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Finally, he stopped, snapping out his lights. He had chosen this spot carefully, while studying the Geological Survey map, that afternoon; he was on the grade of an old railroad line, now abandoned and its track long removed, which had served the logging operations of fifty years ago. FINALLY HE STOPPED SNAPPING OUT HIS LIGHTS HE HAD CHOSEN THIS SPOT CAREFULLY WHILE STUDYING THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP THAT AFTERNOON HE WAS ON THE GRADE OF AN OLD RAILROAD LINE NOW ABANDONED AND ITS TRACK LONG REMOVED WHICH HAD SERVED THE LOGGING OPERATIONS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
e drove quickly along the valley roads. Now and then, he passed farmhouses, and dogs, puzzled and angered by the alien scent his coat bore, barked furiously. At length, he turned into a back road, and from this to the barely discernible trace of an old log road. The rain had stopped, and, in order to be ready to fire in any direction at any time, he had removed the top of the jeep. Now he had to crouch below the windshield to avoid overhanging branches. Once three deer--a buck and two does--stopped in front of him and stared for a moment, then bounded away with a flutter of white tails. He was driving slowly, now; laying behind him a reeking trail of scent. There had been another stock-killing, the night before, while he had been on the First Level. The locality of this latest depredation had confirmed his estimate of the beast's probable movements, and indicated where it might be prowling, tonight. He was certain that it was somewhere near; sooner or later, it would pick up the scent. DROVE AWAY FOR HALF AN HOUR HE DROVE QUICKLY ALONG THE VALLEY ROADS NOW AND THEN HE PASSED FARMHOUSES AND DOGS PUZZLED AND ANGERED BY THE ALIEN SCENT HIS COAT BORE MARKED FURIOUSLY AT LENGTH HE TURNED INTO A BACK ROAD AND FROM THIS TO THE BARELY DISCERNIBLE TRACE OF AN OLD LOG ROAD THE RAIN HAD STOPPED AND IN ORDER TO BE READY TO FIRE IN ANY DIRECTION AT ANY TIME HE HAD REMOVED THE TOP OF THE JEEP NOW HE HAD TO CROUCH BELOW THE WINDSHIELD TO AVOID OVERHANGING BRANCHES ONCE THREE DEER A BUCK AND TWO DOES STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM AND STARED FOR A MOMENT THEN BOUNDED AWAY WITH A FLUTTER OF WHITE TAILS HE WAS DRIVING SLOWLY NOW LAYING BEHIND HIM A REEKING TRAIL OF SCENT THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER STOCK KILLING THE NIGHT BEFORE WHILE HE HAD BEEN ON THE FIRST LEVEL THE LOCALITY OF THIS LATEST DEPREDATION HAD CONFIRMED HIS ESTIMATE OF THE BEAST'S PROBABLE MOVEMENTS AND INDICATED WHERE IT MIGHT BE PROWLING TO NIGHT HE WAS CERTAIN THAT IT WAS SOMEWHERE NEAR SOONER OR LATER IT WOULD PICK UP THE SCENT
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