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a point to caress and pet White Fang�察�and to do it at length。 

     At first suspicious   and hostile�察�White   Fang   grew  to   like this   petting。 

But there was one thing that he never outgrew ´ his growling。 Growl he 

would�察�from the moment the petting began till it ended。 But it was a growl 

with a new note in it。 A stranger could not hear this note�察�and to such a 

stranger   the   growling       of   White   Fang    was   an    exhibition    of  primordial 

savagery�察�nerve´racking and blood´curdling。 But White Fang's throat had 

become   harsh´   fibred   from   the   making   of   ferocious   sounds   through   the 

many years since his first little rasp of anger in the lair of his cubhood�察�and 

he could not soften the sounds of that throat now to express the gentleness 

he felt。 Nevertheless�察�Weedon Scott's ear and sympathy were fine enough 

to catch the new note all but drowned in the fierceness ´ the note that was 

the faintest hint of a croon of content and that none but he could hear。 

     As     the   days    went    by�察  �the   evolution     of   LIKE     into   LOVE       was 

accelerated。 White Fang himself began to grow aware of it�察�though in his 

consciousness he knew not what love was。 It manifested itself to him as a 

void in his being ´ a hungry�察�aching�察�yearning void that clamoured to be 

filled。 It was a pain and an unrest�察�and it received easement only by the 



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touch of the new god's presence。 At such times love was joy to him�察�a wild�察�

keen´thrilling satisfaction。 But when away from his god�察�the pain and the 

unrest returned�察�the void in him sprang up and pressed against him with its 

emptiness�察�and the hunger gnawed and gnawed unceasingly。 

     White   Fang   was   in   the   process   of   finding   himself。   In   spite   of   the 

maturity   of   his   years   and   of   the   savage   rigidity   of   the   mould   that   had 

formed      him�察   �his  nature    was    undergoing      an   expansion。      There    was    a 

burgeoning within him of strange feelings and unwonted impulses。 His old 

code   of   conduct   was   changing。   In   the   past   he   had   liked   comfort   and 

surcease from pain�察�disliked discomfort and pain�察�and he had adjusted his 

actions accordingly。 But now it was different。 Because of this new feeling 

within him�察�he ofttimes elected discomfort and pain for the sake of his god。 

Thus�察�in the early morning�察�instead of roaming and foraging�察�or lying in a 

sheltered nook�察�he would wait for hours on the cheerless cabin´stoop for a 

sight of the god's face。 At night�察�when the god returned home�察�White Fang 

would   leave   the   warm   sleeping´place   he   had   burrowed   in   the   snow   in 

order to receive the friendly snap of fingers and the word of greeting。 Meat�察�

even meat itself�察�he would forego to be with his god�察�to receive a caress 

from him or to accompany him down into the town。 

     LIKE      had   been    replaced     by   LOVE。      And    love   was    the   plummet 

dropped   down   into   the   deeps   of   him   where   like   had   never   gone。   And 

responsive   out   of   his   deeps   had   come   the   new  thing   ´   love。 That   which 

was given unto him did he return。 This was a god indeed�察�a love´god�察�a 

warm and radiant god�察�in whose light White Fang's nature expanded as a 

flower expands under the sun。 

     But   White   Fang   was   not   demonstrative。   He   was   too   old�察  �too   firmly 

moulded�察�to become adept at expressing himself in new ways。 He was too 

self´possessed�察�too strongly poised in his own isolation。 Too long had he 

cultivated   reticence�察  �aloofness�察  �and   moroseness。  He   had   never   barked   in 

his   life�察  �and   he   could   not   now   learn   to   bark   a   welcome   when   his   god 

approached。 He was never in the way�察�never extravagant nor foolish in the 

expression   of   his   love。   He   never   ran   to   meet   his   god。   He   waited   at   a 

distance�察�but he always waited�察�was always there。 His love partook of the 

nature   of    worship�察   �dumb�察  �inarticulate�察     �a  silent   adoration。    Only   by   the 



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steady  regard   of   his   eyes   did   he   express   his   love�察  �and   by  the   unceasing 

following with his eyes of his god's every movement。 Also�察�at times�察�when 

his   god   looked   at   him   and   spoke   to   him�察  �he   betrayed   an   awkward   self´ 

consciousness�察�caused by the struggle of his love to express itself and his 

physical inability to express it。 

     He learned to adjust himself in many ways to his new mode of life。 It 

was borne  in upon him  that he   must   let his   master's dogs alone。 Yet   his 

dominant   nature   asserted   itself�察  �and   he   had   first   to   thrash   them   into   an 

acknowledgment of his superiority and leadership。 This accomplished�察�he 

had   little   trouble   with   them。   They   gave   trail   to   him   when   he   came   and 

went or walked among them�察�and when he asserted his will they obeyed。 

     In   the   same   way�察  �he   came   to   tolerate   Matt   ´   as   a   possession   of   his 

master。 His master rarely fed him。 Matt did that�察�it was his business�察�yet 

White Fang divined that it was his master's food he ate and that it was his 

master who thus led him vicariously。 Matt it was who tried to put him into 

the harness and make him haul sled with the other dogs。 But Matt failed。 It 

was   not   until Weedon   Scott   put   the   harness   on White   Fang   and   worked 

him�察�that he understood。 He took it as his master's will that Matt should 

drive him  and   work   him  just   as he   drove   and   worked his   master's   other 

dogs。 

     Different from the Mackenzie toboggans were the Klondike sleds with 

runners   under   them。 And   different   was   the   method   of   driving   the   dogs。 

There was no fan´formation of the team。 The dogs worked in single file�察�

one behind another�察�hauling on double traces。 And here�察�in the Klondike�察�

the leader was indeed the leader。 The wisest as well as strongest dog was 

the   leader�察  �and   the   team   obeyed   him   and   feared   him。   That   White   Fang 

should quickly gain this post was inevitable。 He could not be satisfied with 

less�察 �as Matt   learned   after   much   inconvenience   and trouble。 White   Fang 

picked out the post for himself�察�and Matt backed his judgment with strong 

language after the experiment had been tried。 But�察�though he worked in the 

sled   in   the   day�察  �White   Fang   did   not   forego   the   guarding   of   his   master's 

property in the night。 Thus he was on duty all the time�察�ever vigilant and 

faithful�察�the most valuable of all the dogs。 

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