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heart   of   a   dense   thicket   and   waited。   The   time   passed   by�察  �and   he   slept 

intermittently   for   hours。   Then   he   was   aroused   by   Grey   Beaver's   voice 

calling   him   by   name。   There   were   other   voices。   White   Fang   could   hear 

Grey Beaver's squaw taking part in the search�察�and Mit´sah�察�who was Grey 

Beaver's son。 

     White Fang trembled with fear�察�and though the impulse came to crawl 

out of his hiding´place�察�he resisted it。 After a time the voices died away�察�

and    some    time    after  that   he  crept   out   to  enjoy    the  success    of  his 

undertaking。   Darkness   was   coming   on�察  �and   for   a   while   he   played   about 

among the trees�察�pleasuring in his freedom。 Then�察�and quite suddenly�察�he 

became   aware   of   loneliness。   He   sat   down   to   consider�察  �listening   to   the 

silence of the forest and perturbed by it。 That nothing moved nor sounded�察�

seemed ominous。 He felt the lurking of danger�察�unseen and unguessed。 He 

was suspicious of the looming bulks of the trees and of the dark shadows 

that might conceal all manner of perilous things。 

     Then it was cold。 Here was no warm side of a tepee against which to 

snuggle。 The frost was  in his feet�察 �and he kept lifting first one  fore´foot 

and then the other。 He curved his bushy tail around to cover them�察�and at 

the same time he saw a vision。 There was nothing strange about it。 Upon 

his inward sight was impressed a succession of memory´pictures。 He saw 



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the camp again�察�the tepees�察�and the blaze of the fires。 He heard the shrill 

voices of the women�察�the gruff basses of the men�察�and the snarling of the 

dogs。 He was hungry�察�and he remembered pieces of meat and fish that had 

been    thrown     him。   Here    was   no   meat�察  �nothing    but   a  threatening    and 

inedible silence。 

     His bondage had softened him。 Irresponsibility had weakened him。 He 

had forgotten how to shift for himself。 The night yawned about him。 His 

senses�察   �accustomed       to  the  hum    and   bustle   of  the   camp�察   �used   to  the 

continuous   impact   of   sights   and   sounds�察  �were   now   left   idle。   There   was 

nothing     to  do�察  �nothing   to  see   nor   hear。  They    strained   to  catch   some 

interruption of the silence and immobility of nature。 They were appalled 

by inaction and by the feel of something terrible impending。 

     He gave a great start of fright。 A colossal and formless something was 

rushing across the   field of his   vision。  It   was   a tree´shadow  flung   by  the 

moon�察�from whose face the clouds had been brushed away。 Reassured�察�he 

whimpered softly�察�then he suppressed the whimper for fear that it might 

attract the attention of the lurking dangers。 

     A tree�察�contracting in the cool of the night�察�made a loud noise。 It was 

directly above him。 He yelped in his fright。 A panic seized him�察�and he ran 

madly     toward     the  village。   He    knew    an   overpowering       desire   for  the 

protection and companionship of man。 In his nostrils was the smell of the 

camp´smoke。 In his ears the camp´sounds and cries were ringing loud。 He 

passed out of the forest and into the moonlit open where were no shadows 

nor   darknesses。   But   no   village   greeted   his   eyes。   He   had   forgotten。   The 

village had gone away。 

     His wild flight ceased abruptly。 There was no place to which to flee。 

He slunk forlornly through the deserted camp�察�smelling the rubbish´heaps 

and the discarded rags and tags of the gods。 He would have been glad for 

the rattle of stones about him�察�flung by an angry squaw�察�glad for the hand 

of   Grey   Beaver   descending   upon   him   in   wrath�察  �while   he   would   have 

welcomed with delight Lip´lip and the whole snarling�察�cowardly pack。 

     He came to where Grey Beaver's tepee had stood。 In the centre of the 

space it had occupied�察�he sat down。 He pointed his nose at the moon。 His 

throat   was   afflicted   by   rigid   spasms�察  �his   mouth   opened�察  �and   in   a   heart´ 



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broken cry bubbled up his loneliness and fear�察�his grief for Kiche�察�all his 

past   sorrows   and   miseries   as   well   as   his   apprehension   of   sufferings   and 

dangers to come。 It was the long wolf´howl�察�full´throated and mournful�察�

the first howl he had ever uttered。 

     The coming of daylight dispelled his fears but increased his loneliness。 

The naked earth�察�which so shortly before had been so populous�察�thrust his 

loneliness more forcibly upon him。 It did not take him long to make up his 

mind。   He   plunged   into   the   forest   and   followed   the   river   bank   down   the 

stream。 All day he ran。 He did not rest。 He seemed made to run on for ever。 

His    iron´like    body   ignored     fatigue。   And    even   after   fatigue   came�察   �his 

heritage of endurance braced him to endless endeavour and enabled him to 

drive his complaining body onward。 

     Where   the   river   swung   in   against   precipitous   bluffs�察  �he   climbed   the 

high mountains behind。 Rivers and streams that entered the main river he 

forded or swam。 Often he took to the rim´ice that was beginning to form�察�

and more   than   once he crashed through   and struggled for   life in the icy 

current。 Always he was on the lookout for the trail of the gods where  it 

might leave the river and proceed inland。 

     White   Fang   was   intelligent   beyond   the   average   of   his   kind�察  �yet   his 

mental   vision   was   not   wide   enough   to   embrace   the   other   bank   of   the 

Mackenzie。   What   if   the   trail   of   the   gods   led   out   on   that   side�拭  �It   never 

entered his head。 Later on�察�when he had travelled more and grown older 

and wiser and come to know more of trails and rivers�察�it might be that he 

could grasp and apprehend such a possibility。 But that mental power was 

yet in the future。 Just now he ran blindly�察�his own bank of the Mackenzie 

alone entering into his calculations。 

     All night he ran�察�blundering in the darkness into mishaps and obstacles 

that delayed   but did not daunt。  By the   middle of   the second   day he   had 

been running continuously for thirty hours�察�and the iron of his flesh was 

giving out。 It was the endurance of his mind that kept him going。 He had 

not   eaten   in   forty   hours�察  �and   he   was   weak   with   hunger。   The   repeated 

drenchings   in   the   icy   water   had   likewise   had   their   effect   on   him。   His 

handsome coat was draggled。 The broad pads of his feet were bruised and 

bleeding。 He had begun to limp�察�and this limp increased with the hours。 To 



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