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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. 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
as still rolling under his jeep, his mind had been busy with plans to retrieve the situation. Something touched the heel of one boot, and he froze his leg into immobility, at the same time trying to get the big Smith & Wesson free. The shoulder-holster, he found, was badly torn, though made of the heaviest skirting-leather, and the spring which retained the weapon in place had been wrenched and bent until he needed both hands to draw. The eight-inch slashing-claw of the nighthound's right intermediary limb had raked him; only the instinctive motion of throwing up his arm, and the fact that he wore the revolver in a shoulder-holster, had saved his life. The 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. CH OR PANIC WHILE HE WAS STILL ROLLING UNDER HIS JEEP HIS MIND HAD BEEN BUSY WITH PLANS TO RETRIEVE THE SITUATION SOMETHING TOUCHED THE HEEL OF ONE BOOT AND HE FROZE HIS LEG INTO IMMOBILITY AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO GET THE BIG SMITH AND WESSON FREE THE SHOULDER HOLSTER HE HAD FOUND WAS BADLY TORN THOUGH MADE OF THE HEAVIEST SKIRTING LEATHER AND THE SPRING WHICH RETAINED THE WEAPON IN PLACE HAD BEEN WRENCHED AND BENT UNTIL HE NEEDED BOTH HANDS TO DRAW THE EIGHT INCH SLASHING CLAW OF THE NIGHTHOUND'S RIGHT INTERMEDIARY LIMB HAD RAKED HIM ONLY THE INSTINCTIVE MOTION OF THROWING HIS ARM UP AND THE FACT THAT HE WORE THE REVOLVER AND SHOULDER HOLSTER 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
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