CHAPTER XII 



THE COURTING OF SILVERGRAY 



JWAY went Silvergray, un- 

 dulating among the high 

 branches that led to the 

 next tree, and keen behind 

 came the two. Then they 

 met at the branch that had furnished the 

 footway for the Gray Lady, and in a mo- 

 ment they clinched. Grappling like cats, 

 they drove their teeth into each other's 

 shoulders, just where the hide was thick- 

 est and the danger least. 



In their combat rage they paid no heed 



to where they were. Their every clutch 



was on each other, none for the branch, 



and over they tumbled into open space. 



Two fighting cats so falling would have 



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