FOR thE LOVE OF A MAN

        on froze    in tners able a o get o get out a raft of saime    inued    limp left cer, listening lazily to ture, Buck sloh.

        A rest es very good after one raveled t must be fessed t Buck o cover    matter, ton, and Skeet and Nig--ing for t to e t o carry to Da tle Irister o resent    advances. Sor trait ens, so ser , sed task, till o look for rations as mus. Nig, equally friendly trative, was a    laugure.

        to Bucks surprise ted no jealousy ter ticed o all sorts of ridiculous games, in o join; and in to a neence. Love, genuine passionate love, ime. t Judge Millers doa Clara Valley. iting and tramping, it ners of pompous guardiansately and dignified friends love t ion, t    aken Joon to arouse.

        t, furter. Oto ty and business expediency; o t . And    a kindly greeting or a co sit doalk ;gas" --aking Bucks o Buck er joy t roug eac seemed t    s ecstasy. And    tered sound, and in t fas movement, Joon ly exclaim, "God! you    all but speak!"

        Buck rick of love expression t o . en seize tons    teetime afterood to be love ood te for a caress.

        For t part, ion.    on touco    seek tokens. Unlike Skeet, o sons ill petted, ,     ons knee, But to adore at a distance. , at to, looking up into , studying it, follo i eag expression, every movement or cure. Or, as c , o tes of ts of en, sugtons urn t speec s of    s.

        For a long time after    like ton to get out of . From t    tent to    again, Buck    ra masters si no master could be perma.    ton    of    and Francois and tc. Even in t, in ed by t sucimes o teo ters breathing.

        But in spite of t love on,    civilizing influerain of tive, ion, t ained o sit by Joons fire, rat Soutamped ions of civilization. Because of    love,    steal from t from any ot ate an instaion.

        eet as fiercely as ever and more s and Nig oo good-natured for quarreling--besides, to Joon; but trange dog, no matter ly aoerrible antagonist. And Buck age or dreed on to deatz, and from ting dogs of t master or be mastered;    in t ood for fear, and sudings made for deat or be eaten, e, do of time, he obeyed.

        , ay bey ro ed dog,    be and prompting, tasting t e, ting for ter ing tening elling ; dictating ing ions, lying doo sleep uff of his dreams.

        So peremptorily did t eac a call en as eriously t pelled to turn e, and to pluo t, and on and on,     as often as    unbrokeon drehe fire again.

        ton alone    of mankind ravelers mig     all, and from a too demonstrative man    up and ners, e, arrived on ted raft, Buck refused to notice till o ton; after t olerated t of ing favors from ting. type as ton, living close to t into t Daood Bud    insist upon an intimacy sued    and Nig.

        For ton, o groraveling. Notoo great for Buck to do, aked t a Daers of tanana) tting on t of a cliff    beloti less ention of e to t ;Jump, Buck!"    and over t instant reme edge, o safety.

        "Its uny," Pete said, after it    their speech.

        ton s;No, it is splendid, and it is terrible, too. Do you kno sometimes makes me afraid."

        "Im not o be t lays ; Pete announced clusively, nodding oward Buck.

        "Py Jingo!" ion. "Not mineself eit;

        It    Circle City, ere t, t Petes appre;Black" Burton, a man evil tempered and malicious, enderfoot at ton stepped good naturedly betion. Burton struck out,    raigon    spinning, and saved che bar.

        t    a somet described as a roar, and t tons t. tinctively t    op of eet. time tly blog, and    or ing to rusile clubs. A "miners meeting" called on t, decided t t provocation, and Buck ion    day hrough every camp in Alaska.

        Later on, in tons life in quite anotners    doretcy Mile Creek. e moved along tree to tree, , s dest by means of a pole, and sing dires to t abreast of t, er.

        At a particularly bad spot,    into t off ton poled t out into tream, ran doo snub t ream in a current as s as a mill-race, oo suddenly. t flirted over and snubbed in to ttom up, , ream to part of tretcer in whio swimmer could live.

        But; and at ter, on.    ail, Buck rengt tream amazingly rapid. From beloal r     in s teeter as it took t steep pitcful, and toruck a tcs slippery top er sed: "Go, Buck! Go!"

        Buck could not    on doream, struggling desperately, but uo ed, ly reared out of ter, t look, turned obediently toe and    t ru began.

        t time a man could g to a slippery ro t driving current ter of minutes, and t as to a point far above ac to Bued s it sraream. ruck out boldly, but not straigo tream. ake too late,    of rokes away w.

        ly snubbed . tig, ill ruck against t. e to er out of aggered to    and fell do sound of tons voice came to t make out t, t remity. ers voice acted on Buck like aric so    and ran up to t of ure.

        Again ttacruck out, but time straigo tream. ed once, but    be guilty of it a sed time.    tting no slack,    it clear of coils. Buck ill raigon; turned, and rain on saering ram,    beree, and Bud ton er. Strangling, suffog, sometimes one uppermost and sometimes ttom, smas rocks and snags, to the bank.

        ton came to, belly doly propelled bad fort log by e.    glaing up a     fad closed eyes. ton ered, and    carefully over Bucks body, hree broken ribs.

        "t settles it," ;e camp rig; And camp till Bucks ribs knitted and o travel.

        t er, at Da, not so    o puts    pole of Alaskan fame. t icularly gratifying to tood in need of tfit rip into t,    appeared. It ion in tful of te dogs. Buck, because et for ton outly to defend    tated t art a sled ; a sed bragged six hird, seven hundred.

        "Poo; said Joon. "Buck    start a t;

        "And break it out, and    for a ; demanded Matt.

        "And break it out, and    for a ; Joon said cooly.

        "ell," Mattely, so t all could ;Ive got a t says . And t is." So saying,    of the bar.

        Nobody spoke. tons bluff, if bluff it    a ton! t appalled    faitre arting suever, as no, t and ing. Furte.

        "Ive got a sled standing outside noy fifty-pound sacks of flour on it," Matt on al direess; "so do ;

        ton did not reply.    knoo say. o fa t    and is seeking some art it going again. todon king and old-time rade, caug o o rouse o do w he would never have dreamed of doing.

        " you le;    in a whisper.

        "Sure," anst;ts little fait t    do trick."

        tied its octs into treet to see test. tables ed, and to see te of to lay odds. Several tened, banked around tance. Mattanding for a couple of ense cold --it y belo to to o Buck could not budge t;break out." OBrien te ons privilege to knock to "break it out" from a dead standstill. Matted t ty of t decided in    t up to to one against Buck.

        takers. Not a man believed . ton o t; and no    tself, te fact, eam of ten dogs curled up in t, task appeared. Matt.

        "to one!" ;Ill lay you anot t figure, ton, ;

        tons doubt rong in    ing spirit ing spirit t soars above odds, fails to all save ttle. e to ners could rake togetotal capital; yet t unatingly against Matthewsons six hundred.

        team of ten dogs o t tagion of tement, and    t in some    ton. Murmurs of admiration at    up.    dition,    an ounce of superfluous flesy pounds t    and virility.    s o lift , as ticular ive. t breast and ion    of ig t doo to one.

        "Gad, sir! Gad, sir!" stuttered a member of test dynasty, a king of t;I offer you eigest; eig as ands."

        ton sepped over to Bucks side.

        "You must stand off from ; Mattested. "Free play and plenty of room."

        t; only could be o one. Everybody ao animal, but ty fifty-pound sacks of flour bulked toe in to loosen trings.

        to do love curses; but ;As you love me, Buck. As you love me," was w h suppressed eagerness.

        tcerious. It seemed like a juration. As ton got to , Buck seized tened antly. It erms, not of speec of love. ton stepped well back.

        "No; he said.

        Buck tigraces, tter of several inc he way he had learned.

        "Gee!" tons voice rang out, sense silence.

        Buck so t, ending t in a pluook up ted y pounds. the runners arose a crisp crag.

        "; ton anded.

        Buck duplicated time to t. turned into a snapping, ting and ting several inco t. Men .

        "Now, MUS;

        tons and cracked out like a pistol s. Buck tigraces ly togetremendous effort, tting like live t c o t rembled, arted for appeared a rapid succession of jerks, t never really came to a dead stop again . . . ill it eadily along.

        Men gasped and began to breat for a moment to breaton o a roar as ed at and. Every man earing ts and mittens    did not matter    babel.

        But ton fell on    ly, and softly and lovingly.

        "Gad, sir! Gad, sir!" sputtered t;Ill give you a twelve ;

        ton rose to . . tears reaming frankly do; o t;no, sir. You    go to s t I    do for you, sir."

        Buck seized toon sed by a pulse, to a respectful distanor    enougo interrupt.
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