Білий ікол
The Enemy of His Kind
Everyurgeofhisbeingimpelledhimtospringuponthepackthatcriedathisheels,butitwasthewillofthegodsthatthisshouldnotbe; andbehindthewill,toenforceit,wasthewhipofcariboo-gutwithitsbitingthirty-footlash. SoWhiteFangcouldonlyeathisheartinbitternessanddevelopahatredandmalicecommensuratewiththeferocityandindomitabilityofhisnature.
Ifeveracreaturewastheenemyofitskind,WhiteFangwasthatcreature. Heaskednoquarter,gavenone. Hewascontinuallymarredandscarredbytheteethofthepack,andascontinuallyhelefthisownmarksuponthepack. Unlikemostleaders,who,whencampwasmadeandthedogswereunhitched,huddledneartothegodsforprotection,WhiteFangdisdainedsuchprotection. Hewalkedboldlyaboutthecamp,inflictingpunishmentinthenightforwhathehadsufferedintheday. Inthetimebeforehewasmadeleaderoftheteam,thepackhadlearnedtogetoutofhisway. Butnowitwasdifferent. Excitedbytheday-longpursuitofhim,swayedsubconsciouslybytheinsistentiterationontheirbrainsofthesightofhimfleeingaway,masteredbythefeelingofmasteryenjoyedallday,thedogscouldnotbringthemselvestogivewaytohim. Whenheappearedamongstthem,therewasalwaysasquabble. Hisprogresswasmarkedbysnarlandsnapandgrowl. Theveryatmospherehebreathedwassurchargedwithhatredandmalice,andthisbutservedtoincreasethehatredandmalicewithinhim.
WhenMit-sahcriedouthiscommandfortheteamtostop,WhiteFangobeyed. Atfirstthiscausedtroublefortheotherdogs.Allofthemwouldspringuponthehatedleaderonlytofindthetablesturned. BehindhimwouldbeMit-sah,thegreatwhipsinginginhishand. Sothedogscametounderstandthatwhentheteamstoppedbyorder,WhiteFangwastobeletalone.
