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    Old longings nomadic leap,

    C customs chain;

    Again from its brumal sleep

    akens train.

    Buck did not read t trouble  alone for  for every tideer dog, strong of muscle and  Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in tic darkness, al, and because steamsransportation companies o ted dogs, and ted oil, and furry coats to protect t.

    Buck lived at a big a Clara Valley. Judge Millers place, it  stood back from trees, t of t ran around its four sides. t terlacing bougall poplars. At t t. t stables, tages, an endless and orderly array of outures, orcc for tesian  tank  cool in t afternoon.

    And over t demesne Buck ruled.  rue, t but be ot a place, but t count. t, resided in ter toots, trange creatures t rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground. On terriers, a score of t least, oots and Ysabel looking out of t tected by a legion of h brooms and mops.

    But Buck o tank or  ing ed Mollie and Alice, ters, on long t before tsteps tures doo tain in table yard, and even beyond, oots and Ysabel terly ignored, for hings of Judge Millers place, humans included.

    . Bernard, o follo so large--y pounds--for cy pounds, to  comes of good living and universal respect, enabled o carry  royal fased aristocrat; rifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of tuation. But  becoming a mere pampered ing and kindred outdoor delig do and o o tubbing races, ter onic and a h preserver.

    And trike dragged men from all to t Buck did not read t kno Manuel, one of tance. Manuel ting sin. o play Ctery. Also, in ting em; and tion certain. For to play a system requires money, he needs of a wife and numerous progeny.

    t a meeting of tion, and tic club, on t of Manuels treac Buck imagined roll. And ion of a solitary man, no one sa ttle flag station knoalked hem.

    quot;You mig; tranger said gruffly, and Manuel doubled a piece of stout rope around Bucks neck under the collar.

    quot;t it, and youll cy,quot; said Manuel, and tranger grunted a ready affirmative.

    Buck ed t dignity. to be sure, it ed performance but o trust in men o give t for a  outreac ed  to intimate o command. But to igting off  t , and  t tigruggled in a fury, ongue lolling out of  c panting futilely. Never in all reated, and never in all  rengtrain o the baggage car.

    t  ongue  ed along in some kind of a conveyance. tive old raveled too often  to knoion of riding in a baggage car. o t, but Buck oo quick for ill  of him once more.

    quot;Yep, s,quot; ttracted by truggle. quot;Im taking o Frisco. A crack dog doctor t ;

    Concerning t nig eloquently for tle ser front.

    quot;All I get is fifty for it,quot; ;and I  do it over for a t;

    trouser leg o ankle.

    quot;?quot; the saloon-keeper demanded.

    quot;A ; ;ouldnt take a sou less, so ;

    quot;t makes a y,quot; ted, quot;and , or Im a square;

    t ed ;If I dont get ;

    quot;Itll be because you o ; laug;,quot; he added.

    Dazed, suffering intolerable pain from t and tongue, tled out of tempted to face ormentors. But edly, till to a cage-like crate.

    t, nursing  understand  all meant.  did t range men?  up in te?  knoy. Several times during t o  ing to see t least. But eacime it  peered in at  of a tallo trembled in Bucks t ed into a savage growl.

    But t ered and picked up te. More tormentors, Buck decided, for tures, ragged and unkempt; and ormed and raged at ticks at ly assailed eetill  ed. e to be lifted into a e in  in anotruck carried ment of boxes and parcels, upon a ferry steamer; rucked off teamer into a great rail, and finally ed in an express car.

    For tail of sives; and for t advances of taliated by teasing  t aunted estable dogs, me rage to y, and  mind t ter caused o fever-pitc matter, rung and finely sensitive, treatment o a fever, ongue.

    age; but no it  , ed a fund of  boded ill for  rain at Seattle.

    Four men gingerly carried te from to a small, out man, er t sagged generously at t and signed t  tormentor, and  t a c and a club.

    quot;You aint going to take  no; the driver asked.

    quot;Sure,quot; tc into te for a pry.

    tantaneous scattering of t in, and from safe percop to che performance.

    Buck rus tering o it, surging and ling . c fell on tside, o get out as ter ent on getting .

    quot;No;  for t time c and sed to  hand.

    And Buck ruly a red-eyed devil, as ogetling, moutter in  eyes. Straig ty pounds of fury, surc passion of to close on t c eetogetcruck by a club in  understand. it  bark and more scream  and launco t cruso time  it  ion. A dozen times en the charge and smashed him down.

    After a particularly fierce blooo dazed to rusaggered limply about, tiful coat sprayed and flecked ely dealt ful bloe agony of t  lion-like in its ferocity,  t ting t to left, cooly caug time o t.

    For t time ruck t doterly senseless.

    quot; dog-breaking, ts ; one of thusiasm.

    quot;Drut; arted the horses.

    Bucks senses came back to  not rengtcer.

    quot; `Anso t; ting from tter e and contents. quot;ell, Buck, my boy,quot;  on in a genial voice, quot;le ruction, and t to let it go at t. Youve learned your place, and I knouffing outa you. Understand?quot;

    As ted tarily bristled at touc  protest.  er, er bolted a generous meal of ra, che mans hand.

    en (); but  broken.  ood no c a man erlife  it. t club ion. It ion to tive laroduction s of life took on a fiercer aspect; and  uncoent cunning of ure aroused. As t by, otes and at tcer. Again and again, as  eacal performance, to Buck: a man er to be obeyed, t necessarily conciliated. Of t Buck y, ten dogs t faails, and licked  e nor obey, finally killed in truggle for mastery.

    Norangers, edly, er. And at sucimes t money passed betrangers took one or more of t, for t ture rong upon ime ed.

    Yet ime came, in ttle ions and.

    quot;Sacredam!quot;  upon Buck. quot;Dat one dam bully dog! E;

    quot;t at t,quot;  reply of ter. quot;And seeing its government money, you aint got no kick coming, e?quot;

    Perrault grinned. Considering t ted demand, it  an unfair sum for so fine an animal. t s dispatcravel t kneen t; ed mentally.

    Buck sa surprised le   er, and as Curly and  receding Seattle from t  aken belo and turned over to a black-faced giant called Francois. Perrault o Buck (of o see many more), and ly to respect t Perrault and Francois ial in administering justice, and too o be fooled by dogs.

    In te fellozbergen o the Barrens.

    reac of o ones face tated some underrick, as, for instance,  t meal. As Buck sprang to punis first; and noto Buck but to recover t ion.

    t attempt to steal from t  all o be left alone, and furt trouble if  left alone. quot;Davequot; e and slept, or yaimes, and took interest in not even ced,  to sleep again.

    Day and nigo tireless pulse of t  to Buck t teadily gro last, one morning, t, and tmospement.  it, as did t a c  t t step upon t sank into a e stuff  more of it fell upon  curiously, tongue. It bit like fire, and t instant ried it again, s. t as w was  snow.