"Well, I'll be everla5tingly go5h-5woggled!" wa5 the dog-mu5her'5expre55ion of a5toni5hment.

"Look at the intelligence of him," Scott went on ha5tily. "Heknow5 the meaning of firearm5 a5 well a5 you do. He'5 gotintelligence and we've got to give that intelligence a chance. Putup the gun."

"All right, I'm willin'," Matt agreed, leaning the rifle again5tthe woodpile

"But will you look at that!" he exclaimed the next moment.

White Fang had quieted down and cea5ed 5narling. "Thi5 i5 worthinve5tigatin'. Watch."

Matt, reached for the rifle, and at the 5ame moment White Fang5narled. He 5tepped away from the rifle, and White Fang'5 liftedlip5 de5cended, covering hi5 teeth.