106 My Dogs in the Northland 



On we must go somewhere, and so in sheer 

 desperation I shouted out to Jack, as he 

 was the second dog in the train. Eager 

 and alert to start he had been, from the 

 first word shouted to Koona, but like a well 

 trained dog he knew his place, and that he 

 was expected to follow his leader. He had, 

 however, been showing a good deal of im- 

 patience at the hesitancy of Koona, and so 

 now I saw that he was ready for any call 

 that might be made upon him. So I 

 shouted, " Go on, Jack, whichever way you 

 like, and do the best you can, for I do not 

 know anything about it! " 



Nothing more was necessary. The noble 

 dog at once seemed to realize that on him 

 rested the responsibility of rescuing us 

 from our perilous position. And grandly 

 did he perforin the tremendous task, as 

 with one of his cheery barks he sprang 

 forward in the tempest, Koona, with slack- 

 ened traces, gladly dropped back, and was 

 quite content to resign the leadership to the 

 more powerful dog. During the long run 

 that followed, never once did the bewildered 

 dog seem to wish, as many a dog does, 

 to again take his position as leader. Koona 

 seemed to have had enough dog sense to 



