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The nighthound, erect on its haunches, was reaching out with its front paws to drag it down, and slashing angrily at it with its single clawed intermediary limbs. Its back was to Verkan Vall. THE NIGHTHOUND ERECT ON ITS HAUNCHES WAS REACHING OUT WITH ITS FRONT PAWS TO DRAG IT DOWN AND SLASHING ANGRILY AT IT WITH ITS SINGLE CLAWED INTERMEDIARY LIMBS ITS BACK WAS TO VERKAN VALL
e had already found a stone about the size of his two fists, and another slightly smaller, and had put one in each of the side pockets of the coat. Now he slipped his revolver into his waist-belt and writhed out of the coat, shedding the ruined shoulder-holster at the same time. Wriggling on the flat of his back, he squirmed between the rear wheels, until he was able to sit up, behind the jeep. Then, swinging the weighted coat, he flung it forward, over the nighthound and the jeep itself, at the same time drawing his revolver. Immediately, the nighthound, lured by the sudden movement of the principal source of the scent, jumped out of the jeep and bounded after the coat, and there was considerable noise in the brush on the lower side of the railroad grade. At once, Verkan Vall swarmed into the jeep and snapped on the lights. His stratagem had succeeded beautifully. The stinking coat had landed on the top of a small bush, about ten feet in front of the jeep and ten feet from the ground. AN VALL COMMENTED MENTALLY HE HAD ALREADY FOUND A STONE ABOUT THE SIZE OF HIS TWO FISTS AND ANOTHER SLIGHTLY SMALLER AND HAD PUT ONE IN EACH OF THE SIDE POCKETS OF THE COAT NOW HE SLIPPED HIS REVOLVER INTO HIS WAIST BELT AND WRITHED OUT OF THE COAT SHEDDING THE RUINED SHOULDER HOLSTER AT THE SAME TIME WRIGGLING ON THE FLAT OF HIS BACK HE SQUIRMED BETWEEN THE REAR WHEELS UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO SIT UP BEHIND THE JEEP THEN SWINGING THE WEIGHTED COAT HE FLUNG IT FORWARD OVER THE NIGHTHOUND AND THE JEEP ITSELF AT THE SAME TIME DRAWING HIS REVOLVER IMMEDIATELY THE NIGHTHOUND LURED BY THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF THE SCENT JUMPED OUT OF THE JEEP AND BOUNDED AFTER THE COAT THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE NOISE IN THE BRUSH ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD GRADE AT ONCE VERKAN VALL SWARMED INTO THE JEEP AND SNAPPED ON THE LIGHTS HIS STRATAGEM HAD SUCCEEDED BEAUTIFULLY THE STINKING COAT HAD LANDED ON THE TOP OF A SMALL BUSH ABOUT TEN FEET IN FRONT OF THE JEEP AND TEN FEET FROM THE GROUND
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