilt the night Pierrot had lain awake gritting hU lila t teeth th at thought of ot It i tuni I this lila hl morning morn tuorn ing lag i before ran upon lIlon them theta be Ime haul had looked lit nt N e more closely than thun hum ever er before In lit his life She beautiful 1111 fill She he s-ns s lovelier 10 even ln titan than her mother who II I was dead That t hair v which ua made malle ado men miten stare Shill us liS If It they IhlY could not believe f I Those like eyes like pools lilted with won wonderful wonderful starlight I 1 Her lieI that limit wn as hue I n II lower I And t had ll said said- said I hinting buck back to him there came in nn excited cry cr II Hurry II rry I He lie has hils turned Into the lie blind canyon canon lie cannot escape es- es cape us ii now She he was punting when he came up to her The Tue French blood In lice her glowed n a vivid crimson In III her cheeks and ami ups lips I Her white teeth gleamed like 1 milk kIt k Itt In I there I And she pointed I. I nL i ney went n ill III in Ahead of ot I hem was running for his bis lift life He lie sensed Instinctively the Ihl fact that these wonderful two two- legged beings he lie lund had looked upon were u nIl all Anti And they ere vere verea a after him I I He Ill it could hear them No No- IC following lug 1111 utmost as 8 swiftly na ns he lie could run Suddenly he lie turned Into n fl cleft deft between two 1110 great rocks Twenty feet In hit his way was barred and he run ran When he darted tilt out straight up lip the thin canyon NI was not u II dozen yards behind hIm him and he lie saw Pierrot almost at lit her side The rhe Willow W gave a II cry 1 Mann 31 anu mana t na-t there here he lie Is I I She he caught her breath anti and darted 1 Into a 11 rouse copse of young balsams where here farce had disappeared Like a II great entangling web her loose hull halt Impeded her In lu the thc brush lint with un an aging cry crr to site she stopped to gather Blither It over her shoulder II as he hI ran tU tUt t her She hl lost only a II moment or ort t two tl 0 flaIl and was Willi ims after r him hun Fifty abend of if her hr Pierrot gave gu n a warning shout about I in tee had laid turned t Almost Al t In Inthe inthe the same sammie breath be lie wits IUS tenting over 1 his hils lou buck trull trail directly toward the Willow J I lie Ie Ic mIld did not see lee her hr In time timeto to 10 stop still or swerve e a aside mid timing lung herself down In his hU For 1001 nn tin Instant or two they were together felt the smother of ot her hr hair hall and the tue clutch of ot her hands Then he lie squirmed away and amid darted again to- to the llie blind end of ot the on sprang to her 1111 feet flet She he was Willi punting panting-and panting Pierrot hack back wildly and the Willow pointed b beyond himI himI him I laid had he lie didn't bite I I she said breathing sl swiftly Slip She still pointed to the end of ot th the canyon canon and sh sIte she said I hind had him him and and he didn't bite hitI me lute I That was the wonder of ot It Site She hind had been reckless reckless amid and Inree haul had not hitten hit bit ten hn her I It 11 was bbs then with her eyes shining nt at Pierrot and the smile sadie ful- ful In tag Ing slowly lowly from her tills lips that she III spoke softly the word which I In a her 1111 t tongue P inca meant mu t I the lie wll wild vh lii dog doga dog Io a II little brother of ot the wolf Pierrot or orVe will Come cried 1111 or we Ve lose loll hI him III I Pierrot won confident The canyon had could not nol get past them II unseen 11 Three minutes 4 later hater lime came to tIme the blind end Ind of till the canyon canyon mi a wall willi of ot rock that ro row straight st up nit like hike the curve of or u a d dish dh h Feasting i on II mi utah and Ion long hours of ot sI sleep cop I had fattened a t t hI him mu ii he e was S half winded as us he be sought vainly for foran an un exit 1 He lIe he was lIIS nt at the far end nil of till the curve of ot rock 1011 u without n It bush bushor h hor or a It elton clump p of ot grit grass ss I to 10 um Ii hide Ide him tutu hen ht en Pierrot errol and test saw him ii again gum in r in made nih st straight it 1 t toward him hint Pierrot foreseeing what Daree would do hurried to hue lOft left at ut rl right ht uncles to thi the Ihl end emuil of ot the canyon In nail taut out among the roI rocks mocks 1011 sought h t swiftly fur for u n of ot escape In a U moment mutt more hm be h. loud had rum come to 10 the th box x or cup of the canyon This was sti wasa a Lu break In the wall willi fifty or sixty ty feet wide which h open opened Id I'd Into Inlo n U prison about an nut acre lIere In extent It was I its a mi beautiful spot Ilot On mill all bides s 's hUt but that thuat lending heading Into the coulee It was shut In by ly walls willis of ot rod rock At the far end a waterfall broke down In a II series of tippling rippling cascades The grass wu vaa thick underfoot oot anti and strewn with low 1101 ers In this trap trill Pierrot had bad got gol more moore than tine one line fine haunch of or From It there ns iii no escape except In the face of ot hi his ride elite lie He culled to ns liS be lie saw siu entering It II uund together to to- gether tIny they climbed the slope lh I II haiti had t I touched cached tin the edge of ot the little prison meadow w 1 when lien suddenly Mill sud denly he lie si stopped himself lIt so 80 quickly that t he lie fell folio luck back on hii his haunches and his heart Jumped up til 1 Into his throat Full ull In III his lila path stood oo tin the hi hll huge ii hick black bear hur I IFor For perhaps Ill a minute half Haree lIalI hesitated cit between ln tilt the two tWit perils 11 He iii heard the voices of ot II and 11 11 Pierrot Pier iier t 1 rot I lie Ill 10 U lI caught ht the rattle of or tnt stones under tinder their feet fett And Lc tie was tilled with a II great dread Then lie he looked nt at The Tite I big lg bear had hail not mo ed mo an Inch Illch I He Ic too tOI was sats list listening cuing Hut ti to hint him there Ill I'll a II thing more disturbing I limn Ih I in ut the soun 1 sounds ml 4 he lie Ian heard rd It was the scent which he lie caught ht In III Inthe inthe the milr the titan II farce U watching him saw his hend henmi swing slowly even en 1111 as liS the tIm footsteps of t and Pierrot became more hind and ore 11 distinct It wits was tilt the first st tune time luau hall ever er stood staid face fuce to 10 face ut-c ut with the big bear I lie It had laid watched him fish he lie hind had fattened on S prowess 4 he lie hail had bet held ul Ii him hut In Ia splendid end Id nwe Now nw there thre was 1111 something al about the thie Hear lIr that took luok away his hII fear flar en r anti and gave II I hIm him In Its place n a new 1111 and thrilling thrill tug ing confidence big and powerful II as he lie lieas was wu as would not run from the Ihl two legged creature creal II who pursued him If It Paree could only gut got past liast he lie was safe I Baree hares has lots tots of trouble without the aid of hl his hI parent paren What next TO BE DS g CONTINUED |
