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26 step out of his circle of flame, but the wolves surged to meet him. Burning brands made them spring aside, but they no longer sprang back. In vain he strove to drive them back. As he gave up and stumbled inside his circle, a wolf leaped for him, missed, and landed with all four feet in the coals. It cried out with terror, at the same time snarling, and scrambled back to cool its paws in the snow. The man sat down on his blankets in a crouching position. His body leaned forward from the hips. His shoulders, relaxed and drooping, and his head on his knees advertised that he had given up the struggle. Now and again he raised his head to note the dying down of the fire. The circle of flame and coals was breaking into segments with openings in between. These openings grew in size, the segments diminished. ‘I guess you can come an’ get me any time,’ he mumbled. ‘Anyway, I’m goin’ to sleep.’ Once he wakened, and in an opening in the circle, directly in front of him, he saw the she-wolf gazing at him. Again he awakened, a little later, though it seemed hours to him. A mysterious change had taken place- so mysterious a change that he was shocked wider awake. Something had happened. He could not understand at first. Then he discovered it. The wolves were gone. Remained only the trampled snow to show how closely they had pressed him. Sleep was welling up and gripping him again, his head was sinking down upon his knees, when he roused with a sudden start. There were cries of men, the churn of sleds, the creaking of harnesses, and the eager whimpering of straining dogs. Four sleds pulled in from the river bed to the camp among the trees. Half a dozen men were about the man who crouched in the center of the dying fire. They were shaking and prodding him into consciousness. He looked at them like a drunken man and maundered in strange, sleepy speech: ‘Red she-wolf... Come in with the dogs at feedin’ time... First she ate the dogfood... Then she ate the dogs... An’ after that she ate Bill...’ ‘Where’s Lord Alfred?’ one of the men bellowed in his ear, shaking him roughly. He shook his head slowly. ‘No, she didn’t eat him... He’s roostin’ in a tree at the last camp.’ ‘Dead?’ the man shouted. ‘An’ in a box,’ Henry answered. He jerked his shoulder petulantly away from the grip of his questioner. ‘Say, you lemme alone. I’m jes plumb tuckered out... Good night, everybody.’ His eyes fluttered and went shut. His chin fell forward on his chest. And even as they eased him down upon the blankets his snores were rising on the frosty air.
27 But there was another sound. Far and faint it was, in the remote distance, the cry of the hungry wolf-pack as it took the trail of other meat than the man it had just missed.
Page 1 and 2: 1906 WHITE FANG Jack London 1
Page 3 and 4: Table Of Contents PART ONE CHAPTER
Page 5 and 6: PART ONE CHAPTER ONE The Trail of t
Page 7 and 8: 7 At the fall of darkness they swun
Page 9 and 10: 9 the snow before supper. Henry gru
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER TWO. The She-wolf. 11 BREAK
Page 13 and 14: 13 they will,’ Bill affirmed. ‘
Page 15 and 16: 15 It was dark, and he could not se
Page 17 and 18: 17 merciless wistfulness of hunger.
Page 19 and 20: CHAPTER THREE. The Hunger Cry. 19 T
Page 21 and 22: 21 He sat for a long while upon the
Page 23 and 24: 23 repeatedly, now one at a time, n
Page 25: 25 This howling now bothered him. H
Page 29 and 30: 29 might have fought, but even wooi
Page 31 and 32: 31 mildness toward her, they were a
Page 33 and 34: 33 One moonlight night, running thr
Page 35 and 36: 35 rabbit. As he sank back with it
Page 37 and 38: 37 almost a grunt, she curled her b
Page 39 and 40: 39 never in his long life had porcu
Page 41 and 42: 41 the big cat squalled with hurt a
Page 43 and 44: CHAPTER THREE. The Gray Cub. 43 HE
Page 45 and 46: 45 toward the cave’s entrance, an
Page 47 and 48: CHAPTER FOUR. The Wall of the World
Page 49 and 50: 49 Also, its appearance had changed
Page 51 and 52: 51 his own cave-door on his first f
Page 53 and 54: 53 He came down a shelving bank to
Page 55 and 56: 55 of blood, and it was ever her pr
Page 57 and 58: 57 and as he grew older he felt thi
Page 59 and 60: 59 He began to accompany his mother
Page 61 and 62: PART THREE CHAPTER ONE. The Makers
Page 63 and 64: 63 And then the cub saw his mother,
Page 65 and 66: 65 Only a few seconds elapsed befor
Page 67 and 68: 67 A moment later he was straying a
Page 69 and 70: 69 buzzed unceasingly. Continually
Page 71 and 72: 71 strong and dominant in his own n
Page 73 and 74: 73 respectful distance. White Fang
Page 75 and 76: 75 White Fang did not repeat his at
Page 77 and 78:
CHAPTER THREE. The Outcast. 77 LIP-
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79 nose serrulated by continuous sp
Page 81 and 82:
CHAPTER FOUR. The Trail of the Gods
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83 followed the river bank down the
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CHAPTER FIVE. The Covenant. 85 WHEN
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87 from the pack had made the pack
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89 Hands were things to keep away f
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91 Beaver. One result of this was t
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93 Baseek was surprised by the othe
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95 without her. Her meaning was for
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97 rabbit at a time when Gray Beave
Page 99 and 100:
PART FOUR CHAPTER ONE. The Enemy of
Page 101 and 102:
101 But there was one lesson the do
Page 103 and 104:
103 thousands of gold-hunters were
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105 savage vengeance on the offende
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CHAPTER TWO. The Mad God. 107 A SMA
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109 menace, and hurt, and is hated
Page 111 and 112:
111 Beauty Smith tightened the thon
Page 113 and 114:
113 Gray Beaver looked on stolidly
Page 115 and 116:
115 eluding, and always leaping in
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117 earth. No dog could make him lo
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119 after White Fang. The display o
Page 121 and 122:
121 satisfaction. At such moments h
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123 glaze, he knew beyond doubt tha
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125 closed, and the surface of them
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CHAPTER FIVE. The Indomitable. 127
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129 The dog-musher surveyed the str
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CHAPTER SIX. The Love-master. 131 A
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133 He compromised. He snarled and
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135 But this love did not come in a
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137 never ran to meet his god. He w
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139 quickly. He was awkward from se
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141 White Fang, still wrought up an
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143 The other glared at him in sudd
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145 The other nodded, and asked,
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147 ‘’Bout time you come,’ gr
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149 desperate. He essayed another c
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CHAPTER THREE. The God’s Domain.
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153 from them. But after a time, he
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155 blundering gods. All her suspic
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157 neutrality must obtain. But the
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CHAPTER FOUR. The Call of Kind. 159
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161 But nobody else ever romped wit
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163 At this moment speech came to W
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165 marked his trail through the pr
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167 and ceased. Then naught came up
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169 door for his antagonist to ente
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