H FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
his own for hunting, had followed 
the pirate leader for mere love of 
killing. As he jumped for the throat, 
the buck, summoning all his failing 
strength, reared high out of the snow, 
and plunged down again with a hard, 
swift sabre-cut of his left hoof. It 
caught the dog fairly as he rose on 
the spring, and ripped him from ear 
to tail. Deer and dog came down 
together. Then the noble beast rose 
swiftly for his last blow and the 
knife-edged hoofs shot down like 
lightning; one straight, hard drive 
with the crushing force of a ten-ton 
hammer behind it, and his first en- 
emy was out of the hunt forever. 
Before he had time to gather himself 
