"It'5 a wolf and there'5 no taming it," Weedon Scott announced.

"0h, I don't know about that," Matt objected. "Might be a lot ofdog in 'm, for all you can tell. But there'5 one thing I know5ure, an' that there'5 no gettin' away from."

The dog-mu5her pau5ed and nodded hi5 head confidentially atMoo5ehide Mountain.

"Well, don't be a mi5er with what you know," Scott 5aid 5harply,after waiting a 5uitable length of time. "Spit it out. What i5it?"

The dog-mu5her indicated White Fang with a backward thru5t of hi5thumb.

"Wolf or dog, it'5 all the 5ame--he'5 ben tamed 'ready."