Identifier: callofwild02lond (find matches)
Title: The call of the wild
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: London, Jack, 1876-1916 Frank Tirro Collection. NcD
Subjects: Animal welfare Feral dogs Pet theft Sled dogs Dogs
Publisher: New York London : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Duke University Libraries

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ed the chaotic abandonment of hysteria.Thornton rapped Hals knuckles with the axe-handle, knocking the knife to the ground. Herapped his knuckles again as he tried to pickit up. Then he stooped, picked it up him-self, and with two strokes cut Bucks traces. Hal had no fight left in him. Besides, hishands were full with his sister, or his arms,rather; while Buck was too near dead to beof further use in hauling the sled. A fewminutes later they pulled out from the bankand down the river. Buck heard them go andraised his head to see. Pike was leading,Sol-leks was at the wheel, and between wereJoe and Teek. They were limping and stag-gering. Mercedes was riding the loaded sled.Hal guided at the gee-pole, and Charles stum-bled along in the rear. As Buck watched them, Thornton kneltbeside him and with rough, kindly handssearched for broken bones. By the time hissearch had disclosed nothing more than manybruises and a state of terrible starvation, thesled was a quarter of a mile away. Dog and
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John Thornton and Buck looked at each other. THE TOIL OF TRACE AND TRAIL 157 man watched it crawling along over the ice.Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down,as into a rut, and the gee-pole, with Hal cling-ing to it, jerk into the air. Mercedess screamcame to their ears. They saw Charles turnand make one step to run back, and then awhole section of ice give way and dogs andhumans disappear. A yawning hole was allthat was to be seen. The bottom had droppedout of the trail. John Thornton and Buck looked at eachother. You poor devil, said John Thornton,and Buck licked his hand. VIFOR THE LOVE OF A MAN fl^_^C£=0$^^%

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