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The Outcast

           Therewasagreatrowthatnight. Hehadbeenobserved,thenewshadbeencarriedtothedeaddog’smaster,thesquawsrememberedalltheinstancesofstolenmeat,andGreyBeaverwasbesetbymanyangryvoices. Butheresolutelyheldthedoorofhistepee,insidewhichhehadplacedtheculprit,andrefusedtopermitthevengeanceforwhichhistribespeopleclamoured. 

           WhiteFangbecamehatedbymananddog. Duringthisperiodofhisdevelopmentheneverknewamoment’ssecurity. Thetoothofeverydogwasagainsthim,thehandofeveryman. Hewasgreetedwithsnarlsbyhiskind,withcursesandstonesbyhisgods. Helivedtensely.Hewasalwayskeyedup,alertforattack,waryofbeingattacked,withaneyeforsuddenandunexpectedmissiles, preparedtoactprecipitatelyandcoolly,toleapinwithaflashofteeth,ortoleapawaywithamenacingsnarl. 

           Asforsnarlinghecouldsnarlmoreterriblythananydog,youngorold,incamp. Theintentofthesnarlistowarnorfrighten,andjudgmentisrequiredtoknowwhenitshouldbeused. WhiteFangknewhowtomakeitandwhentomakeit. Intohissnarlheincorporatedallthatwasvicious,malignant,andhorrible. Withnoseserrulatedbycontinuousspasms,hairbristlinginrecurrentwaves,tonguewhippingoutlikearedsnakeandwhippingbackagain,earsflatteneddown,eyesgleaminghatred,lipswrinkledback,andfangsexposedanddripping,hecouldcompelapauseonthepartofalmostanyassailant. Atemporarypause,whentakenoffhisguard,gavehimthevitalmomentinwhichtothinkanddeterminehisaction. Butoftenapausesogainedlengthenedoutuntilitevolvedintoacompletecessationfromtheattack.AndbeforemorethanoneofthegrowndogsWhiteFang’ssnarlenabledhimtobeatanhonourableretreat. 

           Anoutcasthimselffromthepackofthepart-growndogs,hissanguinarymethodsandremarkableefficiencymadethepackpayforitspersecutionofhim. 

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