Show d 4 w v- v ARE AREE Son of K Kazan an XI XIV CA Chapter 24 looking I at Baree faree aree tares 1 lie 1118 sway away from MC Mc- Is J tact fan said rt lIe Ile are rIght Let the devil I h guess ruess you fOU headIng headIng- tor Loc It youre you're dIstance with withe tra el a nl tre will take a couple of ot I e DO Jt It out the line of my ny nyno flee to 5 Sees his gun Bun M lie pIcked Ducked no UP At tile the le end endot of halt half an nn r the the ws t tranger stopped and p pointed five flue bun hun good r i M nn up there there thereS a S mileS Mp he speaking as 9 would reach home though ho gh he as 1 Ill leave ve you here lilt night made no offer to to shake hands lie fie lie he said You might re re- ut in 11 John luis hers passed rt that his say 1 ht he traveled traveled- straight ht that Atter After through the for Cor halt half n a mile ard westward Then he swung s tort forest st- st cep tulles turned ot at n sharp angle om after uCler he head hour lour and nn an the south to was once more more lt he was ad left J on his h Mp 11 heels 11 almost withIn j reach of farce ree 1111 cads cads' And ADd he a lOS as sa as ns though speak speak- n human companion J g to that's what youve you've old boy o robber eh rh An And Andoe trap bent beat him at the game for two oe 01 h d n for that t because youre you're you re months Sl An a speller better beo least beast t than he be is le Ie he wants to II let you fOU die here as slow as you can enn A As I I Ills His voice ole broke Into a n laugh latish the sort of laugh that s one even n a beast many fanny We ought to shake I hands W py hy by George we e load I You Youre You're r a 0 ai i wild III one lie be fays Well 0 so o sin am I. I Told Wd him bum my name was was John J Madl Madison on It t aint Im I'm Jim Carrel Canel And oh And Lord ell I said sold was lolled that but was ass right It aint a lie He Im I'm tinted ranted hy by the HIP by by b between tween every danged policeman moos moo's bay unit the Mackenzie river Eba Flake dale e old W man lIan an Were We're In the same bOil oat bat an 00 1 Tn m Rind glad to meet you I 1 Chapter Chapler XV Jim Carrel Carvel held out his hand and It snarl that was In flares flare's s 's throat died led away a the hie mon man rose to his bis feet lie e stood there looking In the Uon Oon on taken token by Hush flush ush and ond tailed In a curious exultant sort of say ray There was wn friendliness n. n et even en en In that chuckle There There was friendliness In g his eyes ejes and in the shine Rhine of his teeth as es he looked again nt at Baree About bout him there thre was lOS something that wined seemed mell to m make Ile the gray day dOy brighter bat that seemed to warm the chill air a air n range sO something that radiated cheer iDd hope and comradeship just os ns as ahot n a not hot bot ot stove sto sends out the glow glows ot of heat Baree tree felt It Tor the first time Ume since the llie he two men had come his trap torn I hody ody lost Its tenseness s his hack bock tagged sagged his teeth teth clicked as ns he shIv red Bred In his o agony ony To this mAn he betrayed Ills his weakness In his bloodshot blood- blood shot lot eyes there was wall a n hungering IJ look m II I he be watched Carvel the el the self con outlaw And Jim Carvel again held keld out oot his lils hand hand much much nearer this thU time You Ton poor f devil lle he said paid the smile going out of ot his face You poor devil I iThe The Thi words were like n a caress to Baree the Baree-the the first he had hod known knO since tl tie the loss of e and Pierrot He TIe dropped f his head until his hll Jaw lay Iny flat In la the snow Carvel Canel co could hl see the I blood Mood dripping ln f slowly ly from It Yon poor devil de 1 I he repented repeated There was no fear tear In III the way tie lie pot pat forth his hand It w was was as the con con- dence of ot a great sincerity and ond n 0 great compassion It touched d Haree's Baree's hend bend tad aDd ad patted f It in a n brotherly fashion and then then slowly and with a bit mo mar more notion It nation It went lit to the trap fastened to 10 Baree's 1 forepaw In his half crazed train bruin was fighting to understand under- under stand things and the truth troth came finally iv when hen he felt the steel Jaws M of the trap open and ond he drew forth Lla Lis JH maimed foot toot He lie did then what he be had dune done to no other creature but ut Ju Just t once his hot tongue that hot out nOl and licked 1 Cartels Carrels hand The man laughed laughed- 1 With his powerful bands ands he lie opened o the other traps trails and E tares ree wa was s free frel mil For a 8 few w moments he lay 10 without moving hIs e eyes l' l x d on the moan man Carvel had seated himself lt on OJ the Pt end IM nt ot Ii a birch log B and n nii rae filling Ms mils 1 pipe farce naree watched ii light lIht S u it t h lie he noted with new Interest In- In terest lerest the first purplish cloud of ot smoke let left mouth The man trae ai n not mute more than the length of two tWI b p c away and lie he grinned at nt naree Baree Screw up your Jour nerve old oll P. P he be heNo ed ti No c bones bone broken Just s out oat little stiff wed we'd get better-get ot of tie lie turned hits his face In ln the direction I Loc Rain n The Tle suspicion cl was In iu his l ls back mind lulo that might turn turna s II p that same sume suspicion I t as a im as Can el hn UP upon nar BarlO farce 0 for r when Ilen i en looked e nt lit hi hind again lie lle was ills ret feet f mined CoIned Met i a bit as ns he be moment his e In III another the Ille e outlaw hind swung the sack pack fro from his ls shull S and was It lie Crew thrust In ln ll lots hIs hand and nut m II a C chunk of ot raw rII raw red meat I glued It Ms this morning he ei ei- ter to 10 Yearling bull tenter tenter ten- ten RI ae and e nd that that's 8 as ns tine floe a der r us liS ever er come came out from fro under un un- a I I Try It Ul Ulu I lie V tUl PoJ the he n nean n to e as u ae IJ nu Barel Baree There lu Ita In ln the manlier ot of aCl Bares ar e tad IQ the clad was WM dues flung to him hila by bl a By JAMES AIMS OLIVER CURWOOD Par pt pare A c C. C j 8 Io friend lie He burled his hla teeth In to It Ills Jaws crunched It New v fire leaped Into his blood as he feasted but not for an Instant did his re reddened f eyes ejes es leave lea the others other's face tace Conel replaced his pack lie He rose rOle to his hla feet took up up his rifle slipped on his snowshoes and fronted 1 the north Come C on Boy h he said Weve Wee got to travel It was a matter of matter fact fact Invitation as 01 though the two had hOll been traveling tro companions for n a Ion long Ions lime liane It was perhaps not hot only an on invitation but partly a command It puzzled Barle For Tor a full tull half minute he stood mo mo- his tracks gazing at ns as he strode Into the north A suit sud d den n convulsive twitching shot through farce Baree he swung his head bend tow toward Inc Hain Buln faint be he looked again oguin at Cartel a n whine that was scarcely more than thann thana a n breath came rame out of his throat Tillmon The Till Theman mon man was Just about to disappear Into the thick spruce lIe paused and looked back huck Coming Hoy Even en at nt that d distance farce Baree could see him grinning affably he saw 8 the outstretched hand and the voice volle stirred new sensations In him It was not like Pierrot's voice He Ile hind had never loved Neither was It soft snit and sweet like lIle the time Willows Willows lie He had holl known only n a few men men and till nil of ot them he had bod regarded with distrust Dut But this was a u voice olee that dl disarmed h him m It In Its appeal He lie wanted to Answer It It He Ill was filled ailed S I tm e The Meat Was Flung to Him by a Friend He Burled Buried HI His Teeth In It with a desire all at onue onee to follow tollow close dose at the heels of this stranger For the first time In his hils life lite n I cravIng craving craving ing for tor the friendship of man possessed possessed pos pos- Haree Baree lIe He did not move mo until Tim Jim Car Carvel entered the spruce Then he toll followed owed That night they were camped In a dense growth of ot cedars and balsams ten miles north of ot Hush Bush trap For two hours It had snowed and their troll trail was covered It was still snowing but not a n flake fioke of ot the time white deluge sifted down through rou h U the et thick II canopy n of f boughs corvel Carvel nan had put up mils ins slut Sill win and hind had built hunt a 0 lIre fire their supper was w-aa over and Baree Doree lay on his belly facing the outlaw almost within reach of ot his hand With Willa his back bock to a tree Carvel was smoking luxuriously lie He had thrown off ott his cap CliP and his coat cont and andIn In the warm fir gl w he looked almost boyishly young joung onn Hut even en In that I glow his Jaws lost none of their nor his eyes e es their clear alertness He lIe rubbed his hIli hands together and held them out toward the Ore fire Karee watched his movements listened Intently to tl er e every sound that escaped his lips Upa His Ills yes eyes had In them now nowa a dumb sort of worship a n look 1001 that warmed Carvel's lIs heart henrt und mind did with the vast ost loneliness and nud of the night Baree had had t ed td himself himself him him- self nearer to the mans man jet et uno and suddenly Carvel leu leaned lied over o and anti putted hIs lils head Im a bad hod one old chap be lie chuckled You haven't got It on me ml me- not n II bit Want to know what happened hap hair 11 He lIe waited wu a moment mind Baree looked hooked at him steadily Then Carvel 1 went on 1 n. n if It speaking to to a human Lets see see see-It It I it was five years ago aso five jears ears this December Ju Jut just t before Core Christmas time Had a dad Hue Fine old chap 1 tn my may dad dal wn was No 1 io U er Just er-Just Just the tilt dad an on when you added IS 9 up Pwe we Illa made d dt Just One Understand An And l along rume n a white striped skunk named lardy Hardy and nd shot him one do day because dUll dad had hl worked against him in polities out an Rn out murder Anthey An All Anthey I they didn't hung hang that skunk I 1 No sir I they didn't hang him hint lIe He had too I much mud money au 1111 too many friends In i politics nil mi they let It lot 1111 off r with two I years In the time penitentiary But he j didn't t get cot there p. II No No me God he lie didn't get there l I I t Carver vies twisting hIs liU hands antill until un an- I til till his bis knuckles s cricked cracked An exultant lX smile mlle lighted up his face fuce and his eyes lyes Hashed n heI hack th the lire light farce reE drew drewa u II deep ri breath breath II n mere coincidence but It was Wilton n a tense tease moment for all No bo hl didn't t get to the time penitentiary went on II r el looking nt ot farce again Yours Tours truly knew what that meant old oM chop chap 1101 Hed He'd hll have been pardoned IHl Inside n a near An there was ms l S my dad dOli the tile biggest halt half of me lIle inc In hits hIs 1 wave So I Just went up to that striped white skunk right there before the till judges s yea eyes s 's on an tile the lawyers lawyers' lawyers lawyers' law law- f eyes ejes nn time the eyes ejes s of nil his dear leur relatives nn an friends friends-and friends und I killed him I And I got away 11 Was out through a window window- h before they the woke un up hit for the hu bush h country and hR hate haxe I been In eating emit eat I lag ing up the trails s ever since An I 1 Iguess Iguess guess God Clod w al ns as with m me me Boy Hoy l For or lie He did a 0 queer thing to help me out summer sum lJ rater mer r before last Ju just Jun t when the Mounties Mounties Moun Moun- ties were wert 0 after ft t. t mite lile nip hardest an on It looked pretty black Man was WOR found drowned d 1 urn nm In the Reindeer country country coun oun tr try right where they thought I was Willi cornered nn au the good Lord made malle that man look so 1 0 much lI like me roe that he was hurled burled under tinder my roy name So Im I'm I dead old oil chap I dont don't need to be he any more so long as I dont don't get too with people for tor forn tora a n year or s Sf se longer loner and way down Inside me mc Ive I've liked to b believe lIe e God fixed It up In that way woy vat to help me out of n bad hole What's your our opinion Eh Fl lIe He leaned forward for tor an un answer farce Harce had hod listened In a away away awny way lie Ill had understood But It ne os another sound ll than Carvel's voice olce that came to his ears elUS now With his head bead close to the ground round he be heard It quite distinctly Ho lie whined and ond the whine ended ndell in a snarl su so low that Carves Carvel Just caught limo thA warning note In It It lIe He straightened Ho lie stood up then them and ond faced the till south Haree stood tood b h ht- ht side sille him his hits legs tense tense and lib his spine bristling I After n II moment 1 said Relatives es of ot yours jours ours old chap Wolves He lie went Into the tent for his rifle and nHI cartridges Haree Ilaree on his feet teet rigid ns os hewn rock rok when when el Cars came out of the tent tnt and for tor a R few tew moments el Cars stood In silence f watching hIm closely Would the dog respond to the tho cull call of 01 the pack Did he belong to Would he go now go-now now The wolves were drawing nearer They were not circling circling cir clr cling as liS a 0 caribou or n a deer would have hll circled but were traveling straight straight deed dead straight for tor their camp The significance of ot this fact was waB easily understood by Cartel Car All that afternoon after after- noon faree's feet teH had left a II blood blood- smell In their trail and the wolves had struck the trail trait In the thet deep for tor forest lit est where the falling taIling snow had bad not nol d co It It Carvel wn was not alarmed I More than thun once one In his hIli five years 01 ol wandering wondering between the Arctic and tin tilt Height of ot Land be lie had played th the the game gume with the wolves wol Once he lie had almost lost hut but that was out In th the I open Barren Barren- orren Tonight he had a fire and In the event of ot his firewood run ning out he lie hall had trees he be could climb Ills His anxiety Just now was centered In farce Barre So he be sold said making his bis voice quite casual You arent aren't going ar art are you old chap If It farce heard hum him he gave no evi evl evidence thence dence of It It limit Hut Can el still watch Voth watching ing him close closely I saw that the unit holt along till his spine had bad risen like a n brush and then h le e heard heard growing growing slowly In 10 farces Haree's throat throat throat-a a snarl of ot ferocious j hatred haired It 11 was the sort of snarl that I from Lu Lat Lac hud bud held hack back the tile Factor and el Cars opening the breech I of ot Ills hits gun gun Cn to see fice that n all was right I chuckled happily farce Haree may inay have e h heard the chuckle huckle Perhaps It mean something to him for tur he turned lilt hilt head suddenly urn and with flattened ears eari I looked nt at Ills his companion I ITO TO DE BE CONTINUED I I |