us it stopped, leaped upon a big rock, turned 



a pointed nose up to the sky, sharp and clear 'T^-/^^//// //*. 



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r top m the moonlight, and — ooooooo- ~„ __ 



ow-wow-wow ! the terrible howl of a great >^sr^ »-J> 

 white wolf tumbled down on the husky dogs 

 and set them howling as if possessed. No 

 doubt now of their queer actions which had 

 puzzled me for hours past. The wild wolf 

 had called and the tame wolves waked to 

 answer. Before my dull ears had heard a 

 rumor of it they were crazy with the excite- 

 ment. Now every chord in their wild hearts 

 was twanging its thrilling answer to the 

 leader's summons, and my own heart awoke 

 and thrilled as it never did before to the call 

 of a wild beast. 



For an hour or more the old wolf sat there, 

 challenging his degenerate mates in every 

 silence, calling the tame to be wild, the 

 bound to be free again, and listening gravely 

 to the wailing answer of the dogs, which 

 refused with groanings, as if dragging them- 

 selves aw r ay from overmastering temptation. 

 Then the shadow vanished from the big 

 rock on the mountain, the huskies fled away 



