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The Covenant

           Blowswereraininguponhimfromallsides. WhiteFanglookedonatfirst.Thiswasanaffairofthegods,andnoconcernofhis. ThenherealisedthatthiswasMit-sah,oneofhisownparticulargods,whowasbeingmaltreated. ItwasnoreasonedimpulsethatmadeWhiteFangdowhathethendid. Amadrushofangersenthimleapinginamongstthecombatants. Fiveminuteslaterthelandscapewascoveredwithfleeingboys,manyofwhomdrippedblooduponthesnowintokenthatWhiteFang’steethhadnotbeenidle. WhenMit-sahtoldthestoryincamp,GreyBeaverorderedmeattobegiventoWhiteFang. Heorderedmuchmeattobegiven,andWhiteFang,gorgedandsleepybythefire,knewthatthelawhadreceiveditsverification. 

           ItwasinlinewiththeseexperiencesthatWhiteFangcametolearnthelawofpropertyandthedutyofthedefenceofproperty. Fromtheprotectionofhisgod’sbodytotheprotectionofhisgod’spossessionswasastep,andthisstephemade. Whatwashisgod’swastobedefendedagainstalltheworldeventotheextentofbitingothergods. Notonlywassuchanactsacrilegiousinitsnature,butitwasfraughtwithperil. Thegodswereall-powerful,andadogwasnomatchagainstthem; yetWhiteFanglearnedtofacethem,fiercelybelligerentandunafraid. Dutyroseabovefear,andthievinggodslearnedtoleaveGreyBeaver’spropertyalone. 

           Onething,inthisconnection,WhiteFangquicklylearnt,andthatwasthatathievinggodwasusuallyacowardlygodandpronetorunawayatthesoundingofthealarm. Also,helearnedthatbutbrieftimeelapsedbetweenhissoundingofthealarmandGreyBeavercomingtohisaid. Hecametoknowthatitwasnotfearofhimthatdrovethethiefaway,butfearofGreyBeaver. WhiteFangdidnotgivethealarmbybarking.Heneverbarked. Hismethodwastodrivestraightattheintruder,andtosinkhisteethinifhecould. 

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