BYESTIffia ElSBGTSB-HlEADBljJPHT:, HOOTDAY, JANUARY 3, 1910, rr5 KAZAN Jr JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD Copyright, 1014, the Bobbs-Merrill company. frozen brlne-a though f ntna eoma noutn from tn 2hSSd to fffl. With him he EETarM? W KMn. The do. -T and uniametii uv"'n biihiiucij hi tKSU to Iwhrt. Thorpo'B nancee. Thorps 5'VU0bl wed nnd with Katnn atim back Er,Tlhn NOrtn. Alley ' "c "J fieauy, flflTJ " - -4 iS2ft aipiy nn offenMve Interest In ffl'i bffi The Mcond day out ,ho WJ,? an advance toward laobe) which !???" ?..?.. The Brent do leant at ftv?2i.i. who Drtnin back Just In time. I KIJm thlnklnx Kazan has sprunr ,at J , nerB, i"'" whl nnd bf(tn, iahlnr V '1. Mr lfobel eeUea Thorpe1 hand and P Kni him of HfcCready'ii advancea: The g.flnn niKIH i-.'-"-""i.L ""-" ".!' "" ?f: liiut mldnlKht lures -inorps irorn ni lent -,. uMrii mm uonii vii.ii . ,IJ itAWM W! I trCrVady? his face llko n heaatv I fiffThe tent where Ieobel Is r;1i P Kl of terror la answered by Ka a club. Then . runnes een. Hr iv KAKnn. nhn fr him and eelzea n nnwarfnl tan',. hold the KUliln la tn V-.4..I rninla nnd Kntnn ntnVN' nt 'UilJo until ho eeea, Thorpe come.atnc-LTi-J into the camp, his face covered with liffi from he Wow McCready haa dealt fflJT. Ear. Thofbe. "". " Mm irni nd flees fro! Jim but fear prevent. prevents him from returning. Is wolf Mood and the thrill : iwlnir free- n0 .'""". ,' ,'m ,mo nil enters the white and desolate .?! SirmTl lie hunts down tender rob Ti?. for food and often sits hack on hi; pi" .If:. JrS.i imitates tho mournful wolf R5i Then at nlRht, from afar on. there !fe i cry. It Is his cry tho wolrf cry. CHAPTEH IV. Continued. THE other enmo nn hour Inter, clear and distinct, that snmo walllne howl : it tho bcglnnlng-but ending- li) a staccato of quick sharp yelps tnai Biirrea nis uioou atones Into a fiery excitement that It had ... himrn liofore. Tho name Instinct .told Mm that this was tho call-tho hunt- cry It urgea mm n tumu huiuhij, . few moments later It camo aguln, and in. iimn there, was a reply from close I down alonu tho foot of tho ridge, and mother irom u " "" ii . Wl . . ,.. ........ If Thn t.i,Mi.nnne COUld scarcely '-' , . "-"" was gathering for tho night chose; but Kian sat quiet and trembling. Ho was not afraid, but ho was not ready In ro. In" Hugo swnitu iw Bpiii. iiiu i world for him. Down thero It was now and strange, ami wimuut jnun. From tho other side something Rcemcd t hU head and gazed back through tho G? nt nnn.A liclilnrl lilm. nnil xvlilnprl. nioumit oj. - " --, ....... It was tho dog-whlno now, Tho woman was back thcro. Ho could hear her voice. He could feel tha touch of her Boft hand. Ho could Beo tho laughter In her ! face and eyes, mo laugmcr max nan '. made him warm and hnppy. Sho was ' calling to him through tho forests, and he was torn between desire to answer ' that call and deslro to go down Into tho plain. For ho could also soo many men waiting for him with clubs, and he could hear thff cracking of whips, and feel tho Btlng of their Inshcs. . For a long tlmo ho remained on tho top of tho rldgo that divided his world. And then, at last, ho turned and went down Into tho plain. AH that night ho kept closo to tho ' huntpack, but never nulto approached i, It This was fortunato for htm. He still K bore tha scent of traces, and of man. The puck would havo torn him Into pleoca. ! Tho first Instinct of tho wild. Is that of . telf-prcscrvatlon. It may havo been this, a, whisper back through tho ycara of liTOgs forebears, that made Kazan roll In tho snow now and then where tho feet of tho pack had trod tho thickest. That night tho pack killed a caribou on the edge of tho lake, and feasted until nearly dawn. Kazan hung In tho faco of ' the wind. The smell of blood and of ' warm flesh tickled his nostrils, and his . iharp cars could catch the cracking of bones. But tho Instinct was stronger than tho temptation. jNot.untll broad day, when tho pack hod scattered far and wldo over tho plain, did he go boldly to tho scene of the kill. .He found nothing but an area of blood reddened snow, covered with bones, cn- trails and torn bits of tough hide. But It was enough, and ho rolled In It, nnd burled his nose In what was left, and , remained all that day closo to It, saturat i tag himself with tho scent of It. That night, when tho moon nnfl the stars camo out again, ho sat back -with r fear and hesitation no longer In him, and announced himself to hla new com- ' rades of tho great plain. The pack hunted again that night, or lie It was a new pack that started miles : to the south, and camo up with a doo j c&rlbou to tho big- frozen lake. Tito night was utmost as clear M day, nntl from tho edgo of the forest Kazan first saw the caribou run out on tho lako n third of a mile away. Tho pack was nbout n. dozen strong, and had already split Into tho fatal horseshoe formation, tho two leaders running almost abreast of the kill, and slowly closing in. With a. sharp yolp Kazan darted out into tho moonlight. Ho bore directly in tho path of tho fleelrur doe, and boro down upon her with lightning speed, Ttvo hundred yards away the doo saw him and Bwerved to the right, nnd tho leader on that sldo met her with open Jaws. Kazan was in with tho second leader and leaped at tho doc'a soft throat. In a snarling mass the pack closed in from behind, and tho doo went down, with Kazan half tinder her body, his fangs sunk deep in her Jugular. She lay heavily on him, but ho did not lose his hold. It was his first big kill. Ills blood ran llko flro. Ho snarled between his clamped teeth. Not until tho last quiver had left tho body over him did he pull himself out from tinder her chest and forelegs. Ho had killed a rabbit that day and was not hungry. So hf sat back In tho snow ana waited whit, tho ravenous pack tore at tho dead doe. After a little ho camo nearer, nosed in between two of them and was nipped for his intrusion. As Kazan drew back, still hesitating to mix with his wild brothers, a big gray His powerful Jaws closed on tho wolf's foreleg, closo to tho body. form leaped out of tho pack and drovo straight for his throat Ho had Just tlmo to throw his shoulder to tho attack, and for a moment tho two rolled over nnd over In tho snow. They wero up beforo tho excitement of sudden battlo had drawn tho pack from tho feast. Slowly they circled about each othor, their whlto fangs bare, their yellowish backs bristling llko brushes. Tho fatal ring of wolves drew about tho fighters. It was not now to Kazan. A dozen times ho had sat in rings llko this, wait ing for tho final moment Moro than onco ho had fought for hla Hfo within the circle. It was tho slcdgo-dog way of fighting. Unices man Interrupted with a club or a whip It always ended in death. Only ono fighter could como out alive. Sometimes both died. And thero was no man here only that fatal cordon of waiting whlte-fanged demons, ready to leap upon and tear to pieces tho first of tho flghte-i who was thrown upon his sldo or back. Kazan was a stranger, but ho did not fear those that hemmed him in. Tho ono great law of tho pack would compel them to bo fair. Ho kept his eyes only on the big gray leader who had challenged him. Shoulder to shoulder they continued to circle. Where a few moments before thero had been tho snapping of Jaws and tho rend ing of flesh thero was now silence. Soft footed and Eoft-throatcd mongrel loci from tho South would havo snarled and growled, but Kazan and tho wolf wero still, their cars laid forward Instead of back, their tails free and bushy. Suddenly tho wolf struck In with the swiftness of lightning, and his Jaws, cams together with tho sharpness of steel striking steel. They missed by an Inch. In that same Instant Kazan darted in the side, and llko knives his teeth gashed the wolfs flank. They circled again, their eyes growlnr redder, their lips drawn baok until they Beomcd to have disappeared. And then Knzan leaped for that death-grip at tho throat and missed. It was only by an Inch again, and tho wolf came back, as he had done, and laid open Kazan's flank so that tho hlood ran down his leg and red dened tho snow. The bum of that flank wound told Kazan that his enemy was old In the game of fighting. Ho crouched low, his head straight out, and his throat closo to the snow. It was a trlok Kazan had learned In puppyhood-to shield his f -oat, nnd wait Twice tho wolf circled about him, and closed. A second tlmo tho wolf leaped, nnd Kazan threw up his terrible jaws bum of that fatal grip Just in front of tha forelegs. Ills teeth snapped on empty air. With tho ntmbloness of a cat tho wolf had gone completely over his back. Tho trick had failed, and with n rumblo of tho dog-snarl in his throat Kazan reached tho wolf In a single bound. They met breast to breast Their fangs clashed and with the whole weight of his body, Kazan flung himself against tho wolf's shoulders, cleared his Jaws, and struck again for tho throat hold, It was another miss by a hair's breadth and beforo aa could recover, the wolfs teeth wero bur led In tho back of his t.eck. Tor the first time In hla life Kazan felt tho terror and the pain of tho death grip, and with a mighty effort ho flung his head a little forward and snapped blindly. His powerful Jaws closed on tho wolfs foreleg, closo to tho Tjody. Thero was a cracking of bono nnd a crunching of flesh, and tho circle qf wait ing WolveT grew tense and alert. Ono or tho othor of tho fighters was sure to go down beforo tho holds were broken, and they but awaited that fatal fall as a signal to leap In to the death. Only the thickness of hair and hide on tho back of Kazan's neck, nnfl tho toughness of his muscles, saved him from that terrible fate of tr vanquished. Tha wolfs teeth sank deep, but not dcop enough to reach tha vital spot, and uddonly Kazan put every ounoo of strength in his limbs to tho effort, and flung himself up bodily from under hla antagonist. Tha grip on his neck re laxed, and with another rearing leap he tore himself freo. As swift ns a whlp-lash ho Whirled on tho broken-legged leader of the pack and with tbo full rush and weight of his shoulders struck him fairly In tho side. Moro deadly than the throat-grip ihad Kazan some times found tho lungs when delivered at tho right moment It was deadly now. The big gray wotf tost his feat, rolled upon his back for an lnotant, and tho pack rushed in, eager to rend tho last of life from the leader whose power had ceased to exist. From out of that gray, snarling, bloody lipped mass Kazan -drew back, panting and bleeding. Ho was weak. Thero was a curious Blckncss In his head. He wanted to Ho down in the snow. But tho old and Infallible Instinct warned him not to botray that weakness. From out of tho pack a slim, lithe, gray she-wolf camo up to him, and lay down In the snow beforo him, and then rose swiftly nnd sniffed at his wounds. .She was young and strong and beau tiful, but Kazan did not look at her. AVhero the light had been he was look ing at what llttlo remained of the old leader. Tho pack had returned to the feast. He heard again the cracking of bones and the rending of flesh, and something told htm that hereafter all the wilder ness would hear and recognize his volco, and that when he sat back on his haunches and called to tho moon and the stars, thoso swift-footed hunters of tha big plain would respond to It Ha circled twice about the caribou and tho pack, and then trotted off to tha edgo of tha black spruce forest When he reached tha shadows ho looked back. Gray Wolf was following him, Sho was only a few yards behind. And now Bho came up to him, a little timidly, and Bhe, too, looked back to the dark blotch of Hfo out on tho lake. And as sho stood thero closo beside him, Kazan sniffed at something In the air that was not tho scent of blood or the perfume of the balsam and spruce. It was a thing that seemed to como to him from the clear stars.v the cloudless moon, tho Strang and beautiful quiet of tho night Itself. And Its presence seemed to be a part of Gray Wolf. Ha looked at her and he found Gray FARMER SMITH'S RAINBOW CLUB GOOD-NIGHT TALK Once upon a time there was a little crirl nnd she had a "Denny. Now wasn't ithat a funny thing for n llttlo girl to have?" She got tho penny for washing the dishes one whole week. Ono day her mother took her downtown to cro fihonnintr and the little rirl took tho penny with her. Now wasn't that n funny thing for the little girl to do?" Strange to say, our llttlo friend LOST her penny and her mother said: 'Don't cry, I will givo you another penny." And she did. Tlv nnA lit 41... ltllf r1 ,. lt. mah.. J 1.A nt.l A. 1....14. IIT m "j uu v.y uia ulllu iiri itul uiiuLiicr ucuuv uuu quo duiu lu jicxBttii.; t ., don't care where I put the penny, for if I loso it, mother will givo me an :; other," So she put the penny on the mantlepieco and her brother took it. ane cried when she found the penny was gone and, euro enough! her toother gave her another ponny. Did the mother do right, dear children 7 Write and tell me. I want to know what YOU think nbout it. FARMER SMITH, 1,' Children's Editor, Evenino Ledger. journey before me and really must bo going. I may see you again some day. Good-by." And away ho went. Our Postofnce Box PARMER SMITH, Children's Editor, Evening Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa. I wish to become a member of your Rainbow Club and agree to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH AND EVERY DAY. SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY, Name Address Age , School I attend he Story of a Raindrop Little Willio Raindrop sank deeper P"1 deeper into dear Mother Earth. I was so dark he cried out: ' "Oh, where am I? I can't see a S' Won't some one please tell me Ww to find my way out 7" "Ouch!" said a very sharp voice directly under him. "You ore standing right on the tiny, tiny root of a mighty, mighty oak. tree. If you will please li!! answer all vnnr nliestlnns ." JT - - ad Eft rrl?i, in linvn DnniA nllA to K wUh'eaid Uttle Willie Raindrop. ' "ought J was all alone down here" "No, indeed," said the tiny, tiny root, "I havo hundreds of big sisters and brothers and thousands and thou sands of little sisters and brothers, bo, you see, we are never lonesome. And, besides, we are too busy, We must creep away down, down into tho earth to get food for our mighty Mother Oak, who has stood in this spot for more than two hundred years," "Oh," said Willie, "I don't see how such a tiny, tiny root could feed such a "mighty oak," "But," replied the tiny root, "we do, and our mighty mother oak could not live without us. We reach down and get the .food and send it up with the sap which flows in our veins through the trunk of the tree and then through every branch and tiny twig." "How Interesting l said Willie, "I would like to stay and chat with you a little longer, but I hays mck b long ETHl?l',.?.or'DJ,AN' PAULINE TOPUTBKX Oaaklll itreet Lombard atreat. Two little friends abnear in the nle. turo gallery today. They cama in ono day to see your editor nnd their visit was very much appreciated. Many of Jhelr other friends have joined us since then, and we thank them very much for their active Interest In tho club. Matilda Imperato, South Bth street, iad the misfortune to lose her pledge sheet after she had carefully "gath ered" 27 members for tha club. We sincerely hope that she will bo able to get them all together again. We wouldn't like to lose 27 Rainbows, would we? William Satz, South 6th Btreet, wrote us a very nice letter. We would like to hear from him again, Minnie Ferry, Latona street, sent a very pretty note of thanks to the club. You are welcome, Minnie. Elizabeth White, Hazel avenue, also writes a little note of thanks. Thank you. Elizabeth, for all of the members you brought to the club, in fact, thank everybody for the splendid work they are doing for the Rainbows! Do You Know This? 1. What ocean is always peaceful T (Five credits.) 2. Without using the same, letter twice in tho same word, how many words xan you build from DETERMI NATION? (Five credits.) 3. What i3 the matter with this sen tenceThat maybe John would cow ? (Fiv crtdita.) Wolfs eyes alert and questioning She was younir so young that sho seemed scarcely to have passed out of puppy hood. Her body was strong and slim and beautifully shaped. In tho moonlight tha hair under her throat nnd along; her back shone sleek and soft. She whined at the red staring light In Kazan's eyes, nnd It was not a puppy's whimper. Kaian moved toward her, and stood with his head over her back, facing tha paolt. Ho felt her trembling against his chest. Ha looked at the moon and tho stars again, the mystery of Gray Wolf and of the night throbbing In his blood. Not much of his life had been spent nt the posts. Most of it had been on tha trail In the traces and the spirit of tha mating season had only stirred him from afar. But It was very near now. Gray Wolf lifted her head. Her soft muzzle touched the wound on his neck, and In tho gentleness of that touch. In the low sound In her throat, Kaian felt and heard again that wonderful something that had come with the caress of tho woman's hand and tha sound of her voice. He turned, whining, his back bristling, his head high nnd defiant of tho wilder ness which ho faced. .Gray Wolf trotted close at hla side as they entered Into tho gloom of the forest. CHAPTEH V. THE FIGHT IN THE BNOW, THEY found shelter that night under thick balsam, and when they lay down on the soft oarpet of needles which tho snow had not covered, Gray Wolf snug gled her warm body close to Kazan and licked his wounds. The day broko with a velvety fall of snow, so whlto and thick that they could not bco a dozen leap ahead of them in tho open. It was quite warm, and so stilt thnt the whole world seemed filled with only tho flutter nnd whisper of the snowflakes. Through this day Kazan and Gray Wolf traveled sldo by side, Tlmo nnd again ho turned hta head baok to tho ridge over which ha hnd come, and Gray Wolf could not un derstand tho strange note that trembled ,ln his throat. In tho afternoon they returned to what was left of tho caribou doe on the lake. In tho edgo of tho forest Gray Wolf hung back. She did not yet know tho meaning of poison baits, deadfalls nnd traps, but tho Instinct of numberless gen erations was In her veins, nnd It told her thero was dangor In visiting n second tlmo a thing that bad grown cold In death. Kazan had seen masters work nbout carcasses that tho wolves had left. Ho had seen them eenoal',r''ttft.-everJ' ,$ roll little capsules of iMJmIn In tha fat of tha entrails, nnd one ha had put a foreleg In n trap, and had experienced Its sting and pain and deadly grip. But ho did not havo Gray Wolfs fear. Ha urged her to accompany him to tha white hummocks on the ice, and nt last she went with him nnd snnk back restlessly on her haunches, while he dug out tha bones and pieces of flesh that the snow had kept from freeilng. But she would not eat, and at last Kazan went and sat on his haunches nt her side, nnd with her looked nt what ho had dug out from under tho snow. He sniffed the nlr. Ho could not smell danger, but Gray Wolf told him that It might be there. Sho told him many other things in the days and nights that followed. Tho third night Knzan himself gathered the hunt pack and led In tho chase. Three times that month, before tha moon left the skies, he led the chase, and each tlmo thero was a kill. But ns the snows began to grow softer under his feot ho found a greater and greater companionship In Gray Wolf, and they hunted alone, living on tha big white rabbits. In all tho world ho had loved but two things, the girl with the shining hair and tho hands that hod caressed him and Gray Wolf. He did not leavo tho big plain, and often ho took his mate to tha top of tho ridge, and he would try to tell her what he had left back there. With tho dark nights tho call of the woinan became so strong upon him that ho was filled with n longing to go bnck, and take Gray Wolf with him. Something happened very soon after that They were crossing tho open plain one day when up on the face of tho rldgo Kazan saw something that made his heart stnnd still. A. man, with n dog slcdgo nnd team, was coming down Into their world. Tho wind had not warned them, and suddenly Kazan saw some thing glisten In tho man's hands. He knew what It was, It was the thing that spat fire and thunder, nnd killed, (CONTINUED TOMOitltOW.) WILL EDIT TRADE JOURNAL Frederick II. Howland Placed In Chnrgo of Local Commerce Paper Frederick Hoppln Howland, lately asso clato odltor and executlvo editor of tho Philadelphia Press, has been appointed editor of tho Chnmbor of Commorco Jour nal, tho official publication of tho Phila delphia Chombor of Commerce recently organized by Alba B. Johnson, Charles J. Cohen, Thomas B. Harbison nnd others of Philadelphia's leading Twstwecs men. Mr. Howland Is a news.prrnan of wlda experience, lis served his appren ticeship on the Providnea Journal, thero became treasurer and manager. Ha was its Washington correspondent for nine years and war correspondent In South Africa for that paper nnd also for tha London Dally Mall nnd Evening News, receiving her lata Mnjeitr Quean Vic toria's service medal. Before coming to Philadelphia he organised the publicity department of tho Boston Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Harbison, chairman of tha Pubtfoltr Committee of the Chamber, and Ma as soolates plan to have the Journal so con ducted that It may further tha work of advancing the Industrial nnd commercial Interests of Philadelphia. "Tha World's Greatest Workshop." WOULD DROP AHMT FRAtiTfoB Abandonment of Test RMenredi fcjr Inspector General WASHINGTON, Jan. i Anadawwt' of tha test ride for field officers at tibtv army. Inaugurated by former PttsMwH noosevelt. Is ursjed by Brigadier Oeiisrat ' E. A. Oarllngton, Inspector gtfttrti, hi his annual report The ride has "fhJte to accomplish tny good parpect) tg should be abandoned," ha aid. 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