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"Hope it gets a paw full of seat springs," Verkan 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. HOPE IT GETS A PAWFUL OF SEAT SPRINGS VERKAN 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
e nighthound was prowling around the jeep, whining frantically. It was badly confused. It could see quite well, even in the close darkness of the starless night; its eyes were of a nature capable of perceiving infrared radiations as light. There were plenty of these; the jeep's engine, lately running on four-wheel drive, was quite hot. Had he been standing alone, especially on this raw, chilly night, Verkan Vall's own body-heat would have lighted him up like a jack-o'-lantern. Now, however, the hot engine above him masked his own radiations. Moreover, the poison-roach scent on his coat was coming up through the floor board and mingling with the scent on the seat, yet the nighthound couldn't find the two-and-a-half foot insectlike thing that should have been producing it. Verkan Vall lay motionless, wondering how long the next move would be in coming. Then he heard a thud above him, followed by a furious tearing as the nighthound ripped the blanket and began rending at the seat cushion. LSTER HAD SAVED HIS LIFE THE NIGHTHOUND WAS PROWLING ROUND THE JEEP WHINING FRANTICALLY IT WAS BADLY CONFUSED IT COULD SEE QUITE WELL EVEN IN THE CLOSE DARKNESS OF THE STARLESS NIGHT ITS EYES WERE OF A NATURE CAPABLE OF PERCEIVING INFRED RADIATIONS AS LIGHT THERE WERE PLENTY OF THESE THE JEEP'S ENGINE LATELY RUNNING ON FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WAS QUITE HOT HAD HE BEEN STANDING ALONE ESPECIALLY ON THIS RAW CHILLY NIGHT VERKAN VALL'S OWN BODY HEAT WOULD HAVE LIGHTED HIM UP LIKE A JACK O' LANTERN NOW HOWEVER THE HOT ENGINE ABOVE HIM MASKED HIS OWN RADIATIONS MOREOVER THE POISON ROACH SCENT ON HIS COAT WAS COMING UP THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD AND MINGLING WITH THE SCENT ON THE SEAT YET THE NIGHTHOUND COULDN'T FIND THE TWO AND A HALF FOOT INSECTLIKE THING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCING IT VERKAN VALL LAY MOTIONLESS WONDERING HOW LONG THE NEXT MOVE WOULD BE IN COMING THEN HE HEARD A THUD ABOVE HIM FOLLOWED BY A FURIOUS TEARING AS THE NIGHTHOUND RIPPED THE BLANKET AND BEGAN RENDING AT THE SEAT CUSHION
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