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them。 Their mother looked apprehensively in their direction。 

     ;I   confess�察  �he   makes   me   nervous   around   the   children�察─  �she   said。   ;I 

have a dread that he will turn upon them unexpectedly some day。; 

     Growling savagely�察�White Fang sprang out of the corner�察�overturning 

the boy and the girl。 The mother called them to her and comforted them�察�

telling them not to bother White Fang。 



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     ;A wolf is a wolf� ─�commented Judge Scott。 ;There is no trusting one。; 

     ;But he is not all wolf�察─�interposed Beth�察�standing for her brother in his 

absence。 

     ;You   have   only  Weedon's   opinion   for   that�察─  �rejoined   the   judge。   ;He 

merely surmises that there is some strain of dog in White Fang�察�but as he 

will tell you himself�察�he knows nothing about it。 As for his appearance ´ ; 

     He did not finish his sentence。 White Fang stood before him�察�growling 

fiercely。 

     ;Go away� �Lie down�察�sir� ─�Judge Scott commanded。 

     White Fang turned to the love´master's wife。 She screamed with fright 

as he seized her dress in his teeth and dragged on it till the frail fabric tore 

away。 By this time he had become the centre of interest。 

     He had ceased from his growling and stood�察�head up�察�looking into their 

faces。   His   throat   worked   spasmodically�察  �but   made   no   sound�察  �while   he 

struggled with all his body�察�convulsed with the effort to rid himself of the 

incommunicable something that strained for utterance。 

     ;I hope he is not going mad�察─�said Weedon's mother。 ;I told Weedon 

that I was afraid the warm climate would not agree with an Arctic animal。; 

     ;He's trying to speak�察�I do believe�察─�Beth announced。 

     At this moment speech came to White Fang�察�rushing up in a great burst 

of barking。 

     ;Something has happened to Weedon�察─�his wife said decisively。 

     They were all on their feet now�察�and White Fang ran down the steps�察�

looking back for them to follow。 For the second and last time in his life he 

had barked and made himself understood。 

     After   this   event   he   found   a   warmer   place   in   the   hearts   of   the   Sierra 

Vista people�察�and even the groom whose arm he had slashed admitted that 

he was a wise dog even if he was a wolf。 Judge Scott still held to the same 

opinion�察�and proved it to everybody's dissatisfaction by measurements and 

descriptions   taken   from  the   encyclopaedia   and   various   works   on   natural 

history。 

     The days came and went�察�streaming their unbroken sunshine over the 

Santa   Clara   Valley。   But   as   they   grew   shorter   and   White   Fang's   second 

winter   in   the   Southland   came   on�察  �he   made   a   strange   discovery。   Collie's 



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teeth were no longer sharp。 There was a playfulness about her nips and a 

gentleness that prevented them from really hurting him。 He forgot that she 

had made life a burden to him�察�and when she disported herself around him 

he responded solemnly�察�striving to be playful and becoming no more than 

ridiculous。 

     One day she led him off on a long chase through the back´pasture land 

into the woods。 It was the afternoon that the master was to ride�察�and White 

Fang knew it。 The horse stood saddled and waiting at the door。 White Fang 

hesitated。 But there was that in him deeper than all the law he had learned�察�

than the customs that had moulded him�察�than his love for the master�察�than 

the very will to live of himself�察�and when�察�in the moment of his indecision�察�

Collie nipped him and scampered off�察�he turned and followed after。 The 

master rode alone that day�察�and in the woods�察�side by side�察�White Fang ran 

with   Collie�察  �as   his   mother�察  �Kiche�察  �and   old   One   Eye   had   run   long   years 

before in the silent Northland forest。 



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              CHAPTER V ´ THE SLEEPING WOLF 



     It   was   about   this   time   that   the   newspapers   were   full   of   the   daring 

escape of a convict from San Quentin prison。 He was a ferocious man。 He 

had been ill´made in the making。 He had not been born right�察�and he had 

not   been   helped   any   by   the   moulding   he   had   received   at   the   hands   of 

society。 The hands of society are harsh�察�and this man was a striking sample 

of    its  handiwork。     He    was   a  beast    ´  a  human     beast�察  �it  is  true�察 �but 

nevertheless      so   terrible  a  beast    that  he   can   best  be   characterised     as 

carnivorous。 

     In San Quentin prison he had proved incorrigible。 Punishment failed to 

break his   spirit。 He  could   die dumb´mad   and fighting   to   the last�察 �but   he 

could   not   live   and   be   beaten。   The   more   fiercely   he   fought�察  �the    more 

harshly society handled him�察�and the only effect of harshness was to make 

him fiercer。 Straight´jackets�察�starvation�察�and beatings and clubbings were 

the wrong treatment for Jim Hall�察�but it was the treatment he received。 It 

was the treatment he had received from the time he was a little pulpy boy 

in a San Francisco slum ´ soft clay in the hands of society and ready to be 

formed into something。 

     It   was   during   Jim   Hall's   third   term   in   prison   that   he   encountered   a 

guard   that   was   almost   as   great   a   beast   as   he。   The   guard   treated  him 

unfairly�察�lied about him to the warden�察�lost his credits�察�persecuted him。 The 

difference between them was that the guard carried a bunch of keys and a 

revolver。 Jim Hall had only his naked hands and his teeth。 But he sprang 

upon the guard one day and used his teeth on the other's throat just like 

any jungle animal。 

     After this�察�Jim Hall went to live in the incorrigible cell。 He lived there 

three years。 The cell was of iron�察�the floor�察�the walls�察�the roof。 He never 

left this cell。 He never saw the sky nor the sunshine。 Day was a twilight 

and night was a black silence。 He was in an iron tomb�察�buried alive。 He 

saw no human face�察�spoke to no human thing。 When his food was shoved 

in to him�察�he growled like a wild animal。 He hated all things。 For days and 

nights   he   bellowed   his   rage   at   the   universe。   For   weeks   and   months   he 



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never made a sound�察�in the black silence eating his very soul。 He was a 

man and a monstrosity�察�as fearful a thing of fear as ever gibbered in the 

visions of a maddened brain。 

     And then�察�one night�察�he escaped。 The warders said it was impossible�察�

but nevertheless the cell was empty�察�and half in half out of it lay the body 

of a dead guard。 Two other dead guards marked his trail through the prison 

to the outer walls�察�and he had killed with his hands to avoid noise。 

     He was armed with the weapons of the slain guards ´ a live arsenal that 

fled through the hills pursued by the organised might of society。 A heavy 

price of gold was upon his head。 Avaricious farmers hunted him with shot´ 

guns。 His blood might pay off a mortgage or send a son to college。 Public´ 

spirited citizens took down their rifles and went out after him。 A pack of 

bloodhounds followed the way of his bleeding feet。 And the sleuth´hounds 

of   the   law�察 �the  paid   fighting   animals     of  society�察 �with   telephone�察    �and 

telegraph�察�and special train�察�clung to his trail night and day。 

     Sometimes   they   came   upon   him�察  �and   men   faced   him  like   heroes�察  �or 

stampeded        through      barbed´wire       fences     to   the    delight     of   the 

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