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he   crouched   beneath   it�察  �eyeing   it   malignantly�察  �his   snarl   growing   shorter 

and    shorter    as�察 �with   quickening     breath�察  �it  approached      its  culmination。 

Suddenly he snapped�察�striking with his fangs like a snake。 The hand was 

jerked    back�察   �and   the  teeth   came    together    emptily    with   a  sharp    click。 

Beauty Smith was frightened and angry。 Grey Beaver clouted White Fang 

alongside      the   head�察  �so   that  he   cowered      down    close    to  the  earth   in 

respectful obedience。 

     White     Fang's    suspicious     eyes   followed     every    movement。       He   saw 

Beauty Smith go away and return with a stout club。 Then the end of the 

thong   was   given   over   to   him   by   Grey   Beaver。   Beauty   Smith   started   to 

walk   away。   The   thong   grew   taut。   White   Fang   resisted   it。   Grey   Beaver 

clouted him right and left to make him get up and follow。 He obeyed�察�but 

with   a   rush�察  �hurling   himself   upon   the   stranger   who   was   dragging   him 

away。 Beauty Smith did not jump away。 He had been waiting for this。 He 

swung   the   club   smartly�察  �stopping   the   rush   midway   and   smashing   White 

Fang down upon the ground。 Grey Beaver laughed and nodded approval。 

Beauty Smith tightened the thong again�察�and White Fang crawled limply 

and dizzily to his feet。 

     He did not rush a second time。 One smash from the club was sufficient 

to convince him that the white god knew how to handle it�察�and he was too 

wise   to   fight   the   inevitable。   So   he   followed   morosely  at   Beauty   Smith's 

heels�察�his   tail between his legs�察 �yet   snarling softly under his   breath。  But 

Beauty Smith kept a wary eye on him�察�and the club was held always ready 

to strike。 

     At   the   fort   Beauty   Smith   left   him   securely   tied   and   went   in   to   bed。 

White Fang waited an hour。 Then he applied his teeth to the thong�察�and in 

the space of ten seconds was free。 He had wasted no time with his teeth。 

There had been no useless gnawing。 The thong was cut across�察�diagonally�察�

almost as clean as though done by a knife。 White Fang looked up at the 



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fort�察�at the same time bristling and growling。 Then he turned and trotted 

back   to   Grey  Beaver's   camp。   He   owed   no   allegiance to this   strange   and 

terrible god。 He had given himself to Grey Beaver�察�and to Grey Beaver he 

considered he still belonged。 

     But what had occurred before was repeated ´ with a difference。 Grey 

Beaver again made him fast with a thong�察�and in the morning turned him 

over to Beauty Smith。 And here was where the difference came in。 Beauty 

Smith   gave   him   a   beating。   Tied   securely�察  �White   Fang   could   only   rage 

futilely and endure the punishment。 Club and whip were both used upon 

him�察�and he experienced the worst beating he had ever received in his life。 

Even   the   big   beating   given   him   in   his   puppyhood   by   Grey   Beaver   was 

mild compared with this。 

     Beauty Smith enjoyed the task。 He delighted in it。 He gloated over his 

victim�察  �and   his   eyes   flamed   dully�察  �as   he   swung   the   whip   or   club   and 

listened   to   White   Fang's   cries   of   pain   and   to   his   helpless   bellows   and 

snarls。   For   Beauty   Smith   was   cruel   in   the   way   that   cowards   are   cruel。 

Cringing and snivelling himself before the blows or angry speech of a man�察�

he revenged himself�察�in turn�察�upon creatures weaker than he。 All life likes 

power�察  �and   Beauty   Smith   was   no   exception。   Denied   the   expression   of 

power amongst his own kind�察�he fell back upon the lesser creatures   and 

there vindicated the life that was in him。 But Beauty Smith had not created 

himself�察�and no blame was to be attached to him。 He had come into the 

world with a twisted   body and a brute  intelligence。 This had   constituted 

the clay of him�察�and it had not been kindly moulded by the world。 

     White Fang knew why he was being beaten。 When Grey Beaver tied 

the thong   around his   neck�察 �and   passed the  end of   the  thong   into   Beauty 

Smith's keeping�察�White Fang knew that it was his god's will for him to go 

with Beauty Smith。 And when Beauty Smith left him tied outside the fort�察�

he   knew   that   it   was   Beauty   Smith's   will   that   he   should   remain   there。 

Therefore�察  �he   had   disobeyed   the   will   of   both   the   gods�察  �and   earned   the 

consequent punishment。 He had seen dogs change owners in the past�察�and 

he had seen the runaways beaten as he was being beaten。 He was wise�察�and 

yet   in   the   nature   of   him  there   were   forces   greater   than   wisdom。   One   of 

these was fidelity。 He did not love Grey Beaver�察�yet�察�even in the face of his 



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will   and   his   anger�察  �he   was   faithful   to   him。   He   could   not   help   it。   This 

faithfulness was a quality of the clay that composed him。 It was the quality 

that was peculiarly the possession of his kind�察�the quality that set apart his 

species from all other species�察�the quality that has enabled the wolf and the 

wild dog to come in from the open and be the companions of man。 

     After the beating�察�White Fang was dragged back to the fort。 But this 

time Beauty Smith left him tied with a stick。 One does not give up a god 

easily�察�and so with White Fang。 Grey Beaver was his own particular god�察�

and�察  �in   spite   of   Grey   Beaver's   will�察  �White   Fang   still   clung   to   him   and 

would not give him up。 Grey Beaver had betrayed and forsaken him�察�but 

that had no effect upon him。 Not for nothing had he surrendered himself 

body  and   soul to   Grey  Beaver。 There   had   been no   reservation on White 

Fang's part�察�and the bond was not to be broken easily。 

     So�察  �in   the   night�察  �when   the   men   in   the   fort   were   asleep�察 �White   Fang 

applied his teeth to the stick that held him。 The wood was seasoned and 

dry�察�and it was tied so closely to his neck that he could scarcely get his 

teeth to it。 It was only by the severest muscular exertion and neck´arching 

that   he   succeeded     in  getting   the   wood    between     his   teeth�察 �and   barely 

between his teeth at that�察�and it was only by the exercise of an immense 

patience�察  �extending   through   many   hours�察  �that   he   succeeded   in   gnawing 

through the stick。 This was something that dogs were not supposed to do。 

It was unprecedented。 But White Fang did it�察�trotting away from the fort in 

the early morning�察�with the end of the stick hanging to his neck。 

     He was wise。 But had he been merely  wise he would not have gone 

back to Grey Beaver who had already twice betrayed him。 But there was 

his faithfulness�察�and he went back to be betrayed yet a third time。 Again he 

yielded to the tying of a thong around his neck by Grey Beaver�察�and again 

Beauty Smith came to claim him。 And this time he was beaten even more 

severely than before。 

     Grey Beaver looked on stolidly while the white man wielded the whip。 

He gave  no   protection。  It   was no longer his   dog。 When   the  beating   was 

over White Fang was sick。 A soft southland dog would have died under it�察�

but   not   he。   His   school   of   life   had   been   sterner�察  �and   he   was   himself   of 

sterner stuff。 He had too great vitality。 His clutch on life was too strong。 



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But he was very  sick。 At first he was unable to drag himself along�察 �and 

Beauty   Smith      had   to  wait   half´an´hour     for   him。   And    then�察 �bl

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