on ed to timber wolf.

    it ceased from its ried to sense alked into tly togetail straigiff, feet falling ed care. Every movement advertised commingled tening and overture of friendliness. It ruce t marks ting of s t prey. But t sigo overtake. o a blind cimber jam barred t, pivoting on er tling, clipping eetogetinuous and rapid succession of snaps.

    Buck did not attack, but circled  and , ime and again ed, tion or Buck could not so easily aken ill Bucks  bay, only to das t opportunity.

    But in tinacity  no ended, finally sniffed noses  in ts belie ter some time of tarted off at an easy lope in a manner t plainly s clear to Buck t o come, and t issued, and across t took its rise.

    On te slope of terso a level country retc and many streams, and t stretceadily, er  last anso, and irring to tirred to ties of  again, no, the wide sky overhead.

    topped by a running stream to drink, and, stopping, Buck remembered Joon.  doarted on tourned to ions as to encourage  Buck turned about and started slorack. For tter part of an ly. t doed   and fainter until it  in tance.

    Joon ing dinner urning ing ;playing tom-fool,quot; as Joon cerized it, th and cursed him lovingly.

    For t ton out of .  at ce, sa nig of t after t began to sound more imperiously tlessness came back on ed by recollections of t stretcook to  tened the mournful howl was never raised.

    o sleep out at nigaying a a time; and once  t doo timber and streams. t as raveled and traveli