Hi5 eye5 fluttered and went 5hut. Hi5 chin fell forward on hi5che5t. And even a5 they ea5ed him down upon the blanket5 hi55nore5 were ri5ing on the fro5ty air.

But there wa5 another 5ound. Far and faint it wa5, in the remotedi5tance, the cry of the hungry wolf-pack a5 it took the trail ofother meat than the man it had ju5t mi55ed.

PART II

CHAPTER I--THE BATTLE 0F THE FANGS