Show t. t o BAREE Son of Kazan Bv By v JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD I O. O Z 11 C Co Ce J h cocy ef W AINU NII ar Ie te Chapter IX I 15 nn rinck cle to site Main Haiti late Inte In Septem September m ber r Arne the nap r. r hog ten tn daya the Investigating tat ing Agent had been Hush f t at the post PORt and twice twe In III Ih that t tI I Ih lime e It had come Into Marie's Maries mind to n i-n creep ci upon him while he hc slept und nail kill lili Mm 1111 m. m The Ile Factor himself lt paid 1 little to 10 her now a n fact which would have mode malle her lur hAPPY It If It hud had no cal boon been for lon lie W was II fined toned with the wild willi sinuous beauty lIlly of the Cree girl and with with- ml out Jealousy encouraged him lie wax was d d of ot Marie told this Me lie wanted wonted to Ret get rid of h her r nd It If he he he- f could lIon could possibly take her hr on with him It would be a great favor J lie le explained d why A little later laler when the deep dep snow AllOW came Ime he was going to 10 hi bring In the daughter of ot Pierrot Iu Du DuQuesne Quesne to the logt In the rottenness rotten rotten- liens ness of ot th their lr brotherhood he hI told of ot Ma his visit of the manner of hi his reception reception recep recep- tion and of the Incident at the chasm In III spite of ot all alt this he assured Oleg mm girl would soon Roon be bo at Lac Rama It H was nt at this time that MacDonald mine came lie He remained only one night and without knowing that he was add udd adding III lag ing fuel t to a II fire already dangerously blazing he gave the photograph he hr lied Inid taken of to the Factor i It was u a splendid picture If you Oil can nn get cot It down to that girl ome somo day Ill I'll he be mightily obliged he heBald old Bald aid to I promised her one Her JJr fathers father's name Is Du Quesne Pierrot Du lIu Quesne You probably know them And the Iho girl girl girl- Ills blood warmed ns WI he described to lIrt how beautiful she wn was that flint day doy In her red dross dress which hUll hail taken block black In the tho photograph lie He did not guess how near the boiling boning point blood wits was The rue next day duy MacDonald started for tor Norway f House did not nol how show the Ule picture lie He kept It ft It to himself and at nt night under the glow flow of ot his lamp he look looked Id I'd at It with thoughts that filled tilled him with a R growing grow ing resolution There was but out one way oy The scheme had 11 been In his mind for tor weeks weeks-and weeks and the picture do dr le him hint He lie dared not whisper M his secret Pv even m to Hut it t was the tie one way It would give him hin tt t 1 only Only Only-he lie must for tor the trie leop- leop snows the midwinter snows burled their tragedies deepest Art was glad when tollow followed lI the map map maker to Norway o Out of ot courtesy he hll accompanied nied pled him a d days day's Ys Y's journey on his WilY way When hn he returned to the thel Post Marie Mari e eit was gon gone lie He was glad He lie sent o oa off it n ft runner with a load loud of presents for tor her Iler people ople and the mell message lIge Dont Ion t bent beat her Keep tep her hr She Is free Alon Along with the bustle and stir o othe of f the beginning of the trapping senses season fu u began beJan to prepare his house for tor tho the coming coining of ot He lie knew v what she liked In the way of ness I and a few tew other things lie He had hall 1 the lo log walls painted white with th the P lend lead and oil that were welo Intended for his hl a York boats heats Certain partitions werl were torn down and new nl ones were built hullt the tho Indian wife of his chief runner runne r curtains for tor the windows mimic and f lie confiscated a small phonograph h that should have gone gOlle on to Lac Ine Ii la III 1 He lie hAd no doubts and he ha e counted the days II as mis Ihl they passed I Down lown on the Gray Cray Loon Loan Pierrot nn and d were Wt busy bURY at nt many thins things s so u busy husy that at at- times Pierrot's fears fear u uthe of f the Ule Factor at nt Lac llama Bilin were forgotten forgotten forgot ten slid and they went out of the Willows Willow's s mind entirely It was the HId Moon und 1111 It thrilled with the anticipation I and excitement of ot the wi winter liter hunt carefully dipped u II hundred 1 traps trees In III boiling bulling caribou fat fat ml mixed X 1 with heuver grut groise ae while Pierrot mad e fresh ready for tor setting of on I Ills his trails When hen ho hll was guns gUile more mom e t lo h liun mi a II clay IllY from th the cabin she w u a au aw u tI's with him hint I tut at ot the cabin there was much h t to todo u ilo do lo for tur Pierrot like ilkI nil all his hili Northern h hoed did not begin to preps prepare e until the till keen Ien tang hung of autumn u ns tt In 1 tLc tle air there Then wore au K to b be he t with new there L tt MH wood to lie ht cut In III readiness fo for r till the winter whiter storms stones the cabin had to toLe tolt km lt bunked a u new lIW harness made milade skinning skin plug ning knives es sharpened and winter to lie he lured u II hun liun- died JI and one olle affairs to hI be he attended to 10 lie repaired the rack ruck ft It tle had hack of ur the cabin where from thin tho ix of ot cold rold weather r until th the e t fin t would wU hUll Lang hung thus tho haunches u of lit t deer and mou o for Cur the family alder and when wilen fish was Ul scarce the th dugs JOI rations rallou In lit the till bustle hustle of ot all 1111 this was compelled to 10 give ghe less attention to tu 11 than during the preceding weeks seeks They did not 1111 play so much they no 1111 longer er swum S for with the there thre was deep frost trot on the till and aud the rho water wilter was turning Icy ell cold d they no longer wandered In the forest utter after Mowers lowers and hertes For hours ut at u a time fierce nurel would i now V ow lie II at the Willows Willow's feet tier slender lingers as liS they IhlY we wl td vi-d vi swiftly In and nud out with her IIII III vi hi und amid now und and then would pause to lean over and put her hand on his head and talk to him for tor a n mom moment sometimes moment nt sometimes In her soft Cree sometimes In 1 or her Iler fathers father's French It was the Willows Willow's voice which tied lind learned to understand and the movement mO of ot her II lips hips her Iter gesture the poise of ot her hr body hody the changing moods which brought ht shadow or sunlight sun light into IntA her face tue lie He knew what It III meant Ill I'll n t when she Ihl smiled sallied he shook himself him self and often Jumped jumpe 1 about her In sympathetic rejoicing when she laughed her Iter happiness was u II part purt of hint him a n stern word from her was worse than a II blow Twice Pierrot hud hail struck Mm Ilin and twice hud hind sprung back nod and faced Limn him with bared hurld fangs and an 1111 angry snarl marl the the- crest relit along his bock back standing up like a n brush hrush Had one of ot the other oilier dugs dogs done this ll would have halt half killed hint him It would have Ilave been mutiny mutiny mu mu- tiny and the man must he be master ler Hut was always safe A touch of the Willows Willow's hand a word from her lips and und the crest slowly settled mind and the snarl went Int out of fit his throat Pierrot was not at nt all displeased eel l Dieu lell I will ne never ner er go o so fur far ns as to 10 try Iry and anti whip that out of ot him h he told himself lit lie ls Is u a barbarian n n wild nail hast her slave II II ve For Kor her he would kill kilt I So Ho It en came IIII through Pierrot himself him him- 1111 self self nail t and without telling his reason for tor It that It-that that Barle Baree did not bf become ome a II sledge dog dug He lie was allowed Ills his freedom freedom free tree dom and was never tied II like ke the others was glad glud but did not guess the thought that was In Pierrot's ot's mind To ro himself Pierrot chuckled She would never ne know why he kept Bure always suspicious o of f him even to the point of ot lilting hinting him It required considerable skill and cunning cunning cun cun- ning on his part With himself li he e reasoned If I make him hate me he will hate all nil men inen n Mey oot That Is good So Ho he lie looked Into the future future tor for r Now the the tonic filled days and cold frosty nights of ot the Iced Hed Moon brought about the Ihl big change In Bare Baree It was y Inevitable Ine Pierre knew that It would woul d come romo and the first night that e settled luck back on his haunches an and ond d howled up UI at nt the Aed Hed Moon Pierrot dt t prepared for tor ItHe Itlie It it lie He Is a n wild dog doc Mn n he said suld to her lIe He Is halt half wolf and the Cull will come to him Mini strong He lIe will go ItO Into the forests forets lie He will disappear at It times But Hut we must not fasten him lIe He will come cOllie hack KII Ka he will come hack I And Anti he rubbed his hands In inthe Inthe the tho moon-glow moon until his knuckles cracked rn CaM came clime to Burfe like IlIe a thief entering slow slowly I and cautiously into a u forbidden place lie He did not understand understand under under- stand It at lit first It made him nervous ous and uneasy so restless that frequently heard him hint whine softly In hl his bleep He lie was waiting walting for tor some some- thing What was It Pierrot knew and smiled In his Inscrutable WO way And ind then It came It was night a glorious night tilled filled with moon and stars slurs under K which the earth furth was whitening whit whIt- ening with a u film filut of frost when they heard the first hunt call o of the wolves wol Pierrot knew that at last had come coats that for which Haree had hud been waiting wafting In la an Instant Barle Baree had find sensed It It Ills Nils muscles grew taut tout as pieces of stretched rope as us he stood up In the moonlight facing the direction from which loafed the mystery and thrill u of ot the sound They could hour hear him whining softly and Pl Pierrot bending doK down n so that he caught the light of the night properly could see seo him trembling It I Is lion Mee-Koo he said sold In u a whisper whis whits- per t to to That was It the call 1111 of the blood blond that was running swift In s veins not Ills not alone the cull call 1111 of fit his Ids species apt apt- cies des but the cull all of Kazan and thud Gray Jray Wolf 1 and of tit hi Ills his forebears for tor generations genera unnumbered It was Ih the voice u uSo of tiC his pia people So o l' l Pierrot hall f whispered tred und nail ho Ill was teas I right In lu the lilt golden night nigh tho Iho Willow K us for It was sh she e who it-ho had gambled most amid ami It II wu l she khe who must lose or win will tip She he e watched lUiree 11 as ns 1 he lie slowly faded 1 an 11 ay stop step II I b by stop step In u the till shadows d In it 1 few tl moments more he lie wa was gout gone It Jt was then they that she Bhe stood straight and flung back her head hlad with eyes that glowed In rivalry with the stars stare farce Unreel I she called Unreel Daree 1 Inn lilt Ua- ree reel t I Ha reel I Ilie He lie must have been near the edge o otine of f the tine forest for she had drawn a slow waiting welting breath or two before he wa wai wal a back at lit her side Hut he had hud come straight as an arrow end and he whined whine up Into her face elese put lie her r hands to his head hend You are right mon men pere pere she said lie He will go to the but he will wll i come back lie He will III never neer leave ra ro rue e for tor long With one olle hand still on tin Its rees ree's head she he pointed with the other r Into the blackness of ot the forest Go 00 to there them Unreel flared I she he whispered Put Hut you ou must come back bliCk You must nus I With Pierrot she went Into th the e cabin tile the door closed behind them and was atone alone A choking g gathered in his throat He lie threw u uLila up p his Lila head Straight above him was tin the Iced Moon Inviting him to the thrill and mystery of ot the open world The Tin e sound grew in his throat thront and III slowly y it rose In volume until his answer was wit I rising to 10 the stars In their c cabin cahl n Pierrot and end the Willow heard It Pierrot Pierrot Pier rot shrugged d his shoulders He Ile 11 Is gone he said Out he be Is gone mon pere rf d peering through the window No longer as liS In the days of old dl did d the lime darkness of ot the forests hold a tear tea r for tor Butte This night his hunt hunt-cr hunt cry y had risen to the stars and the moon and In Ill that cry he lie had hall for tor the first firs t time sent forth his defiance of night nigh t and ond space his warning to all the wit wild d and his acceptance of ot the Brotherhood Brother Brother- hood In that cry and rl the answers answer s that came back beck to him he sensed ne new w power the power the final triumph of nature 1 In n Impinging on him the fact tact that th the e forests and the creatures they hel held d were no lon longer er to be feared but that thin t all things feared him Oft Off there b beyond beyond be be- e- e yond the tile pale pille of the cabin and the f In In I. I ot of were all the things thing s that the wolf Wood In him found no now V most desirable companionship of his hl s kind the lure of adventure the re red d- d sw sweet ct blood of the chase chase and and mat mule mate e hood This last after atter nil all was th the e dominant mystery that was urging 13 him I least East o of all did he understand under ands r- r stand It t. t He lie ron ran straight Into the d darkness ss to the tho north and west slinking low u uder under un n der the bushes hi his tall drooping h hears his hla is ears ars aslant the the wolf as liS the wolf run runs run s on the night trail The Tho pack puck ha hud d swung due north and was traveling faster taster than he so that at the end Ind of ot I halt half an un hour he could no longer her hear henr r It nut But the lone wolf howl to the w wet west st t was nearer and three times Itar Haree se gave guve answer to It At the end Ind of an hour he heard the t he pack puck again swinging southward Pierrot Pier Pie r- r rot would easily have understood 1 Their quarry had found safety lately beyo bond beyond ltd water or In n a Inke lake nn and the ns were on a fresh h trail Hy Ily this tl time m e not more than a quarter of a mile of ot the forest separated Baree from ti the le lone wolf but the lone wolf was nl also so an on old wolf and with the qs and precision of ot long experience 1 he le swerved In the direction of the huners hunters hunt hun ers compassing his trail so 10 that he heWIS he wits was leading for a point half or three three- quarters of ot a tulle mile In advance of the pack This was a n trick of the brotherhood which Haree Ilaree had yet to learn and the result of ot his Ignorance mind lack of skill was that twice within the text lint I 1 hour halt ur he found himself near the I pack without being able to Join It It t. t Then carne a long Ions and an final silence The pack pock had hud pulled down Its kill und and In their feasting they made no sound The r rest t of ot the night no Baree rEI wan wandered wandered dered III alone one or at ut least until the moon well on the wane III He Ile was wasu wasn n u lon long wn way front from the cabin and his trail hUll had boon been an nn uncertain nail twistIng twist twist- lug Ing one but hut he lie was no nu longer DOS tossed sassed ts t's with the till discomforting sensa I of being lost The lust last two or ot three Ihne timid been de I strongly In III n him the sense of ot orienta orientation lion tion that sixth sense which guides the pigeon un ly on Its WA way and amid tithes takes u a bear aim 1 ht II us as a II bird night might Icy lly to Its last years year's Ii place iTO t-ro UK mm CO CONTINUED |