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Shep, like his master, did not doubt his 

 ability to bring Buck back in a few min- 

 utes, although whether he would be willing 

 to work any more that day or not was quite 

 another question. So the faithful dog gal- 

 loped after the runaway buffalo. When 

 Buck reached the creek, instead of stopping 

 to drink and wade about in the shallows as 

 Shep had expected, the bison plunged into 

 the river and waded across. There was 

 nothing for Shep to do but follow, so he 

 swam across and started after Buck, who 

 had struck off across the meadows going up 

 the creek parallel with it. Shep got upon 

 the outside of him and by springing at his 

 nose and snapping, tried to head him back 

 toward home, but Buck would not be 

 headed. He only lunged savagely at the 

 dog when he got too persistent and kept on 

 his way as though he knew quite well 

 where he was going. 



When he had followed the creek for two 



