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     The hand lifted and descended again in a patting�察�caressing movement。 

This continued�察�but every time the hand lifted�察�the hair lifted under it。 And 

every time the hand descended�察�the ears flattened down and a cavernous 

growl surged in his throat。 White Fang growled and growled with insistent 

warning。 By this means he announced that he was prepared to retaliate for 

any  hurt   he   might   receive。 There   was   no   telling   when   the   god's   ulterior 

motive might be disclosed。 At any moment that soft�察�confidence´inspiring 

voice might break forth in a roar of wrath�察�that gentle and caressing hand 

transform itself into a vice´like grip to hold him helpless and administer 

punishment。 

     But the god talked on softly�察�and ever the hand rose and fell with non´ 

hostile pats。 White Fang experienced dual feelings。 It was distasteful to his 

instinct。 It restrained him�察�opposed the will of him toward personal liberty。 

And     yet  it  was   not   physically    painful。    On   the   contrary�察  �it  was   even 

pleasant�察 �in   a   physical   way。 The   patting   movement   slowly  and   carefully 

changed      to  a  rubbing    of  the   ears  about    their  bases�察  �and   the   physical 



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pleasure even increased a little。 Yet he continued to fear�察�and he stood on 

guard�察�expectant of unguessed evil�察�alternately suffering and enjoying as 

one feeling or the other came uppermost and swayed him。 

     ;Well�察�I'll be gosh´swoggled� ─�

     So spoke Matt�察�coming out of the cabin�察�his sleeves rolled up�察�a pan of 

dirty dish´water in his hands�察�arrested in the act of emptying the pan by the 

sight of Weedon Scott patting White Fang。 

     At   the   instant   his   voice   broke   the   silence�察  �White   Fang   leaped   back�察�

snarling savagely at him。 

     Matt regarded his employer with grieved disapproval。 

     ;If you don't mind my expressin' my feelin's�察�Mr。 Scott�察�I'll make free 

to say you're seventeen kinds of a damn fool an' all of 'em different�察�an' 

then some。; 

     Weedon Scott smiled with a superior air�察�gained his feet�察�and walked 

over to White Fang。  He talked soothingly to   him�察�but not for  long�察 �then 

slowly put out his hand�察�rested it on White Fang's head�察�and resumed the 

interrupted      patting。   White     Fang    endured      it�察 �keeping    his   eyes   fixed 

suspiciously�察  �not   upon   the   man   that   patted   him�察  �but   upon   the   man   that 

stood in the doorway。 

     ;You may be a number one�察�tip´top minin' expert�察�all right all right�察─�

the dog´musher delivered himself oracularly�察 �but you missed the chance 

of your life when you was a boy an' didn't run off an' join a circus。; 

     White Fang snarled at the sound of his voice�察�but this time did not leap 

away from under the hand that was caressing his head and the back of his 

neck with long�察�soothing strokes。 

     It was the beginning of the end for White Fang ´ the ending of the old 

life   and   the   reign   of   hate。   A  new   and   incomprehensibly   fairer   life   was 

dawning。   It   required   much   thinking   and   endless   patience   on   the   part   of 

Weedon       Scott   to  accomplish      this。  And    on   the  part   of  White    Fang    it 

required   nothing   less   than   a   revolution。   He   had   to   ignore   the   urges   and 

promptings   of   instinct   and   reason�察  �defy   experience�察  �give   the   lie   to   life 

itself。 

     Life�察�as he had known it�察�not only had had no place in it for much that 

he now did�察�but all the currents had gone counter to those to which he now 



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abandoned himself。 In short�察�when all things were considered�察�he had to 

achieve an orientation far vaster than the one he had achieved at the time 

he came voluntarily in from the Wild and accepted Grey Beaver as his lord。 

At   that time   he   was   a   mere   puppy�察  �soft   from  the   making�察  �without   form�察�

ready for the thumb of circumstance to begin its work upon him。 But now 

it   was   different。 The   thumb   of   circumstance   had   done   its   work   only  too 

well。 By it he had been formed and hardened into the Fighting Wolf�察�fierce 

and   implacable�察  �unloving   and   unlovable。 To   accomplish   the   change   was 

like a reflux of being�察�and this when the plasticity of youth was no longer 

his�察�when the fibre of him had become tough and knotty�察�when the warp 

and the woof of him had made of him an adamantine texture�察�harsh and 

unyielding�察     �when    the   face  of   his  spirit  had   become     iron   and   all  his 

instincts and axioms had crystallised into set rules�察�cautions�察�dislikes�察�and 

desires。 

     Yet   again�察 �in   this   new   orientation�察 �it   was   the   thumb   of   circumstance 

that pressed and prodded him�察�softening that which had become hard and 

remoulding it into fairer form。 Weedon Scott was in truth this thumb。 He 

had gone to the roots of White Fang's nature�察�and with kindness touched to 

life   potencies    that   had   languished     and   well´nigh     perished。    One    such 

potency was LOVE。 It took the place of LIKE�察�which latter had been the 

highest feeling that thrilled him in his intercourse with the gods。 

     But this love did not come in a day。 It began with LIKE and out of it 

slowly developed。 White Fang did not run away�察�though he was allowed to 

remain loose�察�because he liked this new god。 This was certainly better than 

the life he had lived in the cage of Beauty Smith�察�and it was necessary that 

he should have some god。 The lordship of man was a need of his nature。 

The seal of his dependence on man had been set upon him in that early 

day when   he turned his   back on the Wild   and   crawled to   Grey  Beaver's 

feet to receive the expected beating。 This seal had been stamped upon him 

again�察�and ineradicably�察�on his second return from the Wild�察�when the long 

famine   was   over   and   there   was   fish   once   more   in   the   village   of   Grey 

Beaver。 

     And   so�察 �because   he   needed   a   god   and   because   he   preferred   Weedon 

Scott to Beauty Smith�察�White Fang remained。 In acknowledgment of fealty�察�



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he    proceeded      to  take   upon     himself    the   guardianship      of   his  master's 

property。   He   prowled   about   the   cabin   while   the   sled´dogs   slept�察  �and   the 

first   night´visitor   to   the   cabin   fought   him   off   with   a   club   until   Weedon 

Scott   came   to   the   rescue。   But   White   Fang   soon   learned   to   differentiate 

between   thieves   and   honest   men�察  �to   appraise   the   true   value   of   step   and 

carriage。 The man who travelled�察�loud´stepping�察�the direct line to the cabin 

door�察�he let alone ´ though he watched him vigilantly until the door opened 

and   he   received   the   endorsement   of   the   master。   But   the   man   who   went 

softly�察  �by   circuitous   ways�察  �peering   with   caution�察  �seeking   after   secrecy   ´ 

that   was   the   man   who   received   no   suspension   of   judgment   from   White 

Fang�察�and who went away abruptly�察�hurriedly�察�and without dignity。 

     Weedon Scott had set himself the task of redeeming White Fang ´ or 

rather�察�of redeeming mankind from the wrong it had done White Fang。 It 

was a matter of principle and conscience。 He felt that the ill done White 

Fang was a debt incurred by man and that it must be paid。 So he went out 

of his way to be especially kind to the Fighting Wolf。 Each day he made it 

a point to caress and pet White Fang�察�and to do it at length。 

     At first suspicious   and hostile�察�White   Fang   grew  to   like this   petting。 

But there was one thing that he never outgrew ´ his growling。 Growl he 

would�察�from the moment the petting began till it ended。 But it was a growl 

with a new note in it。 A stranger could not hear this note�察�and to such a 

stranger   the   growling       of   White   Fang    was   an    exhibition    of  primordial 

savagery�察�nerve´racking and blood´curdling。 But White Fang's throat had 

become   harsh´   fibred   from   the   making   of   ferocious   sounds   through   the 

many years since his first little rasp of anger in the lair of his cubhood�察�and 

he could not soften the sounds of that throat now to express the gentleness 

he felt。 Nevertheless�察�Weedon Scott's ear and sympathy were fine enough 

to catch the new note all but drowned in the fierceness ´ the note that was 

the faintest hint of a croon of content and that none but he could hear。 

     As     the   days    went    by�察  �the   evolution     of   LIKE     into   LOVE       was 

accelerated。 White Fang himself began to grow aware of it�察�though in his 

consciousness he knew not what love was。 It manifested itself to him as a 

void in his being ´ a hungry�察�aching�察�yearning void that clamoured to be 

filled。 It was a pain and an unrest�察�and it received easement only by the 



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touch of the new god's presence。 At such times love was joy to him�察�a wild�察�

keen´thrilling satisfaction。 But when away from his god�察�the pain and the 

unrest returned�察�the void in him sprang up and pressed against him with its 

emptiness�察�and the hunger gnawed and gnawed unceasingly。 

     White   Fang   was   in   the   process   of   finding   himself。   In   spite   of   the 

maturity   of   his   years   and   of   the   savage   rigidity   of   the   mould   that   had 

formed      him�察   �his  nature    was    undergoing 

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