| Show E 9 a t AN by jamss ames oliver curzadd A LOVE epic OF THE FAR NORTH NORM copyright 1917 by doubleday page co SON OF KAZAN a picture with wolf wok the war dog doa AREE Is an adaptation of this story SYNOPSIS bhat bush Me Taggart the factor intended biad ad come about babee the dog bi his old enema enem following tile the factors trip lines and stripping them of food had walked straight trai glit into a anest nest thit had bad been laid for him and was nas a prisoner found him there anil and gloated oer ills his imen baree baaree snarled back but was nas helpless and then came along a human buman stranger tr anger you poor denil deml he said to babee an out outlaw lav well chev placed ou a veri ner kluane same game CHAPTER VII continued he lose ioe and faced cTaggart I 1 I had bad to set a lot of traps like that the F factor actor apologized his face reddening slightly under the steady tead gaze of the sti angers anger s blue eves ei es suddenly his animus rose roce arid and hes go I 1 ing to die there inch b inch im ill I 1 going to let him and lot in ili the traps to pl pi for all hes done done he picked up his big gun and added ith his ees on the stranger sti ti anger and his finger reada at the trig trigger gei im bush Taggart Me the factor at lac bain are iou ou bound that wa an mieu M 9 A few fe miles mile im bound up court coun try be belond ond the barrens barren felt again the strange thrill government Goi emment lie he aked the police persisted perci ted Me Taggart why es eb of couise the police said the stranger looking straight into the factors factor acnes eef anil and no nann as a er great courtes cour tesi to the lav im going to ask QU ou to send end a bullet through that beasts beast head be fore vf go on will iou ou or shall hall I 1 p its the law a of the line raid to let a trap rot in the traps and that beat beast was nas a devil den liten listen swiftly and net et leaning leading out none of the fine detail lip hr told of the weeks necks and months of be between teen him self seif and baree baaree of the maddening futility adit of all his tucks and Rel schemes leme and the till still more maddening clever cleer nebs neb of the beast lie lad had at last succeeded in trapping he was nas a devil that clever lie he cried fiercely when lie he had finished anil and now would you shoot hoot him or let him lie there and die b bi inches as the devil denil should 19 9 11 the stranger was looking at baree baaree his face was as turned away aay from he said 1 I guess jou ou art arp light let tile the devil rot if youre heading beading for lac bain ill a short distance with ou no now it will nill take a couple of miles to straighten out the line of my compa he picked up his gun Me Taggart led the NN wa a at the end of half an hour the stranger stooped ond and pointed north straight up there a good fil five P hundred miles mile he said aid speaking lightly as though lie he would mould reach home that night ill leave iou ou heie bele he made no offer to shake hinds but in going lie he said you might report that john madison has passed this it way ay 11 after that he travelled straight northward for half a mile through the deep forest then he swung Ne westward stward for two miles turned at a A sharp angle into the south and in an hour after he had left Me Taggart he was once more on his bi heels almost within arms amis reach of barce and he was saving saing as though silea speaking liing to a human companion so what noue been old boy A trap robber ell eha 9 an out la law i and you nou be belt beit it him at the gamp game for two ni months orith and for that be cause youre a 1 better bettar beast than he is he wants to let jou ou die here as slow as vou can an outlaw 11 his 1 voice broke into a I 1 pleasant laugh the sort of laugh that warms arms one even cien a beast funny funn we ought to shake hands bands boy by george we ve lad had youre a wild one lie he sis well 0 0 ani I 1 told him mv name was john madison it aint im jim arid and oh I 1 ord all I 1 said was i as police arid and that was nas right it aint a lie im wanted by the whole bole corporation orp oration by alerv danged clanged policeman bet between Neen hudsons Hud sons bay and the mackenzie Alack enzio river kiver shake old man were in the same bodt boat an im glad to meet jim camel can el held out his hand band ind and the that haq v as in bareis throat died av at ay the man rose t to 0 ill his feet ho 1713 stood thore looking in file ati direction taken by buth burh rt anti and chuckled in a culous eul exultant tant ort art of way wa friend friendliness even in in that chuckle there nar ar anew line liness N in his its ekes ees cind and in the shine clime of bi his teeth as he looked again it baree baaree about him was nas something om ething thit that denied to make the kra gran dal ila brighte el that seemed to warm the chill nr air a something thit that th it radiated cheer anil and hope ind and comradeship just as a hot stove stone sends out the glow of heat birce B irce felt it for ohp first time since the two to men had bad come his its torri torn body lost its tenseness ili his back sagged his teeth clicked as lie he sniveled in ili his agony agon fo this man lie he betra betrand bet raed Ned hi his weakness in hit hib bloo bloodshot khot ekes ees there was nas a hungering look as lie he matched cane can el the self confessed confes ed outlaw butla and jim canel camel again held out his its hind much beai or er this time you poor deil he said at the smile going out of his its face you poor deil the like a caie caless to ba ree the first he had bad known knon since the lo 10 losh of and lie he dropped his lead head until bi his jaw la a flat in the snow mon cane can el could see the blood dripping slowly ionly from it you poor deml he repeated there was nas no feat in the nan wi he put forth bi his land hand it NN was as the confidence of a gjent vincentn and a kiett compa compassion aion it touched barbes head anti ami patted it in a bro brotherly therIN fashion and then slowly Io 16 and mth a bit more moie caution it went ent to the fastened to barbes fore forepaw paA in ili his half crazed brain ilaree was nas fighting to under understand tand things and the came finall cheri hen he felt the steel jas of the open all and he be drew dren forth ba his maimed foot lie he did then what that ile he hail had done to no other creature but depee e just once ins its hot bot tongue shot out and locked licked camels Car vels hint hind the man laughed with his po powerful erful hinds he opened the other traps trapa and B airee tree was nas free for a few moments moment he be lav Nit without hout moving his hii eyes fixed fied on the man can el ind bid seated himself on the snow non coneie I 1 enil end of a birch log and ami was nas filling filing ili his pipe baree baaree N w itched ditched him light it lie noted with ne new in interest the fai faist t purplish cloud of smoke that left camels can els mouth the man was nas not mole moie than the length of two to trap chains ana aw a and lie grinned at ba lee screw up dour nene neive old chap he encouraged no bone broke just joist a little stiff blebby bebby wed better get out ile he turned his its face in the direction of lac bain ahe suspicion was I 1 in n his mind that might tur turn n back Pei hap liap that same suspicion was irn impressed presed upon baree baaree for when nhen camel can el looked at him again lie he was as on ills his feet staggering a bit alie ahe as gained hi his equilibrium in another moment the outlaw had swung the pack sack from ills his shoulders and was inas opening it he thrust in his hand band and diew out a chunk of ra raw red meat killed it this morning he e c to baree baaree yearling bull ten lei dei a as partridge anil and as I 1 fine a sweetbread as a ever cier came out from un del a backbone arv it he tossed the flesh to baree baaree there was as no equivocation in the manner of it its acceptance babec baree was a famish ed and the me melt meat at was nal flung to him b a friend ile he buried his bis teeth in it his jaws iwas crunched it nc new III ane e leaped aped into his blood as he fea feasted ted but not for an instant did his bi reddened cic acs leave leane the others face chiel replaced bi his pack lie he rose to his feet took up his rifle slipped on bi his snow noi shoes and fronted the coith come on bol bo lie he said aid weve got to trav trai el it was as a mitter matter of fact m miti citation tion as thou though ii the ta two 0 had been tia velling companions com corr pinions opinion for a long lon time it un was porep aps not an mI invitation abon but partia a command it puzzled bare bame bar e for a full hilf half minute he tood stood motionless ti in bi his tracks gazing at cartel can el as a he be strode into the north A sudden convulsive com ulai e twitching shot hot through ba ree hf he hw ung lus his heid head toward lac bain lie he looked again at camel can el and a whine that was aas qc scarcely arcely mole moie than a breath came out of bi his throat the min inin was A as just about to dig disappear appear into the thick spruce pruce he paused and looked hick coming boy boya even een at that distance barce could see ce him grinning affably affa bli he be saw raw the outstretched hand band and the voice noce new ne sensations in him it was not like pierrets Pierro Pier rots tR noice lie he hid bid ile never loved pierrot neither was it soft and sweet like the willows ile he lad had 1 known norvil ord onh a fe few men ind and all of them ho be hail had regarded n with nith ith distrust but this was a voice noice that disarmed dif armed him arm it was nas in its AR appeal ile he canted to an anmer aar it he it wis is filled th h 1 i I ilc fie ire all at once to follow do cle e at the heel of this strander stran per bior the fit fita first A tuna tima in his big I 1 fe a craving fol foi tile the friendship of man mail possessed him lie he did not move mone until jim carvel carnel entered the lie spruce then lie fol ION lowed ed that night them camped in a dense growth groth of cedars and b balsams ten miles north of bu nish buh h line for two tuo hours hour it had snowed no and then their trail was nas cot covered ered it was still now nox ing Ning but not a flake of the white hire deluge sifted down through the thick canopy of I 1 fughs carvel cartel had put up lin his small silk tent and had built a fire tho ir supper up peru vi is 0 avei ei and babec lav on his belly facing the Ou outlaw tIaN almost within reach of bi his hand with ili his hick bick to i I 1 tree ciral wis nis smoking lu he hid bad thion off his cap and his coat and in the warm firc goN glow lie he looked almost oung but enen een in that glo glow his hi jax jis lost none of then nor bt his ees ee then clear alertness 1 I ill ili a b bid id one old chap lie he chuckled you got it on oil nie me not a bit want to know knon what happen adl he wilted i I 1 moment anil and bi lee looked at him ste steadily adil then baiel went nent on a as if speaking king to a humin hum in leac lets see it was as five years ean alzo ago fite ears this december just beffie christmas time had a dad fine old chap nit mv did wis N is no mother jut just the dad an when ben ou added us up ve ne made just one understand der den stand tand anil ami along came a whimp skunk kunk named hard and shot him one dan da because dad had worked against adaina him in politics out an out an jiang hang that skunk no sir ir they didn dian it hang him he hid bid too much money an too man mail fi lends in politics politic an thc alic let im off with N ith ano two vers ve rs in the penitentiary but hr hp get there no elp tile me god lie he get there came was na twisting his hands hand un I 1 til his knuckles cracked an e smile lighted up bi his face and ili his ees ee fla lashed betl bick back tile the firelight ht baree baaree diew a deep death i t m moie cie coincidence but it was as a tense moment for all tint that no he get to the penitent tian went nent on cal baiel el looking straight at baree baaree a nain am yours trull knew what hat thit lint meant old chap lie hed d lne been pinioned inside inide a bear ear an there was nas mv dad the biggest half of me in his bis grave so I 1 just went nent up to that white bite striped skunk right firlit there before the judges judge ees ee an the lai lasers iier eves etes an the ebe of all his ilear dear rela relatives tiNes an friends friend and I 1 kill ed cd himl him anil and I 1 got aa was out through a window mildow before they woke noke up hit for the bush country coutler and liae hae been eating up tip the lail trails eer since an I 1 guess god was nas with me ine boy foi he did a queer thing to help me out summer beffie la lat last t jut just when hen the Aloun bounties mounties Mo unties nere ere after me hardest an it looked lilack black man was ac found dio dioneda ned down in the reindeer Item Pein deer country right they thought I 1 wis is cornered in an the goo I 1 lord made that man look so much like me that he was as buried dundei my name so im officially dead old chap I 1 ilont dont need to be afraid any more 0 so o long a as I 1 dont get too far familiar inhar aith people foi a er or so longet and way nay down inside me le ine liked libei to believe god fixed fied it up in that wa t to 0 I 1 help ea p me out of a bid hole IN bats aou oui opinion 9 ell eh 1 baree baaree was on his feet rigid as lien rock when camel came 0 out ut of the tent and fol foi a few moments moment carel NO stood in silence watching him closely would thi th dog re respond pond to the call of the pack 9 did he b lolong long to them 9 would lie he go now non 9 1 hie lie oles were nere drewing nearer tile the were not a as a caribou or i leer deer would lime hae circled but were nere tra elling dead straight for the then ca camp p the of this fact wai nas ciril understood bv camel can el all that afternoon babec feet had left a blood smell in their thail and the wolves had bad truck struck the thail in the deep forest acre where the falling snow roon had bat not it cinci na was not alarmed more than once in ili his fie ne N airs of wandering beav een the arctic and the height of lind lie he had bad pla ed the game ame with ith the oles once he had almost lost but that was as out in the open B birran irren tonight Toni glit lip hr had bad a fire and in the ecat of ins its firewood running out he hid bid trees lie he could climb his anxiety aniceti just now was a centered in baice so lie he s sud ild making bi his oice quite casual 11 you arent going are ou old chap if barce baaree heard him he rae fae no cylence cn ei lence dence of it but camel can el still watching him closely cloel saw that the hair along ili his spine had risen like a brush ind and then lie he heard growing gronning sloin in barcen tin oat a snarl nal of ferocious hatred it was na the sort fort of snarl narl thit that bad held bick the factor from lac bun bain and cirul opening the breech of his gun to sec that all was right chuckled chuckle happily birce maa ma haie haic headd the chuckle per hip h ip it at trie maint int oni ething to him fol foi lie he turne tuond i ili hi heart head suddenly and with flattens lat flat tenc t 0 r looked at bic hi compan ion 1 tile he ohis olneq v ere silent client now non can canal cl hac nhat hat thit th it meant and he be was na denqel alert in the stillness the click of the safet on his its line life sounded inet metallic illic hir foi man minutes tile the nothing but the crack of tile the fire suddenly barbes muscles seemed to snap ile he prang back nd ind faced the quarter behind carvel ili his head bead benel le el anith ith bi his shoulders boulders his inch long fang i gleaming is as lie he snarled into the bl blick acl cacan cac rn ns of the forest t beona the run rull of firelight carel bit turned like a shot it nas 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