CHAPTER 7
ng seems never to tire. ream t emptied someream oes aroused t latent remnants of Bucks ferocity. And ter, o tered t fled left two behind who would quarrel no more.
tronger t preyed, living on t lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of rengtriumply in a ile environment pride in ed itself like a contagion to advertised itself in all s, in t if anyt for tray bro doic of t. Bernard fated size and size and broader, he wolf head on a massive scale.
elligence, selligence and St. Bernard intelligence; and all t of scure as any t roamed traig diet, tide of y. on passed a caressing s pent magnetism at tact. Every part, brain and body, nerve tissue and fiber, o t exquisite pitcs t equilibrium or adjustment. to sigs y. Quickly as a o defend from attack or to attack, o compass termined and responded in tant. In point of fact tions of perceiving, determining, and responding ial; but so infinitesimal ervals of time bet taneous. ality, and snapped into play seel springs. Life streamed t, until it seemed t it asy and put forthe world.
quot;Never ; said Joon one day, as tners c of camp.
quot;; said Pete.
quot;Py Jingo! I t; hans affirmed.
t of camp, but t see tant and terrible transformation ly, cat-footed, a passing s appeared and disappeared among to take advantage of every cover, to crarike. ake a ptarmigan from its nest, kill a rabbit as it slept, and snap in mid-air ttle coo late for trees. Fis too quick for oo , not from onness; but o eat