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Into the Primitive

           Severaltimesduringthenighthesprangtohisfeetwhenthesheddoorrattledopen,expectingtoseetheJudge,ortheboysatleast. Buteachtimeitwasthebulgingfaceofthesaloon-keeperthatpeeredinathimbythesicklylightofatallowcandle. AndeachtimethejoyfulbarkthattrembledinBuck’sthroatwastwistedintoasavagegrowl. 

           Butthesaloon-keeperlethimalone,andinthemorningfourmenenteredandpickedupthecrate. Moretormentors,Buckdecided,fortheywereevil-lookingcreatures,raggedandunkempt; andhestormedandragedatthemthroughthebars. Theyonlylaughedandpokedsticksathim,whichhepromptlyassailedwithhisteethtillherealizedthatthatwaswhattheywanted. Whereuponhelaydownsullenlyandallowedthecratetobeliftedintoawagon. Thenhe,andthecrateinwhichhewasimprisoned,beganapassagethroughmanyhands. Clerksintheexpressofficetookchargeofhim;hewascartedaboutinanotherwagon; atruckcarriedhim,withanassortmentofboxesandparcels,uponaferrysteamer; hewastruckedoffthesteamerintoagreatrailwaydepot,andfinallyhewasdepositedinanexpresscar. 

           Fortwodaysandnightsthisexpresscarwasdraggedalongatthetailofshriekinglocomotives; andfortwodaysandnightsBuckneitheratenordrank. Inhisangerhehadmetthefirstadvancesoftheexpressmessengerswithgrowls,andtheyhadretaliatedbyteasinghim. Whenheflunghimselfagainstthebars,quiveringandfrothing,theylaughedathimandtauntedhim. Theygrowledandbarkedlikedetestabledogs,mewed,andflappedtheirarmsandcrowed. Itwasallverysilly,heknew;butthereforethemoreoutragetohisdignity,andhisangerwaxedandwaxed. Hedidnotmindthehungersomuch,butthelackofwatercausedhimseveresufferingandfannedhiswrathtofever-pitch. Forthatmatter,high-strungandfinelysensitive,theilltreatmenthadflunghimintoafever,whichwasfedbytheinflammationofhisparchedandswollenthroatandtongue. 

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